Help! Hdiutil: mount failed Continues.

[Spyke]

I’m starting from scratch, building a completely new image.
Running Intel Macs, using Leopard 10.5.

Just as a simple refresher, I’ve obtained a fresh copy of instaDMG.
Other than dropping in the OSX DMG and OSX Updates I havent touched anything.

I found running either the instadmg.bash or the revision.bash from the InstaDMG_Resources directory floods my terminal with various log errors.

Though the instadmg.bash within the instadmg_resources/instadmg folder seems to get further.

However both instadmg.bash result in this hdiutil: create fail, and mount fail.

Instadmg1.43 works fine.
I’ve looked up other hdiutil problems and have yet to find a solution.

[Patrick Gallagher]

Can you mount your OS X disk image in the Finder? Make sure you allow it to checksum, don’t skip.

[knowmad]

1) did you change the name of the OSX installer disc Image?
2) Do you have have enough free space?
3) Are you running under sudo?
(not trying to be insulting, just running the basics past you to see if you are doing something odd out of habit that does not apply to a default setup).
4) do you have spaces in the name of your drive or dmg image name? (i vaugley remember some people having issues with this)
5) what OS is your build station at?
All the details you can give us will help….

[Spyke]

To answer your questions.

1) The name is the OSX installer disc image is correct to what instadmg wants.
2) Yes there is plenty of disk space.
3) Yes I am running under sudo.
4) No there are no spaces in the name of the drive or dmg image name.
5) My OS build station is currently running 10.5.5 though my build is 10.5.6. Should this really cause an issue?

Instadmg will run and build my image under an old copy of instadmg. However the most recent returns the hdiutil: mount failed on first try.

[knowmad]

more dumb questions (i am good at those, and you should always stick with what your good at….)
10.5.5…. huh…. well, it SHOULDN’T make a difference (especially as it was working before) but… They (apple) did something to 10.5.5 that screwed up certain complex scripting actions. This is easiest to see by running the Office 08 installer script in 10.5.4, 10.5.5 and 10.5.6. You’ll see no error in 4 and 6 but 5 will give you an odd scripting error that stops everything until you hit ok, even in CL mode.
Does that mean its affecting your issue? no. Is it shotgun repair work (fix everything just to get the one item included)? yes, so I suggest it as a last straw.

How exactly are you running the newer instadmg? here is what I suggest.
Make a brand new folder somewhere innocuous, like on your desktop. Call it 43. Move the InstaDMG1.43 script into there. Then move the newer script into the location where the 1.43 WAS. Change NOTHING else.
run it

My guess is that something in the new set of folders you have for the new script is just slightly not right.
Maybe its a flag? a short cut? a bad image?
no clue…. but the easiest way to see if its IN the script vs in the folders/image/environment is to do as stated above.

and when that doesn’t work, try 10.5.6
😉

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