hdiutil returns error trying to resize sparsebundle

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hdiutil returns error trying to resize sparsebundle

Trying command:

*hdiutil resize -size 10g foo.sparsebundle*

hdiutil asks for the password, then after some time this error is returned:

*hdiutil: resize failed - Cannot allocate memory*

iMac 27", Mac OS X (10.6.4), 4GB Ram

Posted on Jul 14, 2010 2:56 PM

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snscomp Author

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Jul 14, 2010 3:50 PM in response to snscomp

The image size was large (2T). I had to take in in stages or there were errors:

hdutil resize -size 1.5t foo.sparsebundle

hdutil resize -size 1t foo.sparsebundle

hdutil resize -size 500g foo.sparsebundle

hdutil resize -size 10g foo.sparsebundle

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