Re: Mounting a sparse bundle as read only?

2015-03-29 Thread @lbutlr
On 29 Mar 2015, at 13:05 , Matt Penna matthew.pe...@gmail.com wrote: Is there a need to mount the sparse image at all? If the contents within the image have not changed, then the image file should (I think) remain unchanged, as well, and thus Time Machine will not back it up unless/until it

Re: Mounting a sparse bundle as read only?

2015-03-29 Thread Michael
On 2015-03-28, at 12:36 AM, @lbutlr krem...@kreme.com wrote: On Mar 27, 2015, at 21:33, Michael keybou...@gmail.com wrote: Is there a way to mount a sparse bundle as read only? keybounceMBP:~ michael$ mount -o ro /dev/disk3s2 mount: /dev/disk3s2: unknown special file or file system.

Re: Mounting a sparse bundle as read only?

2015-03-29 Thread Macs R We
Maybe I’m misunderstanding the big picture here, but Time Machine allows you to specify files and volumes that are not to be backed up; and, although I’ve never tried it, I would try setting discretionary read-only permissions on the bundle and/or the interior volume to prevent any accidental

Re: Mounting a sparse bundle as read only?

2015-03-29 Thread Michael
On 2015-03-29, at 7:07 AM, Macs R We macs...@macsrwe.com wrote: Maybe I’m misunderstanding the big picture here, but Time Machine allows you to specify files and volumes that are not to be backed up; and, although I’ve never tried it, I would try setting discretionary read-only permissions

Re: Mounting a sparse bundle as read only?

2015-03-29 Thread Matt Penna
On Mar 29, 2015, at 1:55 PM, Michael keybou...@gmail.com wrote: On 2015-03-29, at 7:07 AM, Macs R We macs...@macsrwe.com wrote: Maybe I’m misunderstanding the big picture here, but Time Machine allows you to specify files and volumes that are not to be backed up; and, although I’ve never

Re: Mounting a sparse bundle as read only?

2015-03-28 Thread @lbutlr
On Mar 27, 2015, at 21:33, Michael keybou...@gmail.com wrote: Is there a way to mount a sparse bundle as read only? keybounceMBP:~ michael$ mount -o ro /dev/disk3s2 mount: /dev/disk3s2: unknown special file or file system. keybounceMBP:~ michael$ mount -o ro /Volumes/Isolated\ old\

Mounting a sparse bundle as read only?

2015-03-27 Thread Michael
Is there a way to mount a sparse bundle as read only? keybounceMBP:~ michael$ mount -o ro /dev/disk3s2 mount: /dev/disk3s2: unknown special file or file system. keybounceMBP:~ michael$ mount -o ro /Volumes/Isolated\ old\ stuff/ mount: /Volumes/Isolated old stuff/: unknown special file or file