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Re: using mount

But this won't work in single user mode without starting the autodiskmountd.
when using HFS+. Umount and mount will work with ufs without starting the
daemon.

( Sigh.. What is it about inetd that every developer seems intent on
avoiding its use? )

I've found that umount works fine, consistently, with ufs file systems. I
have yet to see any issues or problems related to disk arbitration. Which I
guess means that the standard BSD mechanisms are still basically intact.

Its a different story with HFS+. The only "disk" I wish to see in the finder
is root. The rest I access from root via links. I would like to tell
autodiskmount to not automatically mount disks in /Volumes. With HFS+ the
only way to do this seems to be to set a bit in the partition with pdisk. I
haven't experimented with that yet. I am assuming that might allow me to use
umount and mount with consistent results. I think it would use something
called hfs.util to do the actual work.

Arbitration is still a problem EVEN when you let it do it its way. With
multiple partitions (HFS+), every fourth update/install seems to fail. Right
now I am having problems with iTunes. I have multiple boot partitions (3
including CLASSIC). It doesn't like that. The installer seems to have a
problem determining which partition I booted from...


- P.

> Please don't use umount, as it screws up disk arbitration (disks in the
> finder, disks in apps, etc.).
>
> use disktool -u to unmount disks and disktool -m to mount them again.
>
> Eric
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