Hi, FSCK is a File System check. Not sure why it rendered your partition read only, but I don't see any reason why changing the Time Machine to a different partition would cause you any problems. Of course, you need to ensure that the partition is formatted MacOS Extended Journaled.
Later... Tim Kilburn Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Jamf Certified Associate Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jun 2, 2019, at 08:58, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: After hour of moving another pile of data to/from other partitions in an effort to find a new home for TM, I got a dialogue from TM saying it cannot access the read only partition. Based on what I read online, fsck had been running all those hours and when it completed. it left the partition in read only mode. Apparently fsck is an invisible process. So now I ask, if I move the TM backup to a new partition, will TM be ok with that when I point it there? >From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 6/2/2019 7:33 AM, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries wrote: > Hi, > Turn Time Machine off from within System Preferences. With TM turned off, > you should be able to erase the partition. TM puts a lock on the volume, > which is why you cannot erase that partition. It is possible that there's a > bad sector or block on that partition, but we'll only go there if things > continue to fail. > Later... > Tim Kilburn > Apple Teacher > (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) > Jamf Certified Associate > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > On Jun 1, 2019, at 13:56, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries > <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> > wrote: > There are 4 partitions on a USB drive. The one Time Machine uses will not > mount. The other partitions seem fine but I am unable to eject any of them. > Other drives work fine. > First Aid fails and I cannot erase the TM partition. Any way to resolve > this? Thanks. > From E.T.'s Keyboard... > ancient.ali...@icloud.com <mailto:ancient.ali...@icloud.com> > Many believe that we have been visited > in the past. 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