Disk image mount problem

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HI all. Has anyone here faced a case when standard .dmg images used to distribute X software (Omniweb, VNC, etc.) are unmountable? The CRC doesn't fail, but the disk is declared unreadable and OSX offers to initialize it or eject it.

I have OSX with dev tools installed.





 
No but I have a problem where the mount program hangs while trying to mount .dmg
images. Force-quitting and re-mounting solves the problem but it's irritating.
 
No? I am having the same problem, and need an a solution, as more and more developers are distributing their software on this format.
 
I can't figure this out...Disk Copy gives an error on any .dmg/.img file....installing software is no longer possible. Looked thru my etc/hostconfig file, didn't see a problem.

Any ideas would be appreciated.
 
I had the same problem when login in NOT as the admin. When I login as admin I can mount the Omniweb disk. Yes, appears to be related to installing the developers package. Maybe the dev package changes the permissions or ownership of a directory - such as /Volumes.
 
Here is my console log showing the failure to install 3 files [logged in as root]: TinkerTool, XOptimize, Sharity.

Apr 18 10:02:19 localhost WindowServer[51]: MPHWBlit Composite: surface copy fails (-536870201) ... disabling.

file://localhost/System/Library/Extensions/msdosfs.kext/ is not a valid kernel extension bundle.
file://localhost/System/Library/Extensions/msdosfs.kext/ is not a valid kernel extension bundle.
file://localhost/System/Library/Extensions/webdav_fs.kext/ is not a valid kernel extension bundle.
file://localhost/System/Library/Extensions/webdav_fs.kext/ is not a valid kernel extension bundle.
/dev/disk1
hfs: unknown user id: unknown
Apr 18 10:02:39 localhost autodiskmount[78]: DiskVolume_mount_foreign: There is a filesystem error with the device disk1 which was attempting to mount at /Volumes/TinkerTool12a

Apr 18 10:02:39 localhost autodiskmount[78]: disk1 ??? hfs no no TinkerTool12a [not mounted]

/dev/disk1
hfs: unknown user id: unknown
Apr 18 10:03:20 localhost autodiskmount[78]: DiskVolume_mount_foreign: There is a filesystem error with the device disk1 which was attempting to mount at /Volumes/TinkerTool12a

Apr 18 10:03:20 localhost autodiskmount[78]: disk1 ??? hfs no no TinkerTool12a [not mounted]

/dev/disk1
hfs: unknown user id: unknown
Apr 18 10:05:31 localhost autodiskmount[78]: DiskVolume_mount_foreign: There is a filesystem error with the device disk1 which was attempting to mount at /Volumes/Xoptimize v0.1

Apr 18 10:05:31 localhost autodiskmount[78]: disk1 ??? hfs no no Xoptimize v0.1 [not mounted]

/dev/disk1
hfs: unknown user id: unknown
Apr 18 10:06:55 localhost autodiskmount[78]: DiskVolume_mount_foreign: There is a filesystem error with the device disk1 which was attempting to mount at /Volumes/Sharity.2.4

Apr 18 10:06:55 localhost autodiskmount[78]: disk1 ??? hfs no no Sharity.2.4 [not mounted]
 
I've seen the dosfs and webdav errors in other places too. I've not tried to read an MSDOS disk or WebDav whatever, so I don't know if this error means these things aren't working yet, or if the error is just an artifact from an earlier build rearrangement.

-Rob
 
Below is the Volumes directory before, and after install failure of Sharity.dmg:

+++directory of "volumes" before install attempt+++
[localhost:/] root# ls -al volumes
total 0
drwxrwxrwt 2 root admin 264 Apr 20 21:39 .
drwxrwxr-t 37 root admin 1214 Apr 20 21:38 ..
[localhost:/] root#

+++console log after DiskCopy failure+++
/dev/disk1
hfs: unknown user id: unknown
Apr 20 21:42:48 localhost autodiskmount[78]: DiskVolume_mount_foreign: There is a filesystem error with the device disk1 which was attempting to mount at /Volumes/Sharity.2.4

Apr 20 21:42:48 localhost autodiskmount[78]: disk1 ??? hfs no no Sharity.2.4 [not mounted]

+++directory of "volumes" after install attempt+++
[localhost:/] root# ls -alR volumes
total 0
drwxrwxrwt 3 root admin 58 Apr 20 21:42 .
drwxrwxr-t 37 root admin 1214 Apr 20 21:38 ..
drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 58 Apr 20 21:42 Sharity.2.4

volumes/Sharity.2.4:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 58 Apr 20 21:42 .
drwxrwxrwt 3 root admin 58 Apr 20 21:42 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root admin 0 Apr 20 21:42 .autodiskmounted
[localhost:/] root#

+++directory of "/"+++
[localhost:/] root# ls -al
total 12408
drwxrwxr-t 36 root admin 1180 Apr 20 21:48 .
drwxrwxr-t 36 root admin 1180 Apr 20 21:48 ..
-rw-rw-rw- 1 mark admin 16500 Apr 20 21:48 .DS_Store
d-wx-wx-wx 2 root admin 264 Mar 24 20:22 .Trashes
-r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 142 Feb 25 01:05 .hidden
dr--r--r-- 2 root wheel 96 Apr 20 21:38 .vol
drwxrwxr-x 27 root admin 874 Apr 7 22:56 Applications
drwxrwxr-x 17 root admin 534 Apr 7 18:02 Applications (Mac OS 9)
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel 204800 Apr 15 00:07 Desktop DB
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel 1402210 Apr 17 01:33 Desktop DF
drwxrwxr-x 2 root admin 264 Mar 24 19:49 Desktop Folder
drwxrwxr-x 13 root admin 398 Mar 25 20:18 Developer
drwxrwxr-x 5 root admin 264 Mar 25 03:58 Documents
drwxrwxr-x 21 root admin 670 Feb 25 01:04 Library
drwxrwxr-x 6 root admin 264 Mar 25 04:05 Network
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 58 Apr 11 22:51 System
drwxrwxr-x 39 root admin 1282 Apr 7 19:19 System Folder
drwxrwxr-x 2 root admin 264 Mar 24 19:26 TheFindByContentFolder
drwxrwxr-x 4 root admin 264 Mar 24 19:38 TheVolumeSettingsFolder
drwxrwxr-x 4 root admin 264 Apr 7 19:16 Trash
drwxrwxr-x 5 root admin 126 Apr 17 01:30 Users
drwxrwxrwt 3 root admin 264 Apr 20 21:42 Volumes
drwxrwxr-x 33 root admin 1078 Apr 14 11:42 bin
lrwxrwxr-t 1 root admin 13 Apr 20 21:48 cores -> private/cores
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Apr 20 21:38 dev
lrwxrwxr-t 1 root admin 11 Apr 20 21:48 etc -> private/etc
lrwxrwxr-t 1 root admin 9 Apr 20 21:48 mach -> /mach.sym
-r--r--r-- 1 root admin 652352 Apr 20 21:38 mach.sym
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 4039744 Mar 30 21:46 mach_kernel
drwxrwxr-x 7 root admin 264 Apr 20 21:39 private
drwxrwxr-x 56 root admin 1860 Apr 14 11:42 sbin
lrwxrwxr-t 1 root admin 11 Apr 20 21:48 tmp -> private/tmp
drwxrwxr-x 10 root admin 296 Apr 12 12:45 usr
lrwxrwxr-t 1 root admin 11 Apr 20 21:48 var -> private/var
[localhost:/] root#
 
I have the same problem with a running OSX on my Powerbook G3/400 Pismo. After having a big crash and re-installation of OSX I cannot read .dmg images any more.

Is there a solution - maybe third party software - in sight ?

Please help since there are a lot of programs that I would use e.g. Pseudo etc.

Thanks in advance


Sammy
 
I've the same problem with omniweb.
I've just reinstalled OSX and now i can't install omniweb.
In the previous OSX installation the same .dmg gives me no problem. Mah!
 
Hm. Those permissions look okay... I was going to ask if the affected machine(s) were upgrade installs over existing Public Beta installs-- but some folks are seeing it after a totally clean (erase the disk) install?

That "unknown user id: unknown" thing is sort of odd. Maybe something corrupted in the netinfo database? If you do "niutil -read . /users/unknown", what does it say? (It should dump a list of info about the basically bogus account called 'unknown')
 
I resolved the problem with the omniweb .dmg downloading the file directly on my mac.

The file that gives me the error was downloaded on my PC at work, then copied on a CD.

I don't know if something goes wrong in the download on the PC.
 
That PC thing doesn«t apply to me. i have downloaded from Itools,from Omniwebb,directly in macosx or in 9.1. nothing
works, I still have exactly the same problem. I have tried as root, or as administrator, no difference. i have checked my hostconfig, looks okay : AUTODISKMOUNTER=-REMOVABLE- is there. I have the latest 10.0.3, have have done prebinding
my macosx was a clean install. there are several of us out here that can«t install .dmg files anymore and nobody seem to know why. One last thought; can there be several confighost files? a problem like this is very serious

jojo

 
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