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Re: Sierra install accessed an external drive during install

From Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Sierra install accessed an external drive during install
Date 2016-09-24 17:41 +0000
Organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
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On 2016-09-24, Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
> On 2016-09-24 12:55, Jolly Roger wrote:
>> 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.
>
> 	lsof | grep .log
> 	
>   	located 4 files.  All having to do with various apps and services - 
> none install;
>
> I guess I don't get what you want me to try.

No, I would filter the list by the volume in question to see what files
are being accessed on the volume.

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Sierra install accessed an external drive during install Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-09-24 12:30 -0400
  Re: Sierra install accessed an external drive during install Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-09-24 16:55 +0000
    Re: Sierra install accessed an external drive during install Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-09-24 13:09 -0400
      Re: Sierra install accessed an external drive during install Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-09-24 17:41 +0000
        Re: Sierra install accessed an external drive during install Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-09-24 13:49 -0400
          Re: Sierra install accessed an external drive during install Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-09-24 18:11 +0000
            Re: Sierra install accessed an external drive during install Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-09-24 15:07 -0400
              Re: Sierra install accessed an external drive during install JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2016-09-24 15:35 -0400
                Re: Sierra install accessed an external drive during install "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-09-24 20:46 -0500
                Re: Sierra install accessed an external drive during install Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-09-25 09:22 -0400
                Re: Sierra install accessed an external drive during install JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2016-09-25 14:22 -0400
          Re: Sierra install accessed an external drive during install JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2016-09-24 15:30 -0400
            Re: Sierra install accessed an external drive during install Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-09-24 15:44 -0400
  Re: Sierra install accessed an external drive during install Bruce Esquibel <bje@ripco.com> - 2016-09-25 11:37 +0000
    Re: Sierra install accessed an external drive during install Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-09-25 09:17 -0400
      Re: Sierra install accessed an external drive during install Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-09-26 05:03 +0000
        Re: Sierra install accessed an external drive during install Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-09-26 17:56 -0400
          Re: Sierra install accessed an external drive during install Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-09-27 01:16 +0000
            Re: Sierra install accessed an external drive during install Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-09-28 19:20 -0400
              Re: Sierra install accessed an external drive during install Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-09-29 04:26 +0000
                Re: Sierra install accessed an external drive during install Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-09-29 13:13 -0400
                Re: Sierra install accessed an external drive during install Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-09-29 17:50 +0000
    Re: Sierra install accessed an external drive during install Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-09-25 09:24 -0400
    Re: Sierra install accessed an external drive during install "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-09-25 17:23 -0500

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