----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry Skidmore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Compact Macs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 12:57 PM Subject: Re: What do I do with a .image
> Nat, > > I had forgotten about the 'MountImage' control panel, so decided to do a > Google search, and found the following comments about it in an issue of > TidBITS. Is there a more recent version of this control panel that does > not exhibit the problems described below, and if so, from where can it be > downloaded? I noticed that the reviewed version is beta. > > Thanks, > Barry > > * MountImage 1.2b2 by Steve Christensen. This control panel can > mount up to eight disk images on the desktop. Unfortunately, > MountImage has a serious bug that can cause data corruption if the > original image file is split into more than three fragments when > stored on disk. In this case, MountImage can lose track of some > data fragments, blindly reading and writing to blocks that may not > belong to the image file, which can overwrite and damage other > files on your drive. Use of MountImage is _highly_ discouraged, > even by Steve. > As far as I know, 1.2b2 is the final release of Mount Image. This is the version that I have, and that I have always had. If anyone can find a newer version, please let me know. I guess I knew about that bug already, but had kind of forgotten about it because I never experienced any problems using it. I guess it's a kind of use-at-your-own-risk type deal. If you're worried about losing files on your hard disk, perhaps consider keeping the original image file on a floppy disk or other removable storage media with nothing else on it when you want to mount it. That way, if I understand the above correctly, if Mount Image decides it needs to start blindly reading and writing to random blocks, it will be reading and writing blocks in a place that won't hurt anything. -Nat -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
