Mounting .dd disk image

[Calvin Dong]

How do you do this on a mac?

Thanks to all.

[marcbudofsky]

Mounting a .dd Image on OS X

There's a built in command called 'hdiutil' that allows you to mount image files.  You can read more about the command in its entirety by entering 'man hdiutil' in Terminal.

The command needed to mount an image file is:

hdiutil attach [options] /path/to/image.dd

There are several options you can include (they're all listed in the man page for hdiutil), but one of the most common is '-readonly'.  This is a really important option to include if mounting a .dd image that is for a forensics investigation to make sure the image isn't modified at all.

If you have any other questions, let us know!

[Calvin Dong]

Thanks,

It seems that this command still does not work for me. It returns the error "attach failed - not recognized". I also tried to do this using disk utility, and it did not work either. 

Calvin Dong

[Emma S]

I got the same error. Are you allowed to help with this or is the error part of the competition.

Thank you!

[Joel Fernandez]

you are correct. we have gone as far as we can go in responding to this question. You may need to move on with the competition and come back if you find any more information on this.

[Ken King]

Is the competition you're referring to over? If so, is it possible to point me to the solution for the "attach failed - not recognized" error? 

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