Apple Mac mini G4 - OS X
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This machine runs Mac OS X 10.5.x.
OS X version: 10.5.8 (9L31a)
Links
macfuse, Macfusion, superuser - I'm unable to mount a DMG, getting a “no mountable filesystems” error, hfsexplorer,
local links
core1 - FreeBSD, Mac mini G4, Mac mini G4 OS X, Shuttle XH61V,
History
2015-01-10: trying to use this machine to create a bootable usb stick for firmare update of a Kingston SSD SH103S3. I'm using a TDK 8 GB usb stick. Start Disk Utility, select usb stick, select "Erase", MS-DOS (FAT) and click erase button. Next, double clik on the USB_SH103_526_Build_4.dmg file, which mounts a volume named "LINUX". Back to Disk Utility, select "Restore", drag the "LINUX" volume to source and the "UNTITLED" (the usb stick) to destination and click the restore button. That appears to have worked.
2014-08-17: Ok, back to sneakernet for file sharing. I connect a firewire disk, and copy all I need to it.
2014-08-17: file sharing - since I couldn't get file sharing to work via AFP, I set up SMB File sharing instead. Let's see if that works any better. Nope - it gives an error message. Se the other machine for details.
2014-08-14: more testing of the image mac_drive.dmg. This evening I installed hfsexplorer 0.21, to see if that would help. To start it doubleclick on lib/hfsx.jar, and it launches. The File, "Load file system from file..." and select mac_drive.dmg. You get a select box to choose which file system in the image to open (the correct one was already selected in this case), and the image opens. Nice!
2014-08-13: more hdiutil info: no images attached:
media:~ tingo$ hdiutil info framework : 204 driver : 10.5v199
try to attach one:
media:~ tingo$ hdiutil attach /Users/tingo/Downloads/mac_drive.dmg The disk image you are opening may be damaged and could damage your system. Are you sure you want to open this disk image? (Y/N) y hdiutil: attach failed - no mountable file systems
It claims failure, but did it?
media:~ tingo$ hdiutil info framework : 204 driver : 10.5v199 ================================================ image-path : /Users/tingo/Downloads/mac_drive.dmg image-alias : /Users/tingo/Downloads/mac_drive.dmg shadow-path : <none> icon-path : /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DiskImages.framework/Resources/CDiskImage.icns image-type : read/write system-image : false blockcount : 156301488 blocksize : 512 writeable : TRUE autodiskmount : TRUE removable : TRUE image-encrypted : false mounting user : tingo mounting mode : <unknown> process ID : 3835 /dev/disk1 Apple_partition_scheme /dev/disk1s1 Apple_partition_map /dev/disk1s3 Apple_HFS
it attached at least. diskutil:
media:~ tingo$ diskutil list /dev/disk0 #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: Apple_partition_scheme *93.2 Gi disk0 1: Apple_partition_map 31.5 Ki disk0s1 2: Apple_HFS hd 93.0 Gi disk0s3 /dev/disk1 #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: Apple_partition_scheme *74.5 Gi disk1 1: Apple_partition_map 31.5 Ki disk1s1 2: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD 74.4 Gi disk1s3
no further.
2014-08-13: hdiutil info:
media:~ tingo$ hdiutil info framework : 204 driver : 10.5v199 ================================================ image-path : /Users/tingo/Downloads/mac_drive.dmg image-alias : /Users/tingo/Downloads/mac_drive.dmg shadow-path : <none> icon-path : /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DiskImages.framework/Resources/CDiskImage.icns image-type : read/write system-image : false blockcount : 156301488 blocksize : 512 writeable : TRUE autodiskmount : TRUE removable : TRUE image-encrypted : false mounting user : tingo mounting mode : <unknown> process ID : 3649 /dev/disk1 Apple_partition_scheme /dev/disk1s1 Apple_partition_map /dev/disk1s3 Apple_HFS
and verify
media:~ tingo$ hdiutil verify /Users/tingo/Downloads/mac_drive.dmg hdiutil: verify: unable to recognize "/Users/tingo/Downloads/mac_drive.dmg" as a disk image. (Resource temporarily unavailable) hdiutil: verify failed - Resource temporarily unavailable
ok. Perhaps I need to detach it in Disk Utility first?
media:~ tingo$ hdiutil detach disk1 "disk1" unmounted. "disk1" ejected.
retry verify:
media:~ tingo$ hdiutil verify /Users/tingo/Downloads/mac_drive.dmg hdiutil: verify: "/Users/tingo/Downloads/mac_drive.dmg" has no checksum.
ok, then.
2014-08-13: when I try to mount the image mac_drive.dmg, I get this error message: "no mountable file systems". I get the same error if I try to open it with Disk Utility. Hmm, after trying to mount another (good) image in Disk Utility, The mac_drive.dmg image shows up (called "Macintosh HD"), but cannot be mounted. I try First Aid, but "Repair Disk" and "Verify Disk" is greyed out. Here is what diskutil list shows:
media:~ tingo$ diskutil list /dev/disk0 #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: Apple_partition_scheme *93.2 Gi disk0 1: Apple_partition_map 31.5 Ki disk0s1 2: Apple_HFS hd 93.0 Gi disk0s3 /dev/disk1 #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: Apple_partition_scheme *74.5 Gi disk1 1: Apple_partition_map 31.5 Ki disk1s1 2: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD 74.4 Gi disk1s3
ok. Can I mount disk1s3?
media:~ tingo$ diskutil mount /dev/disk1s3 Volume failed to mount
How about readonly?
media:~ tingo$ diskutil mount readOnly /dev/disk1s3 Volume failed to mount
Nope. Can I mount the whole disk?
media:~ tingo$ diskutil mountDisk /dev/disk1 One or more volume(s) failed to mount
not. Try verifyVolume:
media:~ tingo$ diskutil verifyVolume /dev/disk1s3 Started verify/repair volume (filesystem) on disk disk1s3 Macintosh HD Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume Checking Extents Overflow file Checking Catalog file Invalid node structure Volume check failed Error detected while verifying/repairing volume disk1s3 Macintosh HD: Filesystem verify or repair failed (-9957) [ + 0%..10%..20%..30%..40%..50%..60%..70%..80%..90%..100% ] Finished verify/repair volume (filesystem) on disk disk1s3 Macintosh HD Error detected while verifying/repairing volume disk1s3 Macintosh HD: Filesystem verify or repair failed (-9957)
on the whole disk:
media:~ tingo$ diskutil verifyVolume /dev/disk1 Error encountered attempting to verify/repair disk1: Unrecognized filesystem (-9958)
Ok, so that won´t work.
2014-08-13: I connected up the external (usb-to-sata) hard drive I prepared earlier (see 2014-08-11 entries for core1). The "ntfs-data" partition was automatically detected and mounted. Disk Utility confirms that this is a NTFS file system. Good. I open the drive and copy over the image ("mac_drive.dmg"), this takes about an hour.
2013-09-29: the machine has iTunes version 10.1.1 (4). I configured iTunes so it doesn't copy files to it's library. Then I set up the music server as a share via Macfusion (sshfs) mounted as "music", and added "music" to the iTunes library. This process took a while.
2013-09-29: software - I downloaded Firefox 3.6.28 and installed it. I installed MacFUSE 2.0.3,2 and Macfusion 2.0.4.
2013-09-28: The machine came with OS X version 10.5.8 (9L31a). I created my own account on the machine, and configured various things.