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goldseal · Jan 19, 2004, 02:33 PM

ello

ive got a old beige g3 with os 8.0 and i wanted to update the os to 8.1 so i downloaded the update from the mac website on my windows pc a .smi file. i then recorded that to cd usin nero. i thought the file would just run of the disc wen i put in the mac but no so i copied it to desktop and tried running it but it says html(name of file) can not b found. i have no idea how macs work so if anyone can help ill buy u a car.

thnxs

goldseal · Jan 19, 2004, 06:27 PM

ive just tried using macimage and i cant work that prog out any easier wAys?

Ilja · Jan 19, 2004, 06:35 PM

why do I get the feeling this is another one in the recent hype of try-to-bash-macosx-threads?

CharlesS · Jan 19, 2004, 06:47 PM

Originally posted by Ilja:
why do I get the feeling this is another one in the recent hype of try-to-bash-macosx-threads?

Because he's not using Mac OS X. He's using OS 8.

Anyway, the reason the .smi doesn't double-click to launch is because the Windows PC stripped its resource fork. Not to worry, though, you should just be able to open Disk Copy and then drag the .smi on its window, and that should launch it.

Ilja · Jan 19, 2004, 06:50 PM

Because he's not using Mac OS X. He's using OS 8.

Ai

... excuses, I'm being paranoid...

goldseal · Jan 20, 2004, 02:02 AM

i dont know about bashin osx, but ill try that copy idea, you knoqw if that will work with toast and hqx files aswell?

thnxs

CharlesS · Jan 20, 2004, 05:20 AM

Originally posted by goldseal:
i dont know about bashin osx, but ill try that copy idea, you knoqw if that will work with toast and hqx files aswell?

thnxs

Any files that are in .bin or .hqx format are Windows-safe and won't get mangled on a PC. You decode those types of files with StuffIt Expander.

.img and .image are disk image formats, and they open with Disk Copy. .dmg is a new type of disk image format that only works with OS X. .smi is a self-mounting image, which is basically a disk image with the code to mount it built-in, so you can double-click it without having Disk Copy around. However, .smi files get mangled by Windows, removing the self-mounting feature. Therefore, it's best to leave an .smi file as .smi.bin or .smi.hqx if it came as one of those until you get it onto the Mac. However, I think you can mount a mangled .smi by opening it with Disk Copy.

.toast, I'm not sure. I think it's some kind of proprietary disk image format supported by Toast only. If you have Toast, you should definitely be able to open it, but I'm not sure if Disk Copy supports it or not.

Hope that helped.

Charles

King Bob On The Cob · Jan 20, 2004, 11:00 AM

Originally posted by CharlesS:
Any files that are in .bin or .hqx format are Windows-safe and won't get mangled on a PC. You decode those types of files with StuffIt Expander.

.img and .image are disk image formats, and they open with Disk Copy. .dmg is a new type of disk image format that only works with OS X. .smi is a self-mounting image, which is basically a disk image with the code to mount it built-in, so you can double-click it without having Disk Copy around. However, .smi files get mangled by Windows, removing the self-mounting feature. Therefore, it's best to leave an .smi file as .smi.bin or .smi.hqx if it came as one of those until you get it onto the Mac. However, I think you can mount a mangled .smi by opening it with Disk Copy.

.toast, I'm not sure. I think it's some kind of proprietary disk image format supported by Toast only. If you have Toast, you should definitely be able to open it, but I'm not sure if Disk Copy supports it or not.

Hope that helped.

Charles

.toast is a .iso (and several other formats from the PC are also the same format as toast.)