[hydra:~/Backups] root# du -s pegasus.20021117 7091616 pegasus.20021117 [hydra:~/Backups] root# hdiutil create -verbose -sectors 7200000 -fs HFS+ -volname PegasusBackup pegback DIDiskImageCreatorProbe: interface 3, score 100, CUDIFDiskImage DIDiskImageCreatorProbe: interface 6, score 1, CSparseDiskImage DIDiskImageCreatorProbe: interface 7, score -1000, CCFPlugInDiskImage DIDiskImageCreatorProbe: selecting CUDIFDiskImage DIDiskImageCreateWithCFURL: CUDIFDiskImage DIFileEncodingCreatorProbe: nothing to select. hdiutil: (continuing) DIFileEncodingCreatorProbe: nothing to select. hdiutil: (continuing) DIFileEncodingCreatorProbe: interface 2, score -1000, CEncryptedEncoding DIFileEncodingCreatorProbe: nothing to select. hdiutil: (continuing) DIBackingStoreCreatorProbe: interface 0, score -1000, CBSDBackingStore DIBackingStoreCreatorProbe: interface 1, score -100, CHTTPBackingStore DIBackingStoreCreatorProbe: interface 2, score 0, CRAMBackingStore DIBackingStoreCreatorProbe: interface 3, score 300, CCarbonBackingStore DIBackingStoreCreatorProbe: interface 5, score -100, CCURLBackingStore DIBackingStoreCreatorProbe: selecting CCarbonBackingStore DIBackingStoreCreateWithCFURL: CCarbonBackingStore ...............................................................................hdiutil: DIBackingStoreCreateWithCFURL: creator returned 0 hdiutil: DIDiskImageCreateWithCFURL: creator returned 0 hdiutil: /sbin/newfs_hfs -v "PegasusBackup" /dev/rdisk2s2 Initialized /dev/rdisk2s2 as a 3516 MB HFS Plus volume /usr/bin/hdiutil: detach: "disk2" detached successfully. /usr/bin/hdiutil: detach: "disk2s1" detached successfully. /usr/bin/hdiutil: detach: "disk2s2" detached successfully. created: pegback.dmg hdiutil: create: returning 0 [hydra:~/Backups] root# hdiutil attach pegback.dmg /dev/disk2 Apple_partition_scheme /dev/disk2s1 Apple_partition_map /dev/disk2s2 Apple_HFS /Volumes/PegasusBackup [hydra:~/Backups] root# hdiutil imageinfo pegback.dmg Backing Store Information: Name: pegback.dmg Class Name: CCarbonBackingStore URL: pegback.dmg Checksum Type: none Class Name: CUDIFDiskImage Properties: Compressed: false Kernel Compatible: true Software License Agreement: false Checksummed: false Partitioned: true Encrypted: false Format Description: UDIF read/write Size Information: Sector Count: 7200000 Total Non-Empty Bytes: 3686400000 Total Empty Bytes: 0 Compressed Bytes: 3686400000 Compressed Ratio: 1 Total Bytes: 3686400000 Segments: 0: /var/root/Backups/pegback.dmg Checksum Value: Format: UDRW [hydra:~/Backups] root# ditto -rsrcFork pegasus.20021117 /Volumes/PegasusBackup [hydra:~/Backups] root# df -kl Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/disk2s2 3599960 3593040 6920 99% /Volumes/PegasusBackup [hydra:~/Backups] root# hdiutil detach /dev/disk2s2 hdiutil: detach: "disk2" detached successfully. hdiutil: detach: "disk2s1" detached successfully. hdiutil: detach: "disk2s2" detached successfully. # Will do: [hydra:~/Backups] root# hdiutil burn pegback.dmg -forceclose