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A possible fix for invalid sibling links on a hard drive
Got the same "invalid sibling link" error after Time Machine wouldn't backup to my external drive saying "disk is in read only mode". Went into Disk Utility, the "invalid sibling link" came up when trying to Verify Disk. Used Info in the Disk Utility to get Disk Identifier : disk1s1 (in my case). Then opened Terminal and ran:
Went back into Disk Utility and mounted the drive. Time Machine now works fine. iMac Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GHzMaxtor 500GB Firewire Time Machine: Capacity: 465.76 GB Available: 297.49 GB Writable: Yes File System: Journaled HFS+ BSD Name: disk1s1 Mount Point: /Volumes/Time Machine
A possible fix for invalid sibling links on a hard drive
I just tried this hint (same problem - corrupted Time Machine external drive) but instead of a repaired time machine drive I got a 'segmentation fault'. Does anyone know what this means and how to repair it? |
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