I have found a way to stop this happening by telling OS X (Leopard and Snow Leopard) to not automount the “CD disk”.

I have written a package installer which will set the configuration so this disk wont mount in future. The package can be downloaded from http://www.blendedcocoa.com/downloads/VirginInstallerDiskRemover.pkg.

Download and run the package installer. Follow the instructions to install the configuration change. If you get an error it is probably because the modem can’t be found, make sure it is plugged in and that the installer disc is mounted on your desktop.

How It Works

Basically, the package contains a script that adds a configuration line to the /etc/fstab file, if the file doesn’t exist (which is probably the case) it is created. The following line is added to the file:

UUID=A97C9EAF-E18F-3BE3-80CD-8A8C6FB6E8E7 none hfs ro,noauto

The A97C...E8E7 text is the universal unique identifier (UUID) of the “CD disk” image. I am fairly certain that this UUID will not change between different VBB E169′s but the script should determine the correct UUID using diskutil anyway.

If /etc/fstab exists the script will make a backup (/etc/fstab.previrgin.date) and then add the above configuration to the end of /etc/fstab. If /etc/fstab already has an entry for the UUID the script will do nothing.

The script isn’t particularly complicated and should work in most cases. However, USE THE SCRIPT AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!

P.S. If you aren’t using the latest drivers from Virgin (particularly if you are using Snow Leopard) go and get them from http://virginmobile.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/175/p/132/r_id/100671.

I got in to work at about 7:30am and by the time it got to 4pm I was stuffed so I went home early. The house felt different with only Zac and me.

Zac doesn’t seem to have taken it well. He is missing all the attention and as a consequence has only me to annoy. He was particularly grumpy this morning as I didn’t immediately get up and feed him in the way that he has become accustomed.

Anyway, since getting back a few notable events have occurred.

• My parents have come over to stay for a couple of months .
• I went to Tambellup as part of the John Curtin Weekend of volunteering.
• We’ve been to Melbourne for a week, where I graduated from my Masters degree.
• I went to the weekend CampOut with a bunch of people from the Perth fire crew.
• I have finally made the switch to Mac OS X with a shiny new aluminium MacBook.
• I’ve started doing an online course to upgrade my radio license to the Advanced level.
• Watched the Red Bull Air Race yesterday afternoon.

I think those are the events of importance that have occurred in the last month or two. Hopefully I will get back to more regular posting now that I have shifted the Gone to BM image from the top of the blog.

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Hopefully, the Burning Man blog will start to get updated more regularly now that the trip approaches.

Well, perhaps not a masterpiece…

I’m glad to be finished but a little bit sad that I won’t be doing more next semester.

Yay! All done!

I’m going off for a sleep now.

¹who shall remain nameless for fear of Google.

The skirt in question was a skirt that W wanted to show to Gnor in order to find out how she would go about turning it into flag poi. Random guy wanted to try it on. Once he was wearing the skirt he entertained us with his poi and hip wiggle.

He wandered off to talk to some other people. Next thing I see him taking a lit fire staff off someone else. I shout ‘No’, Gnor shouted ‘Stop’. W turned round and shouted ‘No, not in that skirt’. I remember that last one in slow motion, ‘NNNOOOOOOOOOO…’

Random guy handed the staff back and walked over to us. I suggested that W get her skirt back, next thing I see a certain American exchange student kneeling on the grass in front of a random guy pulling his skirt down

There was a pigeon outside the window