Re: hdiutil create failed error 49168
Re: hdiutil create failed error 49168
- Subject: Re: hdiutil create failed error 49168
- From: "Carter, Bruce" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:51:21 -0400
- Acceptlanguage: en-US
- Thread-topic: hdiutil create failed error 49168
Are you running any anti-virus software? We have had a variety of odd
errors from HDIUTIL because Norton was doing something...
On 10/9/08 9:22 PM, "David" <email@hidden> wrote:
> FYI, I reran the command from history, no changes that I'm aware of
> anywhere, and it worked.
>
> I have been experiencing these frequent errors for no discernible
> reason. I've been trying to use tools DropDMG and DMG Canvas. Both of
> those often also give me errors, especially DropDMG which always
> reports an error, hdiutil 49168.
>
> The man page for hdiutil says that when using srcfolder the file
> system will match that of the source. Therefore sounds like the fs
> option is not needed unless you're trying to override the filesystem.
>
> The -ov option just overwrites. If you don't overwrite and the file is
> present, it gives a simple error stating that the file exists.
>
> On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 8:56 PM, Lisa Weimer <email@hidden> wrote:
>> No idea what your error is, but you didn't specify any disk format. Mac
>> disk images are HFS+.
>>
>> Try:
>> Hdiutil create -ov -fs HFS+ -srcfolder sourceDir out.dmg
>>
>> I usually use:
>> Hdiutil create -ov -fs HFS+ -volname "out" -srcfolder "source Dir"
>> out.dmg
>>
>> The man page will describe all the options :)
>>
>> Lisa
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: installer-dev-bounces+lisaweimer=email@hidden
>> [mailto:installer-dev-bounces+lisaweimer=email@hidden]
>> On Behalf Of David
>> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 6:48 PM
>> To: email@hidden
>> Subject: hdiutil create failed error 49168
>>
>> I'm trying to create a dmg with an application in it.
>> I put the application in a directory then used the following command:
>>
>> hdiutil create out.dmg -srcfolder sourceDir
>>
>> hdiutil: create failed - error 49168
>>
>> I haven't found much in Google about this. I'm not of out disk space.
>>
>> Any help appreciated.
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Bruce Carter, Senior Systems Engineer http://www.nd.edu/~bcarter/
Center for Creative Computing, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame,IN 46556
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