A compressed disk image that can be mounted via mount -o loop file?

I have a handful of hard drives I want to back up before I re-purpose them.  I would really like to use some kind of compression (preferably xz or gzip), but I want it in a way where I can just mount it on the command line without extracting it first.  Is this possible?
Last edited by synthead (2011-09-08 18:42:06)

I know this: http://e2compr.sourceforge.net/ I have not tested it and need kernel patching. There are more option if you only want read-only support (see the link Related Software on the last page).

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    Eject the backup disk image (white drive icon) by either clicking the little Eject icon to the right of the disk image in the Finders’ Sidebar, or Ctrl-Click the drive icon on the desktop and select “Eject” from the contextual menu. Now try backing up again or launching Time Machine to view previous backups.
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    If your Time Machine backup drive (“Backup of Users Computer”) is mounted on your desktop or in the Sidebar of the Finder window. then Time Machine may think the drive is already in use. Alternatively, if the Time Capsule hard disk has been recently accessed by a Windows machine, it may not have fully relinquished control. Do the following:
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    Make sure your computer has a proper name. Go to System Preferences --> Sharing. Time Machine needs to differentiate your computer from others on your network (i.e. "Bills MacBook" or "Office iMac"). If the "Computer Name" field is blank, create a name. Realize that if this step is necessary, you will likely have to start the Time Machine backup process over again and do another full initial backup.
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    (0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ)
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  • "Backup disk image could not be mounted"

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    First, it is important to distinguish this error message from another, similar Time Machine error that states “The backup volume could not be mounted”. This is important as the causes and cures for these two errors can be very different.
    Consider each topic below separately. When one option does not resolve your issue, then move on the next one.
    *Unmount the Backup Disk Image* (TC)
    If, for some reason, you have manually mounted the Time Machine backup disk image (sparsebundle), or Time Machine failed to eject it after the previous backup, subsequent backups may fail. (Console - “Failed to mount disk image”… “Backup failed with error: 21”)
    Eject the backup disk image (white drive icon) by either clicking the little Eject icon to the right of the disk image in the Finders’ Sidebar, or Ctrl-Click the drive icon on the desktop and select “Eject” from the contextual menu. Now try backing up again or launching Time Machine to view previous backups.
    *“Disconnect All Users…”:*
    If your Time Machine backup drive (“Backup of Users Computer”) is mounted on your desktop or in the Sidebar of the Finder window. then Time Machine may think the drive is already in use. Alternatively, if the Time Capsule hard disk has been recently accessed by a Windows machine, it may not have fully relinquished control. Do the following:
    Open Airport Utility and select the Time Capsule on the left.
    Click “Manual Setup”.
    Select “Disks” at top of window.
    Click “Disconnect All Users…” at bottom of window.
    Close the Airport Utility.
    Now try Backing up again.
    One poster reported: “I got it resolved. Apparently it had to do with one of the files being open on the disk from the drive. I had browsed the disk with one of my windows boxes here and it must have left one of the folders "open". Anyway, I rebooted the TC and we are good to go now.”
    *Proper Computer Name* #
    Make sure your computer has a proper name. Go to System Preferences --> Sharing. Time Machine needs to differentiate your computer from others on your network (i.e. "Bills MacBook" or "Office iMac"). If the "Computer Name" field is blank, create a name. Realize that if this step is necessary, you will likely have to start the Time Machine backup process over again and do another full initial backup.
    According to this article, [http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1760], Time Machine may experience problems if your computer name includes certain characters. Make sure the computer name only includes ASCII characters from the following set.
    (0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ)
    Once a change in the computer name occurs, you should stop and restart Sharing on the affected computer. Uncheck and then recheck Sharing in the Services list on the left.
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    Cheers!

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  • The Backup Disk Image Could Not Be Mounted

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    4/22/08 11:56:51 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[855] Backup failed with error: 21
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  • Disk image could not be mounted - error

    Ok, I've been using TC (Time Capsule) for a week now, and it was working great. Then in the middle of the week I decided to change the password for TC. Now when I reboot my iMac, TM (Time Machine) will not back up and it gives me a failed - "the backup disk image could not be mounted" error. Then if I go to the AirPort Utility and reboot TC, all of the sudden TM works. Couple of days go by and when I reboot the iMac again, I have to do the whole process again of rebooting TC to get TM to work. Has anyone encountered this issue? I think I explained it well...

    This happened to me too.
    I called Apple (they'll talk to you for 90 days after you buy your Time Capsule and solve all your problems.)
    The solution was to rename the Time Capsule. Here's how:
    Open Time Capsule in System Preferences, click on Change Disk, and choose None from the list.
    Open Airport Utility (choose Go from the Finder Menu, choose Utilities from the list, then Airport Utility), highlight your Time Capsule when its picture appears in the left side bar. Click Manual Setup in the main window, then the Disk icon on the top. Highlight the lower of the two names Time-Capsule Disk and change it to something short and one word, like Disk. Click Update, then close Airport Utility after your Time Capsule restarts.
    Go back to Time Capsule Preferences and click on the Choose Disk button in the center of the main part of the window, then choose your newly-named Time Capsule (If you see more than one Time Capsule name there, restart your computer first).
    This solved it for me. The guy on the phone said that in the tech help people's experience the Time Machine program doesn't like long names or ones with "higher" ascii characters in them.
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