Mounting an ISO "as" a CD

bobber205

macrumors 68020

Original poster

• Jun 20, 2008

• #1

I have a older OS 9 program that needs to have the CD in the drive.
That sucks.

So I made an iso and I can mount it, but OS 9 in Classic Mode does not see it as a "CD". How do I do that?

I would keep it in the drive but I think something is bugged because if the drive is let idle for about 10 minutes, it crashes the whole machine locking everythign up but the mouse.

 

MisterMe

macrumors G4

• Jun 20, 2008

• #2

bobber205 said:

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So I made an iso and I can mount it, but OS 9 in Classic Mode does not see it as a "CD". How do I do that?

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Well, why don't you try it as a .dmg file?

 

bobber205

macrumors 68020

Original poster

• Jun 20, 2008

• #3

Shouldn't it not make a difference?

I look in terminal to see how it mounts and it's different.
I've read as much too.

 

MisterMe

macrumors G4

• Jun 20, 2008

• #4

bobber205 said:

Shouldn't it not make a difference?

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For MacOS 9, the native disk image file format is .img. MacOS X's .dmg is the successor to .img. However, you would be much better served to use MacOS 9's Disk Copy to create your .img file.

 

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NotChemist

macrumors newbie

• Jun 20, 2008

• #5

If you have Toast, try mounting the image in Toast rather than through the Finder. I've, uh, heard it through the grapevine *ahem* that some programs which need to see a CD in the drive can be fooled with a disk image mounted in Toast.