On Thursday 09 Oct 2008, Felix Miata wrote: > On 2008/10/09 18:50 (GMT+0200) Kevin Krammer composed: > > On Thursday 09 October 2008, Felix Miata wrote: > >> I have some .dmg files made with Mac OS X that I need burned to CD, but > >> don't have a Mac with a burner. In my 3.5.5 K3B I don't see anything > >> anywhere in its menus about burning a .dmg to CD or DVD. Is this > >> possible in any later K3B version, or some other Linux app? > > > > Isn't a dmg file just a normal data file from the point of view of the > > burning application? > > AFAIK, it means disk image. It's how Firefox gets downloaded to a Mac. The > .dmg gets mounted, then you drag the FF folder from the mounted volume to > the applications folder to "install" it, after which you "trash" the > mounted volume and the downloaded .dmg to regain the space and clear the > download target. AIUI, when a .dmg file is created from a bootable CD, the > Mac disk utility can write it back to a CD to remain as bootable as the > original. I tried renaming the .dmg to .iso, but K3B doesn't recognize the > format when it tries to prepare to burn. > > > I.e. just create a data CD or DVD with that file on it? > > I would have no hope that such a CD would be bootable without finding or > being given evidence to the contrary. Have you tried the suggestions in <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.dmg> ? -- Paul ___________________________________________________ This message is from the kde mailing list. Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.