On Fri, Jul 16, 2004 at 04:13:51PM -0700, Erik Steffl wrote: > Emma Jane Hogbin wrote: > >Ok, this worked (yay!!) but it is read-only. I found a document which said > >the partition may need to be cleaned first on a Mac, but I tried this and > >it didn't help. > > I didn't have to clean anything on mac (I don't even have access to a > Mac) > > what happens if you explicitly try to mount the partition as rw: > > mount -t hfsplus -w /dev/sda3 /mnt/ipod
Same thing...it's still read-only. > do you have a line in /etc/fstab for ipod? (if yes, does it say ro?) > this is what I have in /etc/fstab for ipod: > /dev/sdb3 /mnt/ipod hfsplus rw,user,noauto 0 0 I haven't been using an entry in my /etc/fstab. I've just been trying to load it "by hand". Ths time the iPod ran out of battery while I was trying to work things out and now I can't umount it and I get the following errors when I try to read the files: smeagol:~ 09:13:59 $ ll /mnt/ipod/ ls: /mnt/ipod/Calendars: Input/output error ls: /mnt/ipod/Contacts: Input/output error : Input/output error ls: /mnt/ipod/Notes: Input/output error total 0 drwxrwxrwx 1 99 99 6 Jul 10 10:35 iPod_Control And I can't properly unmount it anymore. It says: smeagol:~ 09:15:50 $ sudo umount /mnt/ipod umount: /mnt/ipod: device is busy Who knew that winning an iPod would be so difficult. :( thanks for your help! emma -- Emma Jane Hogbin [[ 416 417 2868 ][ www.xtrinsic.com ]] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]