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samwork · Jun 22, 2005, 04:06 PM

Hello,

Anyone knows one cd emulator to read .img .

I'm tired to search on the web without success.

Can Anyone help me?

cheers

angelmb · Jun 22, 2005, 04:10 PM

Sorry, I don´t get it.

You can open a .img file with a double clic, with a Mac, of course.

samwork · Jun 22, 2005, 04:15 PM

sorry, I wanted to say, one cd emulator to read iso files ... and create a virtual cd drive to install the game/app without burning

Chuckit · Jun 22, 2005, 04:37 PM

Disk images are mountable. You shouldn't need a "CD emulator" (I've never heard of such a thing anyway).

Millennium · Jun 22, 2005, 05:57 PM

Hold on; why would you need to burn the disc in the first place?

samwork · Jun 23, 2005, 02:29 PM

Sorry for this confusion, in windows OS to read ISO images I need a program like fantom cd to create a virtual drive to install or run the application, Now I know that in macintosh this type of program don't existe.

the file works OK in WINDOWS when I mount the image, but in macintosh fails. ( this app is for win and mac)

maybe It's a file problem ... and the problem of this thread don't existe.

sorry.

cheers!

(sorry my english)

Bushpk9 · Jun 24, 2005, 01:18 PM

i dont think ISO's are compatible for macs...

Apfhex · Jun 24, 2005, 09:10 PM

Toast can burn/mount ISOs and whatnot (without the need of a "Virtual Drive"). I don't have any around to see if the Finder (DiskImageMounter.app) can mount them.

CharlesS · Jun 24, 2005, 09:31 PM

Originally Posted by Apfhex

Toast can burn/mount ISOs and whatnot (without the need of a "Virtual Drive"). I don't have any around to see if the Finder (DiskImageMounter.app) can mount them.

I'm pretty sure that DiskImageMounter can read .iso files. It's registered as a file type that DiskImageMounter can handle, and if you give a file an .iso extension, it gets a disk image icon...

Millennium · Jun 24, 2005, 10:35 PM

Originally Posted by CharlesS

I'm pretty sure that DiskImageMounter can read .iso files. It's registered as a file type that DiskImageMounter can handle, and if you give a file an .iso extension, it gets a disk image icon...

They should be. It turns out that .iso and .dmg are the same file format; they only differ in terms of the filesystem used for the virtual disk (ISO9600 -usually plus some extensions- for Windows, one of the HFS family for Macs). OSX can handle both types of filesystem, so DiskImageMounter should be able to handle both types of files since there's really only one type of file.

CharlesS · Jun 24, 2005, 10:53 PM

Originally Posted by Millennium

They should be. It turns out that .iso and .dmg are the same file format; they only differ in terms of the filesystem used for the virtual disk (ISO9600 -usually plus some extensions- for Windows, one of the HFS family for Macs). OSX can handle both types of filesystem, so DiskImageMounter should be able to handle both types of files since there's really only one type of file.

This is true, and if you convert a disk to "CD/DVD Master" format with Disk Utility, you get a file that is basically the same thing as an .iso, although it has an extension of .cdr.

Cadaver · Jun 25, 2005, 09:05 AM

Dudes... what he wants to do is take a game for the Mac (that requires the CD to be physically in the drive before the game will launch) and mount a disc image in such a way that the game thinks the disc is actually in the drive.

Can't help you, man.

Millennium · Jun 25, 2005, 10:10 AM

Originally Posted by Cadaver

Dudes... what he wants to do is take a game for the Mac (that requires the CD to be physically in the drive before the game will launch) and mount a disc image in such a way that the game thinks the disc is actually in the drive.

I think we all figured that out a long time ago. That's why we're discussing the technical details of how it might or might not work, rather than providing an actual answer.

Chandy · Jun 27, 2005, 11:01 AM

This might help.

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/27172