failure to mount error 95

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failure to mount error 95

I recently downloaded a shareware game from macgamer three times and each time it tells me 'failure to mount error 95'. Does anyone know what this means and what I need to do to install this game?
Thanks

powerbook G4, Mac OS X (10.2.x), 56k dialup

Posted on Apr 30, 2006 2:23 PM

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Answer 1

Yang

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May 1, 2006 5:27 AM in response to Denise Christopher

Hi Denise,

What was the file extension of the file you downloaded?

Yang

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Answer 2

May 1, 2006 3:40 PM in response to Yang

It was a game 'MJS2.dmg

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Answer 3

Yang

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May 1, 2006 3:52 PM in response to Denise Christopher

Hi Denise,

Try opening the file with Disk Utility (located in /Applications/Utilities/). With the application launched, select 'Open Disk Image' from the 'File' menu, and select the .dmg which you downloaded. Is this an isolated case, or have you had problems in the past opening .dmg files?

Yang

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Answer 4

May 3, 2006 10:39 PM in response to Yang

Is it possible that this is just an update w/o an actual application?
I've never downloaded something with .dmg. I also found out I'm missing anything called 'disk utility' but I do have disk copy.
This is the most confusing mess. Thank you for your help.

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Answer 5

Yang

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May 4, 2006 2:28 AM in response to Denise Christopher

Hi Denise,

A disk image (.dmg) is essentially a container - much like a soft-copy of a CD or a DVD. It has to be mounted - like a CD/DVD - before its contents can be read. Can you try downloading this file to see if you can mount it? We need to find out if it's peculiar to one particular .dmg, or whether it affects all disk images.

Yang

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Answer 6

May 4, 2006 3:07 PM in response to Yang

The camino mounted just fine. I followed the directions and ejected the disk image. So maybe you're right about it just being that one .dmg. I downloaded some disk utility software last night and suddenly the disk copy comes bouncing up out of the dock.
I used to feel that I knew all about my computer but lately so many things have changed it's hard to keep up. My last computer was the pismo powerbook but last year I upgraded. Now I have 4 color printers and 2 laster printers that aren't much use. I've been told if I upgrade the motherboard on the laser printer I can still use it. So now I upgraded just about everything, bought new printers and scanners but I haven't upgraded my OS software above 10.2.8. Would that help some of these problems? I have so much software that I have to outright buy again. Using things in classic is sooo...slow.

I really appreciate all your help, you've been a life saver.
Thank you

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Answer 7

May 4, 2006 3:16 PM in response to Yang

Just one more thing. I noticed and extra tag line after the error code. It said 'no mountable file systems'. I also found a utility (the web site was no longer available) That said it fixed .dmg's when they incorrectly copied as a text file. The kind was listed as a text file.
Any clues?

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Answer 8

Yang

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May 4, 2006 5:14 PM in response to Denise Christopher

Hi Denise,

The camino mounted just fine. I followed the directions and ejected the disk image. So maybe you're right about it just being that one .dmg... Just one more thing. I noticed and extra tag line after the error code. It said 'no mountable file systems'.

I would begin to suspect that one .dmg, yes. Does MJS2 refer to 'Mahjong Solitaire 2'? If so, have you tried downloading the same game from a different source? Googling 'MJS2.dmg' should bring up a handful of sites.

So now I upgraded just about everything, bought new printers and scanners but I haven't upgraded my OS software above 10.2.8. Would that help some of these problems?

That's a question that isn't easily answered, I'm afraid. Don't get me wrong, OS X 10.2.8 is a perfectly usable operating system, but by and large, Apple has stopped development on it for quite some time now. What you really have to do is consider the features the more up-to-date operating systems have to offer and decide if it's worth the investment. I find that it can also become a case where you need a newer version of a particular software, but the OS doesn't support it.

That said, with the shift to OS X, what can run on 10.2.8 usually has no trouble running on 10.3.x or 10.4.x. So if that's anything to go by, the software you buy today should continue working for you for a few years. I don't know if that answers your question. I'm rambling a bit.

Yang

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