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ctbritt · Oct 1, 2005, 07:32 AM

Hello all--

Have a problem. I have a 100GB LACIE external firewire drive, formatted for MS-DOS. It stopped mounting on my powerbook the other day and I"ve not been able to get it to mount since. If I run DiskUtility, it checks the disk and then gives me this error:

Code:
Verify and Repair disk “LACIE”
fsck_msdos(268) malloc: *** vm_allocate(size=1069056) failed (error code=3)
fsck_msdos(268) malloc: *** vm_allocate(size=1069056) failed (error code=3)
*** error: can't allocate region
fsck_msdos(268) malloc: *** set a breakpoint in szone_error to debug
** /dev/disk1s1
** Phase 1 - Read FAT
** Phase 2 - Check Cluster Chains
** Phase 3 - Checking Directories
`..' entry in /.Trashes/501/Weekly Backup - 2005.09.21-00.36.06.139 - Part 1.FullBackup/Contents/Backup.catalog has incorrect start cluster
Correct? yes
`..' entry in /.Trashes/501/Weekly Backup - 2005.09.21-00.36.06.139 - Part 1.FullBackup/Contents/Backup.catalog/BACKUP~1.CAT has incorrect start cluster
Correct? yes
No space for directory (Cannot allocate memory)
Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit


1 non HFS volume checked
1 volume could not be repaired because of an error

Any ideas? I really want to get the data off the disk and then reformat as a Mac formatted drive. But I can't GET to the data.

Thanks!

camane72 · Oct 27, 2006, 09:36 AM

I have the same exact problem. I think it may have something to do with FCP and using the lacie drive as a scratch disk. Or updating System software with the external connected.