On Mar 25, 2009, at 7:33 PM, Kris Tilford wrote:
> > On Mar 25, 2009, at 5:23 PM, Isaac Smith wrote: > >>> Can't he just highlight the mounted DVD and press the Burn button >>> without making the Image file? >> >> Only if he has two drives. Otherwise, I think you need the image >> file. > > Duh. I knew I forgot something! > > I'm glad I have external DVD-R units and have never had to do this > rigmarole for a copy. Copies with a single drive would be a pain. An > alternate solution would be fire up another Mac in Target Disk mode > and use the Firewire cable to use the other Macs drive for dual drive > direct copies. > > By the way, whenever I've needed an image of any disk, I've always > been skeptical of Disk Utility and other programs because they "used > to" screw up images of bootable Mac installer CDs and DVDs so that > copies made from these images were not bootable. I guess they may be > better now, but I always used Terminal command line to create perfect, > bootable .iso images of virtually anything. It's a bit-for-bit copy, > with any DRM, or hidden anti-copy stuff still present. > > See: > <http://www.slashdotdash.net/2006/08/14/create-iso-cd-dvd-image-with-mac-os-x-tiger-10-4/ >> > Kris, will the directions on the website work in Leopard too? Jeff --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
