How to unlock HFS+ -

[Bob Goodwin]

I have a hard drive removed from an Apple Mac computer that I need to 
reformat but fdisk and gparted show it locked and neither are able to 
change anything. The drive is connected through a universal adapter via USB.

Can anyone tell me how to deal with this?

Bob

[poma]

On 22.09.2013 23:25, Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
> I have a hard drive removed from an Apple Mac computer that I need to 
> reformat but fdisk and gparted show it locked and neither are able to 
> change anything. The drive is connected through a universal adapter via USB.
>
> Can anyone tell me how to deal with this?
>
> Bob

man 8 umount

poma

[Bob Goodwin]

On 22/09/13 19:43, poma wrote:
> On 22.09.2013 23:25, Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
> > > I have a hard drive removed from an Apple Mac computer that I need to
> > > reformat but fdisk and gparted show it locked and neither are able to
> > > change anything. The drive is connected through a universal adapter via USB.
> > >
> > > Can anyone tell me how to deal with this?
> > >
> > > Bob
>
> man 8 umount
>
> poma

Ok, I'm learning but it's a slow process.

It's shown as locked in gparted until "unmounted."

Finally got it set up as a vfat drive, my granddaughter wants to use it 
to backup some photo images from her Windows portable. I keep notes so I 
should not have this problem again IF I can find my note.

Thanks,

Bob

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