Hi Chris There are ways of doing it, but I’m not sure that Disk Utility will. Depends; how urgent is your urgency? How desperate are you to get the job done? How many times will you require this functionality? If you come up with the right criteria, then perhaps NTI’s Mac software might be the answer to your prayers. If not, then there are probably still ways, but I cannot think of them right off hand.
`In the message I read on our sister group from you earlier today, you declared that this was “Urgent”. OK, hopefully that gives you somewhere to manoeuvre. On 24 May 2014, at 13:13, Christopher-Mark Gilland <[email protected]> wrote: So, here's the situation in a nutshell. I have a .IMG file which is the firmware for a device that I need to flash. The only problem is, it's a .IMG file, not an ISO. And, it's definitely! not a DMG. The documentation states that I need to burn the .IMG file to a micro SD card, therefore placing the image on the card, and making it bootable. Before any of you who may be fairly basic to intermediate mac users say anything about, just hit command+C on the file, move to your SD card, and hit command+V to paste, no. That won't work. It's not that easy. I don't need the actual .IMG file on the SD card. If it was that simple, I'd already have done it. No, I can't hit command+O on the file in the Finder, extract its contents then copy the contents to the card. That won't work either. The card has to be bootable, and that method, though it may get the content there won't keep it as such. I know how to make the card be formatted Fat32, and I know how to make the card only have 1 partition. I also know how to m ake that partition active... I... think, all of which are required. The only thing I don't! know how to do is get that darn IMG image extracted/burned for lack of better term, to the SD card itself. I know about the drag and drop method of Disk Utility. I know that works for ISO's, and I also know it works for DMG's, obviously, but will it work with IMG's? If so, then, I should be in business. Yeah, I suppose I could use terminal in combination with DD, but that's downright a pain in the kneck to do. I'll do it if there's no other way, but I really don't wanna have to go read man pages to figure out how the dd command works if I don't have to. Kindest regards <--- Gordon Smith ---> <[email protected]> Information Technology Accessibility Consultant; Proudly Providing Braille And Alternative Format Transcription Services, Plus I.T Help & Support To The Staff And Students Of the Visually Impaired Department at: Sunnyside Academy Manorfarm Way Colby Newham Middlesbrough Cleveland Telephone: United Kingdom: Free Phone: 0800 8620538 United Kingdom Geographic: 01133 280547 Mobile: +44 7907 823971 Europe and other non-specified: +44 1642 688095 United States Of America And Canada: +1 646 9151493 Or: +1 209 436 9443 Australasia: +61 38 8205930 Or: +61 39 0284505 Fax: +44 1642 365123 Follow Us On Twitter: <http://twitter.com/maciosaccess> Skype: <skype:mac-access-dot-net?call> ------------------------------ <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
