mol problem. macosx partition locked. any suggestions?
Roger Scow
mol-general@lists.maconlinux.org
25 Aug 2004 20:00:25 -0500
Hi, Bill.
Yes to only uncommented partition and -rw flag. I didn't try the -boot
flag.
I'll try it.
THanks.
RDS
On Wed, 2004-08-25 at 19:47, Bill Fink wrote:
> Hi Roger,
>
> On 25 Aug 2004, Roger Scow wrote:
>
> > Sorry for the cross post. I've asked before, but no joy on progress.
> >
> > iBook 800. MacOSX.3.5 partition on /dev/hda9. YDL 3.0.1. mol and
> > mol-kmods are up to date according to yum. I've made appropriate
> > changes, I think to the molrc.osx config file, etc. I've searched the
> > mol archives.
> >
> > So, here's the deal: When I type startmol -X, the full screen video
> > kicks in, the tux-loves-the-apple logo and the OSX spinning cogwheel
> > appear. And that's it. One hour later, no change.
> >
> > When I get out of this (ctrl-f8) I can command-C and stop mol. Or kill
> > <pid>. The terminal shows no major kluges, but the mol.1.log shows
> > "/dev/hda9 this volume is locked".
> >
> > I've gone into OSX, repaired permissions, etc. The only HFS+ partition
> > that has an operating system is hda9. The other partitions are system
> > partitions, etc., but no OS there.
> >
> > How do I unlock the damn partition? Mount shows no inappropriately
> > mounted volumes. umount /dev/hda9 says that that volume isn't mounted.
> >
> > Short of a YDL reinstall (which seems like a stupid thing to do), what
> > should I try next?
>
> Is /dev/hda9 the only uncommented partition in your molrc.osx config
> file, and does it have "-rw" and "-boot" flags?
>
> -Bill
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