Originally Posted By: plantsower
I will do that. I didn't think my mac would recognize the extended HD without booting into it. Here goes... Uh oh. Got this message in Terminal: Last login: Thu Apr 23 11:33:24 on console
MacBook-Pro:~ myname$ sudo dd if=/dev/rdisk1 of=/dev/null conv=noerror bs=5120
Password:
dd: /dev/rdisk1: No such file or directory

Update: Oops, I forgot to connect my ext. hd. I did connect it and tried Terminal again but it wouldn't let me erase the first message. How to I clear it? I quit Terminal but it's still there. Why is this so hard?

Terminal is tricky! I went through the same aggravation long ago, with the same process, I think. "dd" keeps running even after you quit Terminal; control-C should terminate it.

You need to edit out your name if that's your preference.

Last edited by alternaut; 04/27/20 02:08 AM. Reason: Removed personal info
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