The image does not mount or shows broken pipe

What it means

ShadowMountPlus rejects your backup image, or the mount fails, sometimes with broken pipe. There is also a user report on the ShadowMountPlus issue tracker of exFAT images failing to mount with broken pipe on one build.

What to do

1Check that the image is complete and the extension matches its format

.ffpkg is UFS, .exfat is exFAT and .ffpfs is PFS.

Source: ShadowMountPlus README ↗

2Compare your build with the report

The report describes exFAT images failing with broken pipe on a specific ShadowMountPlus build. Check which build you are running and compare.

Source: ShadowMountPlus issue #47: broken pipe ↗

When to stop

! Changing the extension does not convert the image

Renaming only the extension does not turn the image into another format.