sparse bundle error

[djc]

I see.

Well I tried what you suggested and it asked me for a password. Now If I can just figure out why...

[sjk]

Try your login password. If the command doesn't produce an error then run (exactly):

sudo rm /Volumes/Backup/deleteme

… to delete the file that sudo rm /Volumes/Backup/deleteme would have created. Just be careful with sudo because it runs commands using extra privileges. Don't run it if you don't feel confident enough or don't trust me… but I've been using it for 30 years.

[djc]

i entered my mac login password at the prompt and 'deleteme' was created on the share. I assume this is correct. Why Disk Utility/SD! seem to error out is odd. I removed all access restrictions on the share (anyone can r/w) and it still fails.

[sjk]

Hmm. I'm out of ideas for tonight.

[djc]

Thanks for all of your help anyway!

[jmwilder]

Originally Posted by djc

Thanks for all of your help anyway!

I'll second that. I haven't had a chance to look into this further, but I will try out some of the suggestions tonight and report back.

[madom]

Hi

I'm having the same Problem. SD! is can't mount the Sparsebundle on my NAS anymore, since upgrading to 10.6 and 2.6.1 - I can't create a sparsebundle with disk utility either, so this seems to be a Snow Leopard Issue?

Could be related to this: http://forum.synology.com/enu/viewto...p?f=64&t=16917

Any further help would be appreciated.

[dnanian]

Could be... very hard to say. But we're not going to be able to work if DU can't, because we're actually using Disk Utility to create and mount the image.

[madom]

OK, but it seems definetely to be a general error that came with Snow Leopard. We all have different NAS (mine is a Synology DS107+).

Is there anyone who doesn't have a Problem with 10.6 & NAS & sparsebundle?

[dnanian]

Yes, me, using a ReadyNAS and a ReadyNAS Pro. Works just fine.

[jmwilder]

This post in the Apple discussions board seems like it might be related.

http://discussions.apple.com/thread....5116&#10085116

Incidentally, I tried to create the sparsebundle on the NAS using Disk Utility and received the same error as djc.

From the disk utility log:

2009-08-31 19:02:59 -0400: Creating Image “test.sparsebundle”
2009-08-31 19:02:59 -0400: Initializing…
2009-08-31 19:02:59 -0400: Creating…
2009-08-31 19:02:59 -0400: Formatting…
2009-08-31 19:03:00 -0400: Finishing…
2009-08-31 19:03:01 -0400: Unable to create “test.sparsebundle.” (Operation not supported)

[djc]

as an FYI, I am not running 10.6, I'm running 10.5.8, so this isn't an isolated SL issue.

I did update the firmware on my NAS which now has a Time Machine feature. TM now see's my NAS as a TC and I was able to backup, but haven't tested SD! yet.

[trainbuffer]

I'm getting the same error.

Using SD 2.6.1 on 10.6.1 backing up to a debian machine (ext3) running Netatalk and set up for Time Machine.

The first image from SD seems to run through fine, but when running a SD scheduled Smart Update, I get the error.

Anyone find out what error is?

[chill903]

I'm on 10.5.8, but I've been having the exact same problem:

| 08:14:56 PM | Info | ...ACTION: Mounting Upstairs iMac Archive
| 08:14:56 PM | Info | ......COMMAND => Preparing Upstairs iMac Archive
| 08:15:08 PM | Info | hdiutil: create failed - Operation not supported
| 08:15:08 PM | Error | ****FAILED****: result=256 errno=22 (Unknown error: 0)

It's been going on for weeks, and I can't find a way to get a sparsebundle to mount. (Running a Thecus 5200 NAS. I've attached via SMB and AFP, and neither will allow me to mount a sparsebundle in order to back up my machine.)

I have been using SuperDuper! and this NAS for two years, but it is just in the last month or so that I cannot get it to work.

[dnanian]

Switch to a sparse image instead of a sparse bundle.