[mac4theblind] Re: Deleting a file from an auxiliary drive.
- From: Scott Granados <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 12:50:43 -0400
Whoa yes, be careful!
I remember when I was a very green sysadmin years and years ago. I did an rm
-rf in a really unfortunate directory.
:)
On Oct 15, 2013, at 12:42 PM, David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> make sure you are working on the right drive.
>
> On Oct 15, 2013, at 11:43 AM, Scott Granados <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Remember, the operating system under the pretty graphics is unix so all your
> unix commands apply.
>
> rm filename removes a file
> rm -f file name removes a directory or forces a remove
> rm -rf will remove recursively
>
> to move files around you can also use MV or if you want to preserve
> everything including permissions and user ownership then tar is your friend.
>
> something like
> tar -cf ./* | tar -xf /destination/dir
>
> and so on
>
> lots of good unix resources out there if you need a hand.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> On Oct 14, 2013, at 5:43 PM, John Harden <jharden01@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> I used to be somewhat of a commandline expert but that was back in the days
>> of DOS. Anybody remember DOS? I did go to the drive and copied all the books
>> back to the Mac. That went quite smoothly. If I had to reformat the drive I
>> really wouldn't lose anything as long as the Mac kept running. It has the
>> Time Machine backups on it. If I did format the drive what would I do
>> different lady to prevent having these problems in the future?
>> John Harden
>> Quality Brailler Repair LLC
>>
>> For professional Perkins Braille Writer repair.
>>
>> 386-238-5871
>> jharden01@xxxxxxxxxx
>> 145 N. Halifax Ave. #605
>> Daytona Beach, FL 32118
>>
>>
>>
>> On Oct 13, 2013, at 10:13 PM, John Panarese <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> It won’t work with the Windows computer because it is Mac formatted.
>>> You would need a third party Windows app to read it on the PC.
>>>
>>> I think you can probably try making yourself root and seeing if you
>>> can do anything with the drive. Short of that, you would have to change
>>> the formatting, which would end up erasing the drive entirely. There may
>>> be some terminal methods to try to delete the files via command line, but I
>>> am not a command line expert.
>>>
>>>
>>> Take Care
>>>
>>> John D. Panarese
>>> Director
>>> Mac for the Blind
>>> Tel, (631) 724-4479
>>> Email, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>>>
>>> On Oct 13, 2013, at 9:35 PM, John Harden <jharden01@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> When I bought this drive it was advertised as working with both Windows
>>>> and Mac. The truth of the matter is however the windows computer will not
>>>> recognize it at all. Do you know at this point what I can do with it or do
>>>> you need more information?
>>>>
>>>> John Harden
>>>> Quality Brailler Repair LLC
>>>>
>>>> For professional Perkins Braille Writer repair.
>>>>
>>>> 386-238-5871
>>>> jharden01@xxxxxxxxxx
>>>> 145 N. Halifax Ave. #605
>>>> Daytona Beach, FL 32118
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Oct 13, 2013, at 8:47 PM, David Hilbert Poehlman
>>>> <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> John P,
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there a way given what you know to make the drive writable? perhaps
>>>>> root user could do it?
>>>>>
>>>>> On Oct 13, 2013, at 7:20 PM, John Panarese <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I noticed in the other information you provided that the disk was
>>>>> formatted in OS Extended Journaled Case Sensitive. Is there any reason
>>>>> why case sensitive was done? That is usually done for servers or for
>>>>> very specific reasons.
>>>>>
>>>>> Also, I missed the start of this thread. You cannot delete files?
>>>>> Is there an error message that shows up?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Take Care
>>>>>
>>>>> John D. Panarese
>>>>> Director
>>>>> Mac for the Blind
>>>>> Tel, (631) 724-4479
>>>>> Email, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com
>>>>>
>>>>> APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX Mountain Lion and LION
>>>>>
>>>>> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE
>>>>>
>>>>> MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Oct 13, 2013, at 6:46 PM, John Harden <jharden01@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> The disk shows up twice in disk utility. Here is the information on the
>>>>>> other time it shows up. I don't know why a disk shows up twice or if
>>>>>> there's a difference in the two bits of information.
>>>>>> Disk Description : Seagate Backup+ BL Media Total
>>>>>> Capacity : 1 TB (1,000,204,885,504 Bytes)
>>>>>> Connection Bus : USB Write Status : Read/Write
>>>>>> Connection Type : External S.M.A.R.T. Status :
>>>>>> Not Supported
>>>>>> USB Serial Number : NA5A5D9W Partition Map Scheme :
>>>>>> GUID Partition Table
>>>>>>
>>>>>> John Harden
>>>>>> Quality Brailler Repair LLC
>>>>>>
>>>>>> For professional Perkins Braille Writer repair.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 386-238-5871
>>>>>> jharden01@xxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>> 145 N. Halifax Ave. #605
>>>>>> Daytona Beach, FL 32118
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Oct 13, 2013, at 2:20 PM, Edward Redfern <edwardredfern@xxxxxxx>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> With your drive connected, go to Disk utility located in the utilities
>>>>>>> folder inside your applications folder. you can get details of the HD
>>>>>>> including the partitions used. if NTFS is shown, then initially you
>>>>>>> have a problem.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> you can push data to an NTFS drive but you can't modify, erase or
>>>>>>> mount. so you will need a product like Tuxera NTFS or Paragon NTFS for
>>>>>>> mac which are reasonably cheap. these work as driver / volume support
>>>>>>> tools.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> if the drive is set as Macintosh OS X extended journaled, you may be
>>>>>>> experiencing a volume error. if you can find out for us what your drive
>>>>>>> is formatted as, then we can continue from there.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> lew
>>>>>>> Moderator / Support
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 13 Oct 2013, at 18:56, David Hilbert Poehlman
>>>>>>> <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> John,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It sounds like there is a problem with writing to the drive. this
>>>>>>>> happens if the drive is ntfs. You can investigate this issue by
>>>>>>>> finding the drive on the desktop and pressing either vo-m m to bring
>>>>>>>> up the shortcut menu for the drive and pressing enter on the get info
>>>>>>>> item (be warned, this can lock op your system), or directly press
>>>>>>>> command-i to get info.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Oct 13, 2013, at 1:37 PM, John Harden <jharden01@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I tried both methods and neither of them worked. Again I locked the
>>>>>>>> machine up and doing force quit to get out.
>>>>>>>> John Harden
>>>>>>>> Quality Brailler Repair LLC
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> For professional Perkins Braille Writer repair.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 386-238-5871
>>>>>>>> jharden01@xxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>> 145 N. Halifax Ave. #605
>>>>>>>> Daytona Beach, FL 32118
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Oct 13, 2013, at 8:57 AM, David Hilbert Poehlman
>>>>>>>> <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> try command-shift delete. I know this seems somewhat counter
>>>>>>>>> intuitive but it may work.
>>>>>>>>> you can also try a copy and move item to here which is
>>>>>>>>> command-option-v. once the item has been transferred to the mac, it
>>>>>>>>> should be easily deleetable.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Oct 13, 2013, at 8:51 AM, John Harden <jharden01@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I copied my NLS books folder to my Seagate external USB drive. Now
>>>>>>>>> that I have read one of the books I want to delete it from the
>>>>>>>>> Seagate drive. I found it and pressed command delete and got a
>>>>>>>>> message saying preparing filename for deletion. After about an hour
>>>>>>>>> and no progress I aborted the deletion with quite a bit of trouble
>>>>>>>>> doing so. Because I had so much trouble with it I don't want to go
>>>>>>>>> back and try it again until hearing from someone on this list. Is
>>>>>>>>> there something I should do other than just find the book and press
>>>>>>>>> command delete? Any help will be appreciated.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> John Harden
>>>>>>>>> Quality Brailler Repair LLC
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> For professional Perkins Braille Writer repair.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 386-238-5871
>>>>>>>>> jharden01@xxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>>> 145 N. Halifax Ave. #605
>>>>>>>>> Daytona Beach, FL 32118
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> John Harden
>>>>>>>>> Quality Brailler Repair LLC
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> For professional Perkins Braille Writer repair.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 386-238-5871
>>>>>>>>> jharden01@xxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>>> 145 N. Halifax Ave. #605
>>>>>>>>> Daytona Beach, FL 32118
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> Jonnie Appleseed
>>>>>>>>> With His
>>>>>>>>> Hands-On Technolog(eye)s
>>>>>>>>> touching the internet
>>>>>>>>> Reducing Technology's disabilities
>>>>>>>>> One Byte At a time
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Jonnie Appleseed
>>>>>>>> With His
>>>>>>>> Hands-On Technolog(eye)s
>>>>>>>> touching the internet
>>>>>>>> Reducing Technology's disabilities
>>>>>>>> One Byte At a time
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Jonnie Appleseed
>>>>> With His
>>>>> Hands-On Technolog(eye)s
>>>>> touching the internet
>>>>> Reducing Technology's disabilities
>>>>> One Byte At a time
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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