mol problem. macosx partition locked. any suggestions?

[Roger Scow]

However, the message that the vol /dev/hda9 is locked is no longer
there.  So, I guess I'm getting somewhere.

RDS

On Wed, 2004-08-25 at 20:00, Roger Scow wrote:
> 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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