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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: Sierra install accessed an external drive during install
Date: 24 Sep 2016 16:55:11 GMT
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On 2016-09-24, Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
>
> In the last 10 minutes or so of the install, the lights on one of my 
> external drive was blinking mightily.
>
> I checked the Time Machine backup time stamps and it wasn't that ...
>
> Just poured thru /var/log and can't spot anything...
>
> System Log:    "unable to read the file"   ??? WTF?  Deleted?
>
> Any ideas?

Try lsof.

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