sparse bundle error

[jmwilder]

I've upgraded to 2.6.1 and am trying to take advantage of the save to sparse bundle option. I'm running Snow Leopard. Unfortunately, I get the following error when I try to mount:

hdiutil: create failed - Operation not supported

Trying to save instead to a sparse image works fine. I'm backing up to a D-Link NAS (DNS-321) with EXT2 file system. Is the sparse bundle image incompatible with EXT2 or should I look elsewhere for the problem? Any ideas? Thanks.

[djc]

I'm getting a similar error:

| 08:12:42 PM | Info | ......COMMAND => Preparing MBP
| 08:14:25 PM | Info |       hdiutil: create failed - Operation not supported
| 08:14:25 PM | Error | ****FAILED****: result=256 errno=22 (Unknown error: 0)

Buffalo LS-WSGL/R1 XFS

[sjk]

That's a permissions error, possibly caused by SD! not setting a permission that's compatible with the filesystem you're storing the sparse bundles on. If you run ls -dl /path/to/file.sparsebundle in a Terminal shell and post the output here I can see what OS X thinks the permissions are.

A workaround might be to manually adjust the permission, manually mount the sparse bundle volume, then select the mounted volume as the SD! copy target. If you try that be careful not to reselect the sparse bundle filename as the target again because SD! might recreate it because of the permission problem.

[djc]

can do, however I do not know how to specify the path correctly.

the NAS is named LINKSTATION and the share is called Backup. Not sure what I need to do in terminal to display the information you request for a remote drive. I'll play around and see what I can come up with for now.

[sjk]

I'm not familiar with the NAS naming conventions, but maybe the pathname to the sparse bundle would be something like:

/Volumes/Backup/file.sparsebundle

If you can't figure it out someone else with more direct experience can give you more step-by-step help. In any case I'm sure Shirt Pocket will have a fix for it (if possible) relatively soon.

[djc]

That worked

there is no file in the directly as SD! can't create, but here is the output you asked for:

drwx------  1 djc  staff  16384 Aug 30 21:10 /volumes/backup

Thanks for your help!

[dnanian]

Are you able to create a sparse bundle on that volume with Disk Utility?

[djc]

Originally Posted by dnanian

Are you able to create a sparse bundle on that volume with Disk Utility?

No. Interesting...

[dnanian]

Right. That's the problem. When you fix it so you can create a sparse bundle with Disk Utility, SuperDuper! will work too...

[sjk]

Could it be that volume isn't being shared with enough permission?

[dnanian]

That'd be my guess.

[djc]

Not sure why that is. I can create a sparsebundle on my desktop then drag it to 'Backup' and it copies just fine...

?

[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.