On 12/20/05, Robert T. Wyatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Can you perform a filesystem check on the disc image files using
> > Apple's Disk Utility?
> >
> > Probably the .dmg files have been damaged. Do they have approximately
> > the correct size? Did you download them from Apple's site or install
> > them from a CD?
>
> I downloaded the files from Apple's site. The current problem file is
> the XcodeTools1.5 disk image. I'm not sure if I used fsck properly below....
>
> I ran fsck with:
>
> $ fsck /Users/rgrtw/Applications/Installers/devTools/XcodeTools1.5__CD.dmg
> /Users/rgrtw/Applications/Installers/devTools/XcodeTools1.5__CD.dmg is
> not a character device
> CONTINUE? [yn] y
>
> and got this:
>
> ** /Users/rgrtw/Applications/Installers/devTools/XcodeTools1.5__CD.dmg
> BAD SUPER BLOCK: MAGIC NUMBER WRONG
> ioctl (GCINFO): Inappropriate ioctl for device
> fsck:
> /Users/rgrtw/Applications/Installers/devTools/XcodeTools1.5__CD.dmg:
> can't read disk label
>
> I don't know if this is correct usage of fsck for a disk image.
>
> I do know that I can't install the November 2004 gcc updater without
> Xcode 1.5 being installed.
>
> Thanks,
> Robert
>
>

You're probably better off using hdiutil if you're going the
command-line route--though "hdiutil verify" is equivalent to using
DIsk Utility's verify option.

--
Alexander K. Hansen
Fink Documenter
[Day Job] Levitated Dipole Experiment
http://psfcwww2.psfc.mit.edu/ldx/


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