twinkiestar Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 trying to install several new apps (xbench, firefox etc) on the newly installed 10.4.4, downloaded successully, but when I try to mount the dmg by double click the dmg from safari download window, the mount always failed, the error msg is "device not configured", can anyone share some experience on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabr Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?showtopic=9257 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkiestar Posted February 19, 2006 Author Share Posted February 19, 2006 http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?showtopic=9257 thanks sabr.. I think you are confused...I already get os installed, now I want to mount dmg of application on the new os., that is when I got the failure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
errandwolfe Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 I had the same problem. What I wound up noticing was when I ran "Repair Disk" from Disk Utility on 10.4.4 there was A LOT of files it could not seem to correct ownership on. Here is the steps I took to resolve the problem: 1. Reboot into your 10.4.3 installation 2. Run Disk Utilities and Repair Permisions on your 10.4.4 drive 3. Reboot into 10.4.4 4. Repeat step 2 I think this most likely occurs if you import your ALL your files and settings from your 10.4.3 installation after your 10.4.4 install. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtraa Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 Hi, thanks errandwolfe, this works perfect you can also use toast titanium to mount the image, if t is urgent. But of course it is better to repair permissions etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkiestar Posted February 19, 2006 Author Share Posted February 19, 2006 thanks errandwolfe. your suggestion works great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximuss Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 errandwolfe, when i do this i get a no entrance sign when i try to boot 10.4.4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtraa Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 errandwolfe, when i do this i get a no entrance sign when i try to boot 10.4.4 Strange... if thats thecase you could try to boot up 10.4.4. with -s, and then fsck and mount the disk (see the two commands shown right over your bootprompt in the commandline) then do a sudo diskutil repairPermissions / I CORRECTED THIS, THE COMMAND IS DISKUTIL, NOT hdiutil *sorry* I hope that works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miliuco Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 I had the same problem. What I wound up noticing was when I ran "Repair Disk" from Disk Utility on 10.4.4 there was A LOT of files it could not seem to correct ownership on. Here is the steps I took to resolve the problem:1. Reboot into your 10.4.3 installation 2. Run Disk Utilities and Repair Permisions on your 10.4.4 drive 3. Reboot into 10.4.4 4. Repeat step 2 Thanks, errandwolfe, this worked for me also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximuss Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 Strange... if thats thecase you could try to boot up 10.4.4. with -s, and then fsck and mount the disk (see the two commands shown right over your bootprompt in the commandline) then do a hdiutil repairPermissions /yourharddrive. I hope that works :pirate2: i get a waiting for root device msg and i can't get in to single user mode. Going to try patch solution 1.0 cause i was still working on 0.3 and maybe there are some bugs that im running into right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximuss Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 i get a waiting for root device msg and i can't get in to single user mode. Going to try patch solution 1.0 cause i was still working on 0.3 and maybe there are some bugs that im running into right now. Works! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainPlanet Posted October 31, 2007 Share Posted October 31, 2007 hey guys! I had the smae problem; nothin worked but then i found that: I had downloaded some DMG files to install some software and kept getting these error messages: Unable to attach "Foo.dmg" - Device not configured. It was happening for more than one .dmg file, and I'm sure the download was not corrupted. At first, I tried using the Disk Utility, thinking it was related to disk permissions, but the option wasn't present when I selected the DMG. Clicking on "Verify disk" didn't help either, and resulted in the same error "Device not configured". Tried the instructions below and they worked. 1. Go into terminal 2. type su [username that has admin rights] you will be asked for your admin password. 3. Then run these commands. (I don't know what they do but they worked) sudo kextunload -c com.apple.AppleDiskImageController sudo kextload -b com.apple.AppleDiskImageController 4. Now try to mount those .dmg files. this worked for me ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nico3d3 Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 I had the same problem with my macdotnub recently and I tried the CaptainPlanet solution. It work for me, but after a while I have to go back to the terminal and repeat the command. What's wrong with my system? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KellyKelly Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 Best way is to find and deleting files below: com.apple.frameworks.diskimages.uiagent.plist com.apple.diskimages.fsck <- this may be the main culprit com.apple.frameworks.diskimages.plist may be problem with corrupt preferences. Kextload and repair permission just temporary solve the problem for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emig647 Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Is there a permanent solution to this yet? I updated to 10.4.11 and haven't been able to get images to mount. The temporary kext loads "sudo kextunload -c com.apple.AppleDiskImageController sudo kextload -b com.apple.AppleDiskImageController" work until I restart. I tried Caminoz solution in his signature but it resets once I restart. This is the last thing stopping me from 10.4.11 being perfect. Help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rufus T. Firefly Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 Pacifist. Open 10.4.X installation package with Pacifist. Install System.kext and Authenticate. When asks you to replace old one with new one click yes. Fix permissions, reboot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emig647 Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 Great advice... forgot one little important thing... The System.kext needs to match up with the Kernel version. I finally got them matched up in 10.4.10 under 10.4.11 and everything is humming along smooooooothly. Thanks for the advice Rufus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rufus T. Firefly Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 Glad to help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danyel Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 hey guys! I had the smae problem; nothin worked but then i found that: I had downloaded some DMG files to install some software and kept getting these error messages: Unable to attach "Foo.dmg" - Device not configured. It was happening for more than one .dmg file, and I'm sure the download was not corrupted. At first, I tried using the Disk Utility, thinking it was related to disk permissions, but the option wasn't present when I selected the DMG. Clicking on "Verify disk" didn't help either, and resulted in the same error "Device not configured". Tried the instructions below and they worked. 1. Go into terminal 2. type su [username that has admin rights] you will be asked for your admin password. 3. Then run these commands. (I don't know what they do but they worked) sudo kextunload -c com.apple.AppleDiskImageController sudo kextload -b com.apple.AppleDiskImageController 4. Now try to mount those .dmg files. this worked for me ! Thanks, Captain Planet. The above instructions worked perfectly for me! I just upgraded to 10.4.11 on my Dell Inspiron 1300 this morning. Danyel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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