McoreD Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 Hi, Is there a way to burn a mac bootable image in a PC Burner? The image is a .DMG but I haven't found any PC Burner Software that can read this file as a disk image. I think I have searched the whole internet but still couldn't find a way to do this. I have tried 1. ISO Buster 1.7 : Converted DMG to bin/cue. Burnt using Nero. In Mac OS 9.2, it says Files might be corrupt. Only folder and file names are readable. The contents are not. 2. Transmac 7.0 : Burnt the bootable DMG directly to CD. In Mac OS 9.2, it says Files might be corrupt. Only folder and file names are readable. The contents are not. 3. DMG2ISO v0.2c : Unfortunately DMG2ISO generates and error during the conversion. An incomplete ISO file is created which is unusable. I wonder what else I could try. Cheers, McoreD P.S: For non-bootable DMG files all teh above methods work. Mac OS 9.2 (the one I am using at the moment) can properly read the CD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanekiwi Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 dmg = discimage = iso rename the dmg to *.iso and burn it. no pc can read dmg files. but it can burn the iso which will work on ever amc afterwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g-n-t Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 the file is probably corrupt... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevcart3 Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 How big is it? Know anyone with a mac that would convert it to an iso for you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 the only i managed to burn the iso you're talking about is to use dmg2iso (dont mind the error) and burn the ISO with Transmac (all other programs are going to burn a corupted cd) i know Transmac is supposed to burn the dmg directly but for some reasons the tiger dmg doesnt work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McoreD Posted March 11, 2005 Author Share Posted March 11, 2005 How big is it? Know anyone with a mac that would convert it to an iso for you? 585600433[/snapback] That looks like my last resort. ISO is 632 MB. I will try burning the bootable DMG by renaming to *.iso. Prepared to waste my fourth CDR. :cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevcart3 Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 the only i managed to burn the iso you're talking about is to use dmg2iso (dont mind the error) and burn the ISO with Transmac (all other programs are going to burn a corupted cd) i know Transmac is supposed to burn the dmg directly but for some reasons the tiger dmg doesnt work 585600444[/snapback] Like g-n-t said, might be corrupted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McoreD Posted March 11, 2005 Author Share Posted March 11, 2005 the file is probably corrupt... 585600428[/snapback] The DMG file properly opens in ISO Buster 1.7 and doesn't give any error. Won't it give errors if the dmg file is corrupted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g-n-t Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 no, it just changes the format, but hte file can still be corrupt. what is hte file? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 That looks like my last resort. ISO is 632 MB. I will try burning the bootable DMG by renaming to *.iso. Prepared to waste my fourth CDR. :cry: 585600448[/snapback] well i guess you're not burning the same one i was lol but same thing should work as i was having the exact same problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanekiwi Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 *wonders why nobody read his post* :whistle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g-n-t Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 *wonders why nobody read his post* :whistle: 585600493[/snapback] because they are two different formats, you cant just rename it. its like renaming a jpg to png. its still a jpg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 *wonders why nobody read his post* :whistle: 585600493[/snapback] i know..... :pinch: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 as i said before use dmg2iso on the dmg file and burn the result iso with transmac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divinatum Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 anyone wanna bet hes burning a copy of OSX to run on CherryOS? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanekiwi Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 because they are two different formats, you cant just rename it. its like renaming a jpg to png. its still a jpg. 585600500[/snapback] no they're not. in order to BURN the dmg file on a pc you can rename it to ISO in order to read it on MAC again. you can't read nor open dmg files on a pc. trsut me, easiest and simple way, always worked for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panicswitched Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 id go with the renaming it to ISO route, it works most of the time though most of the tiger dmg images on some sites *whistles* are corrupt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzy_logic Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 anyone wanna bet hes burning a copy of OSX to run on CherryOS? lol 585600513[/snapback] I was just about to say that. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McoreD Posted March 11, 2005 Author Share Posted March 11, 2005 anyone wanna bet hes burning a copy of OSX to run on CherryOS? lol 585600513[/snapback] Well you are going to lose your bet. :D I own an iMac G3 with Mac OS 9.2.2 installed. This DMG file is an image of my Mac OS X Panther Install Disk 1 before it became unusable. :no: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McoreD Posted March 11, 2005 Author Share Posted March 11, 2005 Basically my requirement is identical to what's described here: http://www.static.net/~armenb/duh/burning-...on-windows.html but with the difference that I do not have Mac OS X installed in my iMac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macman87 Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 Apple doesn't sell Panther Install Disks in the form of DMGs. :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie Mantia Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 not to mention, aren't the discs given on DVD's not CD's? maybe that's your problem? // Lou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Patriot Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 (edited) Well you are going to lose your bet. :DI own an iMac G3 with Mac OS 9.2.2 installed. This DMG file is an image of my Mac OS X Panther Install Disk 1 before it became unusable.?:no:: 585600596[/snapback] Did you do the image as a "CD/DVD master" type? If so, then you can use Nero to burn it. You'll need to set the file type (in Nero's Open dialog box) to "*.*" for Nero to find the image. You need to select HFS on the "foreign image" dialog box if it prompts you for that. It will burn the image just fine. edit: If you didn't originally make the image as a "CD/DVD master" then you are pretty much screwed without a Mac running OS X to burn it. Other type images are compressed, and can't be burned except on a Mac. Edited March 11, 2005 by roadwarrior Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Patriot Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 Apple doesn't sell Panther Install Disks in the form of DMGs. :huh: 585600733[/snapback] He never said they did, what he said was: This DMG file is an image of my Mac OS X Panther Install Disk 1 before it became unusable. In other words, he made a backup image of the CD at some point, and later his disc became unusable (scratched, broken, whatever). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Patriot Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 not to mention, aren't the discs given on DVD's not CD's? maybe that's your problem?// Lou 585600934[/snapback] Retail Panther discs are CD's, the OEM ones that come with most Macs now are on a single DVD. Tiger will most likely only be on DVD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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