Running into an interesting problem that I've been at for hours:
I imaged the data partition of a hard drive (fs type hfs) using dd
. I did not image the entire drive (i.e. I am missing the MBR). I have been unable to mount this partition using Linux or on a Mac.
Actions I have tried to no avail:
- Double clicking the
.img
file. mount -t hfs -o ro /path/to/file/image_file.img /mount/point
hdiutil attach -nomount /path/to/image_file.img
- This did serve to attach the image file and showing up indiskutil list
as a device block. But I was unable to mount the partition.- Various combinations of the above.
NOTE: A friend of mine was able to mount the image file by simply double clicking it on his Mac.
The OS I am running on my Mac is version 10.11.6 which I am thinking could be part of the issue (if the drive I partitioned was APFS).
I would like to resolve this one way or the other.
EDIT:
From running dd if=imagefile.img count=3 bs=512 | hexdump -Cv
the following:
3+0 records in
3+0 records out
1536 bytes transferred in 0.000031 secs (49557315 bytes/sec)
00000000 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000010 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000020 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000030 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000040 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000050 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000060 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000070 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000080 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000090 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000000a0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000000b0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000000c0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000000d0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000000e0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000000f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000100 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000110 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000120 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000130 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000140 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000150 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000160 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000170 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000180 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000190 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000001a0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000001b0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 80 01 |................|
000001c0 01 00 ab fe ff ff 3f 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 fe |......?....@....|
000001d0 ff ff af fe ff ff 3f 40 00 00 99 53 6f 57 00 00 |[email protected]..|
000001e0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000001f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 55 aa |..............U.|
00000200 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000210 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000220 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000230 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000240 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000250 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000260 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000270 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000280 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000290 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000002a0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000002b0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000002c0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000002d0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000002e0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000002f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000300 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000310 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000320 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000330 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000340 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000350 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000360 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000370 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000380 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000390 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000003a0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000003b0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000003c0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000003d0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 fd 3a 52 08 00 00 00 00 |.........:R.....|
000003e0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000003f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000400 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000410 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000420 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000430 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000440 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000450 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000460 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000470 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000480 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000490 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000004a0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000004b0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000004c0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000004d0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000004e0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000004f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 5b 83 38 00 00 00 00 00 |........[.8.....|
00000500 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000510 be 3a 4a 05 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |.:J.............|
00000520 01 00 04 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000530 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000540 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000550 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000560 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 c0 bd 7d 6e 37 04 05 00 |..........}n7...|
00000570 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000580 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000590 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000005a0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000005b0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000005c0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000005d0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000005e0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000005f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000600
hdiutil attach -readonly /path/to/image_file.img
?hdiutil: attach failed - no mountable file systems
diskutil list
with the original source disk connected? If your friend has macOS >= 10.13 and it mounts for them and not you it might suggest APFS.diskutil list
showsApple_HFS
for this partition. You may be right about APFS. (I do not have access to the original source disk anymore.)dd if=image_file.img count=3 bs=512 | hexdump -Cv
? This might help determine the format.