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I just get the same command prompt again, no error message, nothing. So far none of the other tips posted work for me, including dragging the folder to Terminal. You need to be root to do this, there are ways to set it up so users can mount like common GUI's do, but that is beyond me. make a directory, then mount then cd into it. I wonder if the ISP wrote that script to get the thing to work on Mac? In Russia, anything's possible! mkdir /media/myusbstick mount /dev/disk3 /media/myusbstick cd /media/myusbstick. You have to go into the Mac directory in Terminal, then run *sudo sh SwitchDriver.sh* (the script is in the Mac dir).
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The installation instructions seem more like for Linux. The ISP who provided it said it works with Mac, but I don't see Mac listed in the mfgr. romansempireMac-Pro-8 Here’s what you’re seeing: The first line shows the last time you logged into your Mac via the command line that’s the current time, when you’re using Terminal. I couldn't find the company on Google when I got the thing for my XP machine a year ago. For example, to change to the external/ USB drive named Drive 1. I think there's a command named something like mounthfs for devices formatted with a Mac filesystem.
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This gives us the information we need (the drive name) to then cd change directory into any drive. mkdir /Volumes/usb mountmsdos /dev/disk1s1 /Volumes/usb If your USB device is formatted differently, use another mount command. The manufacturer is some Asian company called C-motech. So that would look something like this when entered in Terminal: Mac: username cd /Volumes & ls Drive 1 Macintosh Drive 2 Time Machine Drive 3. You're absolutely right it's real unusual.