step by step instructions CD image

[stiltman]

Hey all,

I'm not a MAC user, but I need help.

Someone in the media forum needs Epson's PrintCD software.
The CD is a dual formated CD, so you can only see the windows stuff from a PC and only the MAC stuff from a MAC. If I rip the files from a MAC and place it on a windows shared drive, it doesn't look right.

Can someone get this non MAC user a step by step on how to make a CD image from a MAC, with a known builtin MAC program? Then I want to put this on a FTP site.

Thanks

[Cornucopia]

You can this with a PC. Get MacDrive. I HIGHLY recommend it. It'll allow you to use Hybrid or Mac-only discs. It's not free/shareware--commercial only--but for ~$50US, it's still a steal for what it does. Mac filesystems are totally integrated seamlessly. (Not a dealer, just a happy user)

Sounds like what you've got is a Non-shared Hybrid (separate partition spaces).
There is a setting in MacDrive control panel that tells it to look only at the PC side, or only at the Mac side, of a Hybrid disc. Default is PC side. For this job, change it to mac side.
There is also a setting for Mac files that have resource forks (many old-style Mac applications, etc), where it will automatically package the 2 forks (data, resource) into a MacBinary or BinHex file--specifically for transport/storage on a PC. Make sure the preference is set to do that.
Copy the Mac file to the PC.
Burn it to an ISO9660 disc.

Now, when that is needed to be used on a Mac, it should be able to understand the MacBinary/Binhex formats and extract from them the standard dual-forked file(s).

Scott

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edit: Missed the part about the ftp site, but (licensing issues ignored for the moment) the steps are pretty much the same. Once it's in MacBinary or BinHex format (binhex being preferred on the internet), should be no problem with internet/ftp upload/storage/download/usage.

[stiltman]

I'm not going to buy software to do this. It must be a builtin app.

I doubt anyone would want the PrintCD software unless they own an Epson, so I doubt their would be any licensing problems

is the dd command in MACs like linux?

[SERBIAN]

You can make CD/DVD image on a Mac using Disk Utility app located inside Applications/Utilities folder...If you want to do it from a command line /Terminal/, launch Terminal app and do "man hdiutil"...Check man page and do as it says...

[stiltman]

thanks