neztik Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 What is the best way to create a .dmg file of my iMac duo core restore DVD from the command line? Could someone maybe give me the correct syntax for hdiutil? It seems to just hang when I type it. hdiutil -create -volimage "Mac OS X Install Disc 1" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatoncat Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 Try making a CDR master of the image in disk utility, and then converting to DMG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Ahab Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 You probably don't have the right path for your DVD. It should be something like /Volumes(something). Try dragging the icon into the terminal window after you have typed all the hdiutil stuff and the path will be pasted in for you magically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Nonny Moose Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 Now for the question--Why do you need it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermegatron Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 try carbon copy cloner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andgarden Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 Select the mounted volume in Disk Utility and click the big yellow "create new image" button on the top row. The default settings will get you a dmg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiaboliK Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 dropdmg also works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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