i checked that the automount daemon was running:
PID TT STAT TIME COMMAND
344 ?? Ss 0:00.02 /usr/sbin/automount -f -m /Network/Servers -fstab -m /automount -static
looks okay
disktool -l reports the following:
disktool -l
***Disk Appeared ('disk3',Mountpoint = '', fsType = '', volName = '')
***Disk Appeared ('disk3s1s1',Mountpoint = '', fsType = '', volName = '')
***Disk Appeared ('disk3s1s2',Mountpoint = '', fsType = '', volName = 'Strata 3Dpro 3.7')
***Disk Appeared ('disk3s1',Mountpoint = '', fsType = '', volName = '')
*** Unrecognized disk appeared on disk0 ***
*** Unrecognized disk appeared on disk0s1 ***
*** Unrecognized disk appeared on disk0s2 ***
*** Unrecognized disk appeared on disk0s3 ***
*** Unrecognized disk appeared on disk0s4 ***
***Disk Appeared ('disk0s5',Mountpoint = '/Volumes/Enterprise', fsType = 'hfs', volName = 'Enterprise')
*** Unrecognized disk appeared on disk1 ***
*** Unrecognized disk appeared on disk1s1 ***
*** Unrecognized disk appeared on disk1s2 ***
*** Unrecognized disk appeared on disk1s3 ***
*** Unrecognized disk appeared on disk1s4 ***
*** Unrecognized disk appeared on disk1s5 ***
***Disk Appeared ('disk1s6',Mountpoint = '/', fsType = 'hfs', volName = 'Macintosh HD')
*** Unrecognized disk appeared on disk2 ***
*** Unrecognized disk appeared on disk2s1 ***
*** Unrecognized disk appeared on disk2s2 ***
*** Unrecognized disk appeared on disk2s3 ***
*** Unrecognized disk appeared on disk2s4 ***
*** Unrecognized disk appeared on disk2s5 ***
***Disk Appeared ('disk2s6',Mountpoint = '/Volumes/Borg_Cube', fsType = 'hfs', volName = 'Borg_Cube')
so it can see the CD which is Strata Pro 3.7, but there is no mountpoint assigned to it.
if i go disktool -c 501 the disk springs up on the desktop and then disktool -l reports:
disktool -l
*** Unrecognized disk appeared on disk3 ***
*** Unrecognized disk appeared on disk3s1s1 ***
***Disk Appeared ('disk3s1s2',Mountpoint = '/Volumes/Strata 3Dpro 3.7', fsType = 'hfs', volName = 'Strata 3Dpro 3.7')
*** Unrecognized disk appeared on disk3s1 ***
*** Unrecognized disk appeared on disk0 ***
*** Unrecognized disk appeared on disk0s1 ***
*** Unrecognized disk appeared on disk0s2 ***
*** Unrecognized disk appeared on disk0s3 ***
*** Unrecognized disk appeared on disk0s4 ***
***Disk Appeared ('disk0s5',Mountpoint = '/Volumes/Enterprise', fsType = 'hfs', volName = 'Enterprise')
*** Unrecognized disk appeared on disk1 ***
*** Unrecognized disk appeared on disk1s1 ***
*** Unrecognized disk appeared on disk1s2 ***
*** Unrecognized disk appeared on disk1s3 ***
*** Unrecognized disk appeared on disk1s4 ***
*** Unrecognized disk appeared on disk1s5 ***
***Disk Appeared ('disk1s6',Mountpoint = '/', fsType = 'hfs', volName = 'Macintosh HD')
*** Unrecognized disk appeared on disk2 ***
*** Unrecognized disk appeared on disk2s1 ***
*** Unrecognized disk appeared on disk2s2 ***
*** Unrecognized disk appeared on disk2s3 ***
*** Unrecognized disk appeared on disk2s4 ***
*** Unrecognized disk appeared on disk2s5 ***
***Disk Appeared ('disk2s6',Mountpoint = '/Volumes/Borg_Cube', fsType = 'hfs', volName = 'Borg_Cube')
Any further suggestions? I've tried wiping all the preferences and rebuilding them, and i've tried the permissions repair in Disk Utility.