something has happened to my mac laptop and when i try ti open any files that end with .dmg a message comes up saying " the following disk image failed to mount due to a broken pipe"
any help would be good
2007-03-23 07:37:38 · 3 answers · asked by CooolioBeeens 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
a broken pipe is unix-speak for a series of programs that pass info from one to another, had one program die!
it could mean mean the dmg is damaged or diskimagemounter.app is damaged or one of those unix programs is damaged/missing.
try to open the dmg file with Disk Utility,app instead!
2007-03-23 08:10:06 · answer #1 · answered by jake cigar™ is retired 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Is it Disk Copy that opens and gives the message? There are three possible problems:
1. Image file is incomplete or corrupt. Compare the size of the file with the size shown on a download page for the file. If your file is smaller, it is probably incomplete. If it's the correct size, it still might be corrupt.
2. Disk Copy is damaged. This happened to me once. I trashed Disk Copy and used Pacifist to extract a fresh copy of Disk Copy from the OS X install CD and that fixed it.
3. Some file in the operating system is corrupt. Check the version of the operating system (click on the Apple logo > About This Mac). If it is exactly the same as that of the install CD, reinstall. If the CD is an older version, DON'T REINSTALL. Instead, download an Apple updater that is the same version as your current system and install that.
2007-03-24 06:27:37 · answer #2 · answered by SilverTonguedDevil 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
BROKEN LINK , E.G CANT TRANSFER DATA
2007-03-23 07:50:35 · answer #3 · answered by Paul M 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋