Burning dmg file

[markryde]

Hello,

 

I have a .dmg file of MacOS Leoprad Snow which I want to burn.

I had created an MacOS.iso from it by dmgextractor. I did it in Linux

as I have no access to a Mac machine.

 

I am able to mount this file in Linux by:

mount -t hfsplus -o loop MacOS.iso /mnt/mac/

 

running "file MacOS.iso"

gives:

MacOS.iso: Macintosh HFS Extended version 4 data (mounted)

....

Running:

"isoinfo -i MacOS.iso"

gives:

CD-ROM is NOT in ISO 9660 format

 

 

I tried to burn twice with k3b in Linux with a 8.5 GB DL +R media and it failed.

My dvd writer **does** support DL +R

It is Optiarc DVD RW AD-7170A; the k3b log says:

Profiles: DVD-ROM, ......, DVD+RW, DVD+R, DVD+R Dual Layer,...

 

Both times it said that this iso is not recognized as an iso file (which is indeed the case)

and gave an I/O error immediately when starting to burn.

 

The log says this exactly thus:

...

...

growisofs command:

-----------------------

k3b error when burning:

/usr/bin/growisofs -Z /dev/sr0=/dev/fd/0 -use-the-force-luke=notray -use-the-force-luke=tty -use-the-force-luke=tracksize:3289486 -dvd-compat -speed=2.4 -use-the-force-luke=bufsize:4m

Fatal Error at startup: input/output error.

...

...

 

I am using k3b-1.0.5-9.fc11.x86_64

My questions are:

1) Is it right to use the dmgextractor in this way to create an iso ?

2) Should I try some other burning application in Linunx ?

 

Any ideas from those who tried it successfully will be appreciated

 

Regards,

Mark

[srs5694]

Try burning with growisofs directly, without all the cruft that k3b is adding:

 

growisofs -Z /dev/sr0=MacOS.iso

 

It's conceivable that some additional options will be required, but the above will probably work as-is, or with very minor changes (to the exact device filename if /dev/sr0 is wrong or to the filename if you need to specify a full path or if you've renamed the file). If this doesn't work, try examining the errors and reading the growisofs man page; with luck something will jump out at you as a possible solution.

[leafhound]

I know Nero burns dmg files,

 

Have you got a DVD drive that can burn dual layer 8+Gb disks?

 

When you have the dmg file unpacked what files are in the folder (on the first click)?

[outragedtony]

try dmg2img to uncompresses the dmg image. k3b should accept the resulting img file.