Could not erase target volume, operation timed out

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Could not erase target volume, operation timed out

Hi All,

Using Netrestore,to image g5 ppc, I can netboot fine, but when they go to erase the target volume, I get Could not erase target volume, operation timed out. When I try to use disk utility in the netrestore, and then get another message that says Macintosh HD could not be unmounted.

Tony.

Mac OS X (10.5.4)

Posted on Jul 13, 2009 6:30 AM

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Answer 1

Jul 13, 2009 9:34 AM in response to trizzotto

As you've discovered, the system is unable to unmount the internal hard drive. This means that some process is using, or has opened a file on, the internal hard drive.

If you can get into the terminal, doing an lsof may tell you what process is using the drive.

The other possibility, if you're trying to NetBoot into a volume and then restore, is that the drive is in use for the shadow file. If that's the case, you should be able to work around this by enabling diskless NetBoot.

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Answer 2

Jul 13, 2009 11:56 AM in response to trizzotto

I've found that this happens when a HD is corrupted. Netinstall can't properly unmount aad/or erase the target HD. The only solution I've found is to boot the client from an install disk (or an external HD) and erase the HD. The netinstall process then works.

Jeff

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