RE: Mounting volumes
RE: Mounting volumes
- Subject: RE: Mounting volumes
- From: "Pitcher, George" <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 07:24:53 -0000
Rob,
Thanks for trying.
Alas this only works when the disk is mounted. Now if only there was a way
to mount.....
I'm giving up on this now. The amount of time spent on this so far is
probably more than I would have spent doing a manual mount with the d2
driver (which like all the other drivers seems to be unscriptable.
George
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-----Original Message-----
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From: Rob Jorgensen [mailto:email@hidden]
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Sent: 14 March 2001 23:45
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To: Pitcher, George
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Subject: RE: Mounting volumes
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Hi George :-)
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Was the disk mounted, and visible on the desktop, when you
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compiled the script?
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Which method did you try? Creating an alias (Finder variety) to the
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disk, or accessing the disk directly?
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Later,
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Rob
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On 3/14/01, you commented:
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>Rob,
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>I tried your suggestion but when I compile the script, it
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changes the disk
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>name to the name of the system disk and when run, opens the
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system disk
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>without re-mounting the disk I want to see.
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>Regards
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>George
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>> -----Original Message-----
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>> From: Rob Jorgensen [mailto:email@hidden]
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>> Sent: 13 March 2001 21:01
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>> To: AppleScript Users List
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>> Subject: RE: Mounting volumes
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>> On 3/13/01, I commented:
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>> >On 3/13/01, Pitcher, George commented:
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>> >> Simon,
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>> >>Now you see my problem. I normally use either a HD Toolkit
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>> or SCSI probe,
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>> >>neither of which are scriptable. The 'mount volume' command
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>> is in Standard
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>> >>Additions without any mention of being for use ONLY on
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a network.
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>> >>At present we are using a partition on the d2 drive but we
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>> will soon be
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>> >>re-formatting it into a single partition. I would still
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>> have the problem of
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>> >>mounting the drive rather than a partition.
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>> >>If you can suggest any 3rd party solutions I'll give them
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>> the once over.
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>> >>
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>> >>I take it from your email that you're into Lasso as well?
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>> >I'm coming into this thread late, so excuse me if I've missed
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>> >something or don't understand the problem.
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>> >If I'm not mistaken, you should be able to overcome your problem
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>> >with an alias to the drive in question. It's worth a try anywho.
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>> >Mount the drive and create an alias to it and then unmount the
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>> >drive. Use the alias in whatever fashion you wish (scripted,
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>> >double-click, etc.) to bring the drive back online. I
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haven't done
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>> >much with this, but it just worked on a partition. <shrug>
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>> Further testing has revealed that you might be able to do this
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>> without creating an alias (Finder variety).
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>> -- Example
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>> tell application "Finder"
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>> activate
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>> open alias "Your Drive or Volume:"
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>> end tell
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>> -- End Example
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>> The script will need to be compiled while the disk is
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mounted or the
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>> alias won't resolve. Again, this was tested only on one of my
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>> partitions, so your results may vary.
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>> --
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>> Later,
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>> Rob Jorgensen
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>> Ohio, USA
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--
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Later,
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Rob Jorgensen
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Ohio, USA