Hi Thank you so much for that info! I was, in fact, imaging the volume and not the device. I think this will work a lot better.
Rock on! John On Dec 24, 2009, at 6:56 AM, Jake wrote: > Hi John > How are you telling disk utility to create the images? There's a few > ways to do it and even more options. I've easily made master images of > a hybrid CD in disk utility, in my case to make sure I have a backup > of my OS X installation disks should I ever lose them. I've confirmed > that it did save both portions, as these DVDs are hybrids as well. > What I did was open disk utility, highlight the DVD Drive (note, > highlight e *drive* and not the *volume* shown underneath it) then > from the file menu, under the "New" submenu, select "image from > device" where "device" is the name of your highlighted device. Now, > when it is asking you to save the image, make sure you change the type > of image to "DVD/CD Master." These will be saved with the extension > of .cdr, though they are just in reality .iso files. > It is very important that you highlight the device and not one of the > volumes shown underneath it. Highlighting the named volume will give > you the issue you are getting where the hybrid image is not saved, as > it will only image that volume rather than the entire disk. Also, this > is with Snow Leopard, with Leopard the menu items in disk utility are > a bit different. > > John J Herzog wrote: >> Hi listers, >> I was interested by my odd disk utility problem, and have done research. It >> turns out that the cd shows different things on the PC versus the mac >> because it is a hybrid. The concept of a hybrid is that it shows only the >> files appropriate to ones operating system. The others for different >> operating systems, such as windows, are not readable by the machine. This >> leads me to a more educated question than what I asked previously. >> Is there a way to make an ISO image of a hybrid cd on a mac? Disk utility >> does not work, because it does not see all the files and hence only makes a >> mac compatible version of the cd. I need this to work for my windows virtual >> machine, as the modern macs have no chance of running this program cd. If >> anybody knows how to convert a hybrid cd into a proper digital ISO file, >> please let me know. >> John > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
