copo Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 Hi there. I just downloaded this version of OSX86 but i can't figure out what to do with it. When i unrar, i'm presented with a *.dmg file. How can i burn this into a bootable disc? Tried ultraiso, magiciso and so on without sucess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 It is a compressed DMG and can only be opened under OSX. The DMG cannot be opened with typical tools in Windows which ordinarily would open a DMG. You need to find the following: Mac OS X 10.4.7 AMD/Intel (JaS) ISO Repack This repack has taken the DMG and converted it to an iso and then rar'd it so that you can access it in Windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbig Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 Sorry guys!, but you can open with UltraISO under Win32 and burn on it! have good one.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copo Posted September 25, 2006 Author Share Posted September 25, 2006 Sorry guys!, but you can open with UltraISO under Win32 and burn on it! have good one.. how? Rammjet, maybe if i run osx86 under vmware (10.4.3 version) and convert it using osx it will work... or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 Rammjet, maybe if i run osx86 under vmware (10.4.3 version) and convert it using osx it will work... or not? Should work. Sorry guys!, but you can open with UltraISO under Win32 and burn on it! Sorry, mrbig, not this one. UltraISO, Transmac and DMG2ISO among other things have all been tried against this compressed DMG and have failed. The resulting iso image comes out too small and won't boot. There is an 11-page thread about this where all known solutions were tried and failed. It can only be successfully opened in OSX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackintosh_newbey Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 i can confirm that UltraISO can't open the HotISO file. I did open it in OSX and burned it to DVD using Toast, however it is still not a bootable DVD. Did i miss something? Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sultanoswing Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 I can't comment on the HOT ISO mentioned in the above post, but the JaS 10.4.7 DMG wouldn't burn for me using my 10.4.6 OSx86 install (froze at the beginning of the burn - which may have been a hardware related rpoblem, but anyway...). I also tried a couple of methods for burning the image in OSx86 and XP, but the resultant discs were non-bootable coasters. What I had to do was: 1) open the DMG image in OSx86 10.4.6's Disk Utility, then save/convert it as a CDR image. 2) transfer the 3.99GB CDR file to windows XP 3) change the '.cdr' extension to '.iso' 4) burn the iso using Nero Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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