Burning DMG files in Windows to work on Mac OS X [RESOLVED]
 

Hi,

I have a iMac G3 with Mac OSX installed but currently it has no internet connection. So I downloaded Firefox 1.0 on a PC. Now I just need to burn the DMG file to a CDR so it works on the iMac.

Right now I have no clue how to do this. I would appreciate you could give me a hand on this.

Thanks,
McoreD

Sure. ;)

I'm trying to figure it out as well. Too bad nero cant burn it. :p

cya,
Will

Why don't you convert it to .iso?
A MAC can read iso too.....

Already tried dmg2iso roadworker. Unfortunately it didn't work. I get invalid or unknown image format for the ISO file. :(

http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=74582

A compressed .DMG then.....can't you burn it as data file with .Iso restrictions in Nero and mount it under MAC enviroment?

Thanks I will try that. :)

Btw, I guess this won't work for all the software. I mean if the DMG file is a bootable software, will this method still work?

I would expect so.....after all,a bootable windows image that is burned as data,can be mounted afterwards and be perfectly burned with Nero or other software that supports that perticular imagefile....
I think that this is the same with a MAC OS...

Another update...:)

Used ISO Buster 1.7 to convert the DMG to BIN/CUE. Some DMG files successfully converted but some didn't. I guess the failed DMGs are Apple's new format of DMG. Unluckily Firefox uses this new format I think.

Further tests...
Out of those DMG files which got successfully converted, bootable software CDs had read errors in the iMac. Software CDs without boot information were properly readable in iMac.

Well i cant delete the damn extract folder now. wtf

tried using cmd without explorer running

tried in linux and cant delete

sob

cannt delete. access is denied.

make sure the disk is not full or write protected and that the file is not currently in use.

omg i just figured it out hehe

renamed the folder and the folders inside and deleted fine

see linux said file names were too long..guess it was write...

too bad windows is not as smart ;)

I have also replied to a similar thread located here:

http://www.macosx.com/forums/showthr...803#post358803


End of another day of an unsuccessful attempt....:(

Cheers,
McoreD

More threads to add to Knowledgebase...

Cheers,
McoreD

It appears to be a corrupted a dmg.

Thanks for all your help. :)

That sucks.

Actually Will from my latest findings, it seems that those DMGs are compressed DMG which cannot be properly read in currently available Windows software. I burnt this DMG file to a CD as a data file and used it in a Mac OS X system. The DMG mounted just fine. The files were readable too. I finally managed to install Firefox that way. Lol I might be still very new to Mac.

Ok sweet. So its all good then. hehe

Well like I said dont have a mac so. lol PearPc is too slow for me anyways. ;)

Could this tool be of any help ?



http://vu1tur.eu.org/tools/


btw:
IsoBuster Pro 1.7 can open/extract .dmg files :)

Yea thats what we are using now BC. :) Even got a simple gui for it.