AWhiteFlame Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 A friend of mine and I are interested in getting 9A466 working on his G4. The problem is that while I have a DVD+/-RW DL on my Windows machine, he only has a DL reader in his G4. I know that I could repartition the iPod and do that, but has anyone had any success in burning a Bootable DMG through Windows? That would simplify the entire process, as I already have DVD+R DL's sitting right here. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iDarbert Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 A friend of mine and I are interested in getting 9A466 working on his G4. The problem is that while I have a DVD+/-RW DL on my Windows machine, he only has a DL reader in his G4. I know that I could repartition the iPod and do that, but has anyone had any success in burning a Bootable DMG through Windows? That would simplify the entire process, as I already have DVD+R DL's sitting right here. Thanks! I think there may be a way to do it using a Windows software, you should find a guide in the hackintosh forums, they are supposedly aimed at people running only Windows so it should be what you need right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearcat Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 On the G4, use disk utility, and convert the dmg to a DVD/CD master. Copy to the windows machine, rename the .cdr to .iso, and burn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazkid Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 I'll add that Alcohol (Google it) is a good choice for burning ISO's on Windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vernie's garden Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 A friend of mine and I are interested in getting 9A466 working on his G4. The problem is that while I have a DVD+/-RW DL on my Windows machine, he only has a DL reader in his G4. I know that I could repartition the iPod and do that, but has anyone had any success in burning a Bootable DMG through Windows? That would simplify the entire process, as I already have DVD+R DL's sitting right here. Thanks! Try this app, i used to use it before i got my mac pro when i used windows to burn DVDs http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/17721/damage-isolation it's a pretty easy to use drag'n'drop app but it'll act like it hangs but don't worry its just a huge image file you are converting just let it sit for a bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWhiteFlame Posted June 23, 2007 Author Share Posted June 23, 2007 To copy the image over and over is a lot of copying on very small HDD's. Is there any way to convert and burn directly? I tried transmac but I don't think it likes DVD+R DL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeftoverCrack Posted November 2, 2007 Share Posted November 2, 2007 I am having the exact problem you are. I've tried transmac. no luck. have you come across anything? I was considering slimming it down and trying with a single layered disk but transmac doesn't expand it entirely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9 bar blues Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 Hey there I have tried the method of taking a .cdr, changing it to .iso and burning it to a single layer dvd using alcohol and then imgburn. The mac is at the moment running tiger. I have so far got the mac to read the disc, - it displays the files on the disc, a few pdf files, and an executable file which leads to a screen that initiates the install process by restarting the computer. At this point it throws up an error and refuses to restart. [sorry cant remember the exact error since I last tried this a couple of weeks ago]. Basically I have burnt a few discs so far, from different image files using different burning software, and the same thing happens each time. The PC I am using is almost brand new and hasn't been near any smokers, so i assume the DVD burner is OK (I have burned music and films with it). Dunno about the state of the Macs drive, but I did clean it using a drive cleaning CD. Before I go down the route of questioning the hardware, does anyone know if there are any specific setting to use when burning the DVD other than a 1x write speed and .iso? thanks Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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