Thanks !!!!! I am now waiting for my SCSI adapter so I can use a CD rom on the 5300 to load things to it
Hi John, Simply use Apple's "Disk Copy" (ver. 6.3.x - this presumes you're not thinking of an OS X environment) available at their ftp site:
http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/Eng>lish-North_American/Macintosh/Utilities/Disk_Copy/
launch the app., go to the "Image" menu (in the top task bar), select "create image from disk" and select your mounted CD as the intended disk. You'll have a choice to select compressed or uncompressed; imho, compressed doesn't really save you a lot of room, and mounting that uncompressed image later on is much faster. After creating the image, leave the image stored on your HD; click on it to mount its represented CD for future use, and off you go. If your HD has the room, it's a great way to go - the HD's response will always be multiple times faster than the fastest CD-ROM could ever hope to be. Great for games, really great for encyclopedias and such. An excellent suggestion from Clark.
The issue of compressed vs non-compressed depends on the CD-ROM. Some use little more space than the actual data while others may only use say 100Mb and list 550Mb free on the disk. An uncompressed image will take 650Mb, a compressed image will take less than 100Mb.
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Clark Martin
Redwood City, CA, USA
Macintosh / Internet Consulting
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