Instructions for Making an IMAC GUID formatted drive Read/Writable on graphics3, ON the IMAC >>>>>>>>> plug drive into a USB port Open "Disk Utility" and find your Partition of interest assume there are 2 partitions: Untitled_1 and Untitled_2 and you want your data on "Untitled_1" ------------------ Open a Terminal window and make sure they're mounted: $> df -h ... blah ... ... bhah ... /dev/disk1s2 932Gi 633Mi 931Gi 1% 162010 244076009 0% /Volumes/Untitled_1 /dev/disk1s3 931Gi 633Mi 930Gi 1% 162004 243861873 0% /Volumes/Untitled_2 ------------------ Check that /Volumes/Untitled_1 is Read/Writable by everyone: $> ls -la /Volumes/Untitled_1/ ..blah.. ..blah .. drwxrwxr-x 7 admin staff 306 Sep 1 09:59 . ..blah .. NOTE: "drwxrwxr-x" means that it is NOT WRITABLE by everyone ------------------ to make it writable by everyone do this: $> chmod 777 /Volumes/Untitled_1 ------------------ Check Writablity again: $> ls -la /Volumes/Untitled_1/ ... and note that it is now "drwxrwxrwx 7 admin staff 306 Sep 1 09:59 . " ------------------ OK, now go back to the "Disk Utility" window CLICK on (select) the partition of interest (Untitled_1) from the list of drives and partitions along the left side of the window Press and HOLD down the "alt option" key on the keyboard and Click on "File" from the Menu Bar at the top of the screen Select "Disable Journaling" (this will be grayed-out if you don't have the "alt option" key pressed) When that's done, after the timer stops spinning, Eject the disk in"Disk Utilities" Unplug the Drive from the IMac USB port ------------------ <<<<<<< ON graphics3 >>>>>> Plug the drive into a USB port; after a few seconds/momemnts; it should mount automatically as /media/Untitled_1/ Then to this: $> df -h to see if has mounted ------------------ If you find it, then you probably want to make a new directory, i.e." $> mkdir /media/Untitled_1/date_today/ ------------------ to copy everything in "/data/username/date_today/" into "/media/Untitled_1/date_today/" Do This: $> rsync_usb.com /data/username/date_today/ /media/Untitled_1/date_today/ ------------------ "rsync_usb.com" will run continuosly, waiting for new data to arrive, until you c The Drive will then be unmounted and you can then safely UNPLUG it from graphics3. (If you want to mount it on graphics3 again, just unplug it and plug it back in, or try $> mount /media/Untitled_1/ <<<<<<< --- IMPORTANT:!!! Back on the IMAC >>>>>>>>> plug drive into a USB port Open "Disk Utility" then CLICK on (select) the partition of interest (Untitled_1) from the list of drives and partitions along the left side of the "Disk Utility" window Press and HOLD down the "alt option" key on the keyboard and Click on "File" from the Menu Bar at the top of the screen Select "Enable Journaling" When that's done, after the timer wheel stops spinning, you can Eject the disk in"Disk Utilities" and Unplug the Drive from the IMac USB port -OR- open it in the "finder" to see your files <<<<<<<