10.7: mounting .sparsebundle over AFP

Hello World,
I seem to be having difficulties mounting any sort of .sparsebundle image files through an AFP network connection on my MBP OS X 10.7.3. I have tried mounting a .sparsebundle image file as an admin user and as the sudo user without any luck.
When I run the command below, the image disk, '/Volumes/TestImageVol', seems to mount and shows up on the desktop BUT less then a second later unmounts/disappears. No warning, no nothing!
bash-3.2# hdiutil attach /Volumes/TestExtHDD/TestImage.sparsebundle/
/dev/disk1                    Apple_partition_scheme
/dev/disk1s1                  Apple_partition_map
/dev/disk1s2                  Apple_HFS                                /Volumes/TestImageVol
bash-3.2#
I can mount other image files (.DMG) just fine from the exact same location as the .sparsebundle files using the terminal command, hdiutil. I can also copy the .sparsebundle files from the AFP network drive to my MBP's local HDD and then mount them using the hdiutil command.
The AFP network is running off an older PowerMac G4 OS X 10.4.11 which has a 2TB external HDD connected to it called, "TestExtHDD". The external HDD is holding all the disk images that I am hopping to mount over an AFP network in the near future.
Here are the deets about the .sparsebundle file:
- Create on Mac OS X 10.7.3 using Disk Utility v12.1
- Filename: TestImage.sparsebundle
- Volume Name: TestImageVol
- Vol Size: 40MB
- Format: Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
- Encryption: none
- Partiions: Single Partition - GUID Partition Map
- Image Format: Sparse Bundle Disk Image
World, any thoughts on why this is happening for only .sparsebundle files?
PS. Yes I do connect to the AFP network share ("afp://user:pass@domainname/TestExtHDD" --> "/Volumes/TestExtHDD") before I try mounting any image files and yes I have plenty of space on both my AFP server and my MBP HDDs.
Thanks,
Sam

AFP (Apple Filing Protocol ) is ideal – it's provided by netatalk, and can be used by things such as Time Machine.
Reference
Time Machine Network Interface Specification (TMNIS): Time Machine Server Requirements

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