Are you facing ‘no mountable file system’ error?
How to fix ‘dmg no mountable File System’ error?
Why DMG file becomes inaccessible?
DMG (Disk Mounted Graphics) is a file used on Macintosh Operating System X. It is just like an image which contains all contents of the ‘File system’. Its format allows file compression of the data with password protection. You can easily create DMG file by the Disk Utility of the Mac’s OS with extension ‘.dmg’. Sometimes when operating system mounts (It is the process of making computer file system ready to use) this DMG file it throws an error message ‘No mountable File System’.
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# hdiutil mount foo.dmg hdiutil: mount failed – no mountable file systems |
# diskutil info /dev/disk4 Device Identifier: disk4 Device Node: /dev/disk4 Whole: Yes Part of Whole: disk4 Device / Media Name: Disk Image Volume Name: Foo Mounted: Yes Mount Point: /Volumes/Foo Content (IOContent): None File System Personality: ISO Rockridge Type (Bundle): cd9660 Name (User Visible): ISO 9660 (Rockridge) https://jmclever.weebly.com/vlc-dmg.html. OS Can Be Installed: No Media Type: Generic Protocol: Disk Image SMART Status: Not Supported https://inskyey418.weebly.com/user-manuals-from-old-ge-gas-ranges.html. Disk Size: 25.3 MB (25337856 Bytes) (exactly 49488 512-Byte-Units) Device Block Size: 512 Bytes Volume Total Space: 25.3 MB (25337856 Bytes) (exactly 49488 512-Byte-Units) Volume Used Space: 25.3 MB (25337856 Bytes) (exactly 49488 512-Byte-Units) (100.0%) Volume Available Space: 0 B (0 Bytes) (exactly 0 512-Byte-Units) (0.0%) Allocation Block Size: 2048 Bytes Read-Only Media: Yes Read-Only Volume: Yes Device Location: External Removable Media: Removable Media Removal: Software-Activated |
# kextstat | grep filesystem 66 1 0xffffff7f81b91000 0x8000 0x8000 com.apple.filesystems.hfs.encodings.kext (1) 7CC455ED-D7F1-3AD4-B362-4A974AFD0991 <7 6 5 4 3 1> 67 0 0xffffff7f81b99000 0x67000 0x67000 com.apple.filesystems.hfs.kext (407.1.3) F1CDFC19-49BF-35BC-8038-B82DF8C30BDE <66 7 6 5 4 3 1> 109 0 0xffffff7f81d1f000 0x9000 0x9000 com.apple.filesystems.autofs (3.0) 6B23747D-D072-3862-9DC1-A56D7E0185DB <108 7 6 5 4 3 1> |
# ls /System/Library/Extensions/ | grep 9660 cd9660.kext |
# sudo kextload /System/Library/Extensions/cd9660.kext |
Then I checked again the list of file system kernel extensions:
No Mountable File Systems Dmg
# kextstat | grep filesystem 66 1 0xffffff7f81b91000 0x8000 0x8000 com.apple.filesystems.hfs.encodings.kext (1) 7CC455ED-D7F1-3AD4-B362-4A974AFD0991 <7 6 5 4 3 1> 67 0 0xffffff7f81b99000 0x67000 0x67000 com.apple.filesystems.hfs.kext (407.1.3) F1CDFC19-49BF-35BC-8038-B82DF8C30BDE <66 7 6 5 4 3 1> 109 0 0xffffff7f81d1f000 0x9000 0x9000 com.apple.filesystems.autofs (3.0) 6B23747D-D072-3862-9DC1-A56D7E0185DB <108 7 6 5 4 3 1> (1.4.4) 11FD858B-5656-30B0-9C57-C94ECB94155D <7 6 5 4 3 1> MacOSxHghSierra:Downloads root# sudo kextload /System/Library/Extensions/cd9660.kext |
# hdiutil mount foo.dmg /dev/disk4 /Volumes/Foo |