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  • #355446
    magicj
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    How can I mount an external Hard Drive, other then restarting the system?

    #355449
    Cabbage
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    FireWire? USB? just plug it in and it will mount on the desktop. You can also open Disk Utility to see if it is connected and mount and unmount volumes.

    #355451
    magicj
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    [quote:a88cd810c0=”Cabbage”]FireWire? USB? just plug it in and it will mount on the desktop. You can also open Disk Utility to see if it is connected and mount and unmount volumes.[/quote:a88cd810c0]

    Sorry in the original post I forgot the word SCSI.

    #355453
    magicj
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    [quote:40da1ae315=”magicj”]How can I mount an external Hard Drive, other then restarting the system?[/quote:40da1ae315]

    OK, I think I found what i was looking for; autodiskmount. Mostly does the
    job, makes the disk avaliable again to Darwin. Have to force quit finder before
    it is avalible on the desktop. But this will do.

    #355458
    magicj
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    [quote:9cdef81def=”MacTroll”]disktool -r

    should refresh the desktop and show the newly mounted volumes without requiring a force quit of the Finder.

    Joel[/quote:9cdef81def]

    thanks Joel, I did not know about disktool, no man pages for that.

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