[ducasi]

Hi,

Wondering if anyone else has the same problem, or could try this out...

Every week I have a wee script that runs the command-line equivalent of a "New image from device" in Disk Utility. It boils down to this:

Code:
 sudo hdiutil convert /dev/rdisk0s9 -format UDSP -o Backup

This is supposed to create a sparse image copy of my main OS partition, and up until this weekend it worked. Then I upgraded to 10.3.9.

Now I get an error:

Code:
 hdiutil: convert failed - image/device is too large

Any ideas?

If you're going to try it, you'll maybe need to use something different than "/dev/rdisk0s9" to find your boot partition - basically it's the first entry in the "df" command, with an "r" stuck in before the "disk". Oh, and you'll need to have "cd"-ed to another disk - you can't copy a disk into itself. If it works it'll create a very large file called "Backup.sparseimage"

I've got to say, I'm a bit stumped as to what has caused this...

Cheers!

[galarneau]

I get the same error, and this is trying to make a sparse image of an 80GB drive onto a 120GB empty external drive, so clearly there is enough space.

Weird. I'm curious as to what's going on. Sorry I couldn't be of more help in troubleshooting.