Converting sparseimage to sparsebundle

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Converting sparseimage to sparsebundle

Does anyone know how to do this?

I tried using hdiutil with the following command:

hdiutil convert /Volumes/"Time Capsule HD"/iMacC2D TMBkp.sparseimage -format UDSB iMacC2D TMBkp.sparsebundle

and got back the following error msg.

"hdiutil[76355:10b] Error loading /Users/wesgaige/Library/Plug-ins/DiskImages/VirtualPCDiskImagePlugin.bundle/Con tents/MacOS/VirtualPCDiskImagePlugin: dlopen(/Users/wesgaige/Library/Plug-ins/DiskImages/VirtualPCDiskImagePlugin.bun dle/Contents/MacOS/VirtualPCDiskImagePlugin, 262): no suitable image found. Did find:
/Users/wesgaige/Library/Plug-ins/DiskImages/VirtualPCDiskImagePlugin.bundle/Con tents/MacOS/VirtualPCDiskImagePlugin: mach-o, but wrong architecture
2008-03-05 22:25:01.066 hdiutil[76355:10b] Cannot find function pointer MacDiskImagePluginFactory for factory 4D08F98C-8968-11D6-8667-0003933E9206 in CFBundle/CFPlugIn 0x51a0c0 </Users/wesgaige/Library/Plug-ins/DiskImages/VirtualPCDiskImagePlugin.bundle> (bundle, not loaded)
hdiutil: convert: only a single input file can be specified"

I appear to be missing something called "dlopen". Where can I get it?

iMac Intel Core Duo, MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.5.2)

Posted on Mar 5, 2008 8:32 PM

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Answer 1

foilpan

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Mar 5, 2008 9:28 PM in response to WessGaige

are you sure it's not complaining about the quotes? either quote the whole path or escape the space with a \ and see what happens. the "only a single input file can be specified" seems to indicate hdiutil is interpreting the details you passed as more than one input file.

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Answer 2

WessGaige Author

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Mar 5, 2008 9:45 PM in response to foilpan

I do not know what you mean by "escape the space with a \". I only dabble in command line.

But I did put the whole path in quotes and tried. Got the same error message.

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iMac-Core2Duo:Iomega HDD wesgaige$ hdiutil convert "/Volumes/Time Capsule HD/iMacC2d TMBkp.sparseimage" -format UDSB iMacC2d TMBkp.sparsebundle
2008-03-05 23:40:34.475 hdiutil[77448:10b] Error loading /Users/wesgaige/Library/Plug-ins/DiskImages/VirtualPCDiskImagePlugin.bundle/Con tents/MacOS/VirtualPCDiskImagePlugin: dlopen(/Users/wesgaige/Library/Plug-ins/DiskImages/VirtualPCDiskImagePlugin.bun dle/Contents/MacOS/VirtualPCDiskImagePlugin, 262): no suitable image found. Did find:
/Users/wesgaige/Library/Plug-ins/DiskImages/VirtualPCDiskImagePlugin.bundle/Con tents/MacOS/VirtualPCDiskImagePlugin: mach-o, but wrong architecture
2008-03-05 23:40:34.476 hdiutil[77448:10b] Cannot find function pointer MacDiskImagePluginFactory for factory 4D08F98C-8968-11D6-8667-0003933E9206 in CFBundle/CFPlugIn 0x51a0d0 </Users/wesgaige/Library/Plug-ins/DiskImages/VirtualPCDiskImagePlugin.bundle> (bundle, not loaded)
hdiutil: convert: only a single input file can be specified
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Answer 3

WessGaige Author

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Mar 5, 2008 10:35 PM in response to WessGaige

I discovered a mistake in the command format. A missing '-o'.

Here's what I get now:

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iMac-Core2Duo:Iomega HDD wesgaige$ hdiutil convert "/Volumes/Time Capsule HD/iMacC2D TMBkp" -format UDSB -o iMacC2D TMBkp
2008-03-06 00:16:06.147 hdiutil[77992:10b] Error loading /Users/wesgaige/Library/Plug-ins/DiskImages/VirtualPCDiskImagePlugin.bundle/Con tents/MacOS/VirtualPCDiskImagePlugin: dlopen(/Users/wesgaige/Library/Plug-ins/DiskImages/VirtualPCDiskImagePlugin.bun dle/Contents/MacOS/VirtualPCDiskImagePlugin, 262): no suitable image found. Did find:
/Users/wesgaige/Library/Plug-ins/DiskImages/VirtualPCDiskImagePlugin.bundle/Con tents/MacOS/VirtualPCDiskImagePlugin: mach-o, but wrong architecture
2008-03-06 00:16:06.151 hdiutil[77992:10b] Cannot find function pointer MacDiskImagePluginFactory for factory 4D08F98C-8968-11D6-8667-0003933E9206 in CFBundle/CFPlugIn 0x51a4b0 </Users/wesgaige/Library/Plug-ins/DiskImages/VirtualPCDiskImagePlugin.bundle> (bundle, not loaded)
hdiutil: convert failed - No such file or directory
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Still complains about a missing plugin.

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Answer 4

Mar 6, 2008 8:49 AM in response to WessGaige

{quote:title=WessGaige wrote:}
I do not know what you mean by "escape the space with a \". I only dabble in command line.{quote}

Foilpan is suggesting you try something like this:
<pre style="padding-left: .75ex; padding-top: .25em; padding-bottom: .25em; margin-top: .5em; margin-bottom: .5em; margin-left: 1ex; overflow: auto; font-size: 9px; font-family: Monaco, 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; color: #222; background: #ddd; line-height: normal">hdiutil convert "/Volumes/Time Capsule HD/iMacC2D_TM_Bkp.sparseimage" -format UDSB -o iMacC2D_TM_Bkp.sparsebundle</pre>
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Cole

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Answer 5

WessGaige Author

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Mar 6, 2008 11:00 AM in response to Cole Tierney

Well your syntax seems to have worked. It's creating the sparsebundle file even now as I type.

But I still get all of the error message saying the plugin is missing. Anyone know about that?

Will mark as solved when I can mount the sparsebundle image.

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Answer 6

Mar 6, 2008 12:23 PM in response to WessGaige

{quote}mach-o, but wrong architecture{quote}

When do you get this error? Sounds like maybe it's not finding the right flavor plugin for your hardware. To be honest I've never heard of a sparsebundle, but I'm guessing it's got something to do with time machine.

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Cole

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Answer 7

WessGaige Author

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Mar 6, 2008 2:52 PM in response to Cole Tierney

I get this message every time I execute hdiutil. Always duplicated, sometimes in triplicate.

And yes, sparsebundles are used by Time Machine on network drives like my new Time Capsule.

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Answer 8

Mar 6, 2008 3:51 PM in response to WessGaige

I think you may have an old VirtualPC diskimage plugin that is ppc only. If you're no longer using VirtualPC, I would try moving this bundle to some other location and try again:
/Users/wesgaige/Library/Plug-ins/DiskImages/VirtualPCDiskImagePlugin.bundle

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Cole

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Answer 9

WessGaige Author

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Mar 6, 2008 8:18 PM in response to Cole Tierney

I followed your suggestion. No more the error messages.

Thanks

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Answer 10

WessGaige Author

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Mar 10, 2008 12:42 PM in response to WessGaige

I have been able to create the sparsebundle file. This problem is officially SOLVED.

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