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help converting .dmg to .iso

Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2004 8:15 pm
by mwevi
I've downloaded dmg2iso to iso win32 binary. What do i have to do to covert a .dmg to iso?

Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2004 8:36 pm
by asapreta
dmg2iso dmg_filename.dmg iso_filename.iso

Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2004 8:56 pm
by mwevi
Where do you type that?

Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2004 9:40 pm
by vu1tur
mwevi wrote:Where do you type that?
in the command prompt.
Run->cmd.exe

Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2004 7:38 am
by prasys
Start > Run
Type that

or in your Internet Explorer Address Bar (doubles as Run command)

Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2004 2:26 pm
by mwevi
I typed this and i get this:dmg2iso ************************************* and i get this error:***************************************' is not a recognized as an internal or external command, operable or batch file.What's wrong with this?-Edited because it hinted at a Warez distro. Edited by Cybermagellan

Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2004 3:03 pm
by PPC_Digger
first you have to cd to the folder with dmg2iso or put dmg2iso in your path e.g. in your windows folder
second, in most cases you should put the file name in quotes (each file in its own quotes), i'm pretty sure this is the case here too.
third, you should be in the folder of the .dmg file.

Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2004 3:04 pm
by PPC_Digger
i had these problems a few years ago, and thats why i know so much about DOS and the windows command prompt.
trust me on this one.

Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2004 3:28 pm
by mwevi
i typed this:dmg2iso *************************************************".I still get the same error message i've put all the files i need for this in the same folder bot it doesn't work.-Edited by Cybermagellan for Warez hint

Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2004 10:01 pm
by vu1tur
You need to type:
dmg2iso "**********.dmg" "*************.iso"

who told you to put those dmg_ and iso_ before filenames? :)-Edited by Cybermagellan for Warez hint

Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2004 11:46 pm
by PPC_Digger
yes i have nevel seen anything like that before, however on some programs they want you to put -t or -s (or any other switch) before the file name, but NEVER something like iso_[iso name] .

Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2004 11:54 am
by mwevi
I typed this:dmg2iso "Mac OS X Panther Final Install Disc 1.dmg" "mac 10.iso" but i still get the same error message whats wrong with it.

Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2004 12:52 pm
by PPC_Digger
well i ran the win32 binary on the mac os x 10.3.4 update:
C:\Downloads\Mac>dmg2iso MacOSXUpdateCombo10.3.4.dmg MacOSXUpdateCombo10.3.4.iso
dmg2iso v0.2c by vu1tur (vu1tur@gmx.de)

reading property list...ok
found 5 partitions
decompressing:
partition 0...ok
partition 1...ok
partition 2...ok
partition 3...ok
partition 4...ok

conversion sucessful
i then checked the output iso with transmac & pearpc (did anyone here knew that mac packages are actually folders?) and it was OK.

Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2004 3:09 pm
by mwevi
Whenever I try to run the Win32 binary a cmd window comes up and closes straight after i click on Win32 binary what's wrong with the win32 binary.

Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2004 4:48 pm
by robojam
Try opening a command window first and type the path and command in.

That way you can read any output before the window closes.

Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2004 5:46 pm
by kybernaut
seems that you have trouble to enter the correct path. try dragging and dropping the dmg on the command shell it then fills in the path automatically.

--kybernaut

Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 5:31 am
by vu1tur
conversion sucessful
oopsie :oops:
fixed that :)
Edited by Cybermagellan
oh...right :wink:

Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 8:03 am
by eaglebtc
It's so sad...our children will never know what a DOS / Unix "prompt" is. :(

Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2004 5:58 am
by PPC_Digger
yeah, it's really sad. (our decendents using a star-trek-like interface without the power of command prompt shell, but the power of a 500000 GHz Mac :D )

Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 12:44 pm
by robojam
PPC_Digger wrote:yeah, it's really sad. (our decendents using a star-trek-like interface without the power of command prompt shell, but the power of a 500000 GHz Mac :D )
As long as it's not made by Microsoft I don't care. Can you imagine it?

Kirk: "Full warp power Mr Sulu!"

Sulu: "Err...I've just got this blue screen Captain..."

Kirk: "Kirk to engine room - Mr Scott, we need more power!"

Scotty: "The operating system cannae take much more Captain!"

Kirk: "Mr Spock it appears that our operating system has tried to write data to a protected area of memory"

Spock: "But that is illogical Captain."

etc.

Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 8:38 pm
by PPC_Digger
all i can say is that star trek is lacking computer bugs (however holo-bugs exist)

Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 9:23 pm
by robojam
PPC_Digger wrote:all i can say is that star trek is lacking computer bugs (however holo-bugs exist)
That's because they always manage to defeat Microsoft...errr, I mean the Borg...

Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 4:56 am
by PPC_Digger
So you say that the enterprise will use fedora core 103 with kernel 87.2.4?

Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 12:57 pm
by robojam
Have you never seen the large red hat on top of the Enterprise?

Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 8:18 pm
by PPC_Digger
robojam wrote:
PPC_Digger wrote:yeah, it's really sad. (our decendents using a star-trek-like interface without the power of command prompt shell, but the power of a 500000 GHz Mac :D )
As long as it's not made by Microsoft I don't care. Can you imagine it?

Kirk: "Full warp power Mr Sulu!"

Sulu: "Err...I've just got this blue screen Captain..."

Kirk: "Kirk to engine room - Mr Scott, we need more power!"

Scotty: "The operating system cannae take much more Captain!"

Kirk: "Mr Spock it appears that our operating system has tried to write data to a protected area of memory"

Spock: "But that is illogical Captain."

etc.
even my dad liked it :lol:

and no, i never saw that red hat, but did you see the lizard on picard's arm?