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How to combine dmgparts w/o mounting the disk?
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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Hey:
Like it says, I've got a disk image that has been segmented into dmgparts. I know if I double-click the first one, Disk Copy will create and mount the full disk. However, the full disk I have should not be mounted as this will change it's structure. I've tried to create a full disk with Drop DMG (which didn't mount it), but it looks to be about 300 MB too small, and also is not recognized by OS X when I insert the burned CD. I've googled, and only come up with a link that says I should use "create disk from parts" (or something) via Disk Copy's menu, but all this does is create a disk with all the dmgparts on it.
Any suggestions? There's gotta be a way to recombine this _without_ mounting the disk...right?
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Just use disk copy to burn the image without mounting it.
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Originally posted by kingskel:
However, the full disk I have should not be mounted as this will change it's structure.
Whenever I downloaded the Panther beta, mounting the full disk did not "change it's structure". What are you talking about?
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this proves my point that people should have to pass an IQ test before they're allowed anywhere near a computer.
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Try converting the image to a different format. I like the "CD/DVD Master" option, because I can then take the resulting file and burn it on my PC (no burner on my Pismo). Just be sure to rename the resulting file to ".iso" from ".dmg"
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Unless the image is read/write, mounting it will have no effect on it. Even if it is read/write, mounting it will not break the image. The most that will happen is that you might add a .DS_Store file to the image.
I think this whole paranoia about mounting images before burning them (e.g. OS builds) is a carryover from OS X PB and 10.0 era when people were downloading non-Apple made build images in OS 9. Those are the images that would be corrupted, not the build images made by Apple.
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