On Nov 3, 2011, at 7:47 PM, David W. Morris wrote: > sn't it because the ISO should an CD-ROM format, such as Rockridge, or > Joliet, or ISO 9660, and not a file format that is used on hard drives?
Well actually ISO is a partitioning scheme, which hosts a file structure, which may be a variety of underlying file systems, like MS-DOS and HFS+. > I have created many useless CD-R drink coasters while trying to burn an ISO > to a CD-R disc, because MacOSX often mistakenly asks if I want to burn the > "Contents" of the ISO image to the CD-R, instead of burning the ISO image on > to the CD-R and I forget that doing it that way does not create a CD-ROM that > can be read on other computers. When I use OSX's Disk Utility and burn the > ISO image to the CD-R, I get a CD-ROM that can be read on any computer. That actually doesn't have anything to do with the ISO-ness of the dis image, but the way you'e burining the image….the first occurs when you tell OS X to put a file onto a disk (the iso file) and make a data CD out of it. The second (via Disk Utility) you're explicitly telling the mac that the file in question is a disk image and should be treated as such, hence the successful burning. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
