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10.2.8--10.3.3 clash (related problem?)
Authored by: stmilne on May 17, '04 08:58:04PM

Forgive the newbie post; my question seems related to ths thread, so here goes.

I am having a problem with Mac OS X 10.2.8 (iMac) coexisting with 10.3.3 (TiBook) on the same (two-computer) Airport network. The iMac disk has two partitions, "A" (OS X partition) and "B" (OS 9 partition). Both are HFS+.

It seems that after I mounted "B" on the TiBook recently, and then ejected it after I was done, "B" was no longer visible on the iMac desktop, nor did it appear in Finder windows, Open dialogs, etc. [Heart stops momentarily.]

But "B" (and all its files) is still there, visible in /Volumes with ls from the terminal. Also, it can be seen by Disk Utility, which can mount and unmount it with no effect on its visibility. "B" is also visible to XRay. Oddly, its owner/group is now not "system/admin" but the user currently logged in. And, "B" is still visible to the TiBook, and can be mounted.

Restarting the iMac had no effect, nor did "repair" under Disk Utility. I also tried deleting the .DS_Store file in /Volumes, likewise to no effect.

How can I fix this (without backing up the entire machine and reformatting the disk, that is)? And how can I keep this from happening again?



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