I also tried it in a different command on the other page you referenced: typing “$ sudo diskutil unmount force /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD” resulted in “Volume Macintosh HD on disk0s2 failed to unmount. I tried the command “$ sudo lsof | grep /Volume/Macintosh\ HD” but it resulted in nothing, I just got a reset terminal after it prompted me for my password. Thank you for the additional assistance but I’m not quite sure what to do with any of this. Map auto_home on /home (autofs, automounted, nobrowse)įilesystem Size Used Avail Capacity iused ifree %iused Mounted on Map -hosts on /net (autofs, nosuid, automounted, nobrowse) dev/disk0s2 on / (hfs, local, journaled) Typing “mount” and hitting Enter yielded: Typing “/Volumes/” and hitting Tab once yielded “Macintosh HD” Tab a second time did nothing.Ģ.
Small hard drive, but about 40% available space.1. Cons: Cannot set up multiple print queues to the same printer applications that. It's been a delight in the 2 years I've had it. Requires: System 7.0 Macintosh with hard disk and 4 megabytes of RAM. My laptop runs fine, and I have no (visible) problems.
Nothing is open on the HD - I don't even touch it after the boot-up from volume A (or B, for that matter). Go back to the macOS Utilities screen and select Reinstall macOS. Name, Scheme, Format, etc.) to reformat the disk and click Done when finished. I have checked the iBook HD, and I have ownership and permissions to read & write. Select the unmountable Macintosh HD from the sidebar. Once in a while I get 'Disk Management Tool requires that you type in your password', which I do. I have tried this procedure in every way conceivable.
If Disk Utility reports that the disk appears to be OK or has been repaired, you’ve finished. When the First Aid process is complete, click Done. In the First Aid dialogue, click Run, then follow the onscreen instructions. I also get: 'Mac iBook HD could not be unmounted make sure all applications and files are closed on this disk.' A is the boot volume, and B and C are mounted (and unmountable). In the sidebar, select the storage device, then click the First Aid button. When I try to verify my HD, it says 'Verify volume failed with error: could not unmount disk'. It asked me to choose a volume, so I chose 'Mac iBook HD', which is shown as a mounted volume. I have an external drive, with 3 partitions, A, B, and C.Ī and B are bootable. I also tried to start up with the Apple Hardware Test CD, with the same result of getting stuck at opening screen.
Status: Verified It gives me the instructions: 'to repair your startup disk, start up from your Mac OS X Install disc, then choose Utilities>Disk Utility' I tried to do that with the original install disc (starting with the C key pressed), but no luck (I think maybe because it's 10.3?), but I couldn't get past the opening screen. Or go to Erase in order to format the disk. Step 3: Visit First Aid and try to repair the disk. Step 2: A boot menu will appear, here, select to choose Disk Utility. ,1) Mac iBook HD Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit 1 HFS volume checked - Volume needs repair - here's a little extra info, which says it CAN be repaired: Can Be Verified: Yes Can Be Repaired: Yes Bootable: Yes S.M.A.R.T. Step 1: Restart your Mac while pressing and holding the Option key, and then select to choose Recovery partition. Clicked ‘Macintosh HD’ under ‘Internal’ - did first aid on that, and it said ‘First aid could not unmount.
Equip is 24 iMac, Lion OS, 4 Gb mem., appx 150 gb free space on disk. Will not boot, restore, or reinstall Lion. I have also searched these forums, but couldn't find anything helpful (except 'try again', which I did many times!) when I attempted to verify my HD, this is the result: - Verifying volume “Mac iBook HD” blah blah blah.Ĭhecking volume information. Attempted to re-install lion but could not select HD, disk utility says disk is locked & can not unmount disk.
I have spent hours and hours on this, and I'm not getting anywhere, so here is my plea for help. For your computer, you repair Macintosh HD - the. Click done to continue.’ It cannot repair OS X Base System which does not exist except on a system installation volume. Clicked ‘Macintosh HD’ under ‘Internal’ - did first aid on that, and it said ‘First aid could not unmount the volume for repair. Equip is 24' iMac, Lion OS, 4 Gb mem., appx 150 gb free space on disk. Attempted to re-install lion but could not select HD, disk utility says 'disk is locked' & 'can not unmount disk'.