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Soulstorm

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I have downloaded some files which apparently are parts of a windows disk image. I need to burn them using my mac. The file extension is .mdf and there is another one with the .mds extension.

I prefer doing this on OS X, so I all I want is an application that can burn .mdf files on OS X, or a program that converts .mdf files into something burnable. Is there such a program?
 
I have downloaded some files which apparently are parts of a windows disk image. I need to burn them using my mac. The file extension is .mdf and there is another one with the .mds extension.

I prefer doing this on OS X, so I all I want is an application that can burn .mdf files on OS X, or a program that converts .mdf files into something burnable. Is there such a program?

Did a quick search and the solution seems to be free* and pretty easy

*In the following quote the user refers to Toast but Disk Utility will burn a .iso to a disk

Check out this quote

scavenga said:
Thought I'd share, as I've been looking for a way to do this for a while, and gave up on the sluggish/crash-ridden virtualpc solutions.

For image files containing just .mds and .mdf, it's sufficient to rename the .mdf to .iso. Burn this file as image file in Toast.

For image-files containing an .md0-file, You need "Split and Concat"
http://download.com.com/3000-2179-10212101.html

Here's how:
(Leave the .mds-file alone - You don't need it, but it's not in the way either).
Rename the other files, for instance:

if Your file batch looks like this:
File.mds - (8kB)
File.mdf - (3,99GB)
File.md0 - (69,9MB)

rename them to

File.mds - (8kB)
File.iso.001 - (3,99GB)
File.iso.002 - (69,9MB)

Of course, the .mdf is the first - and main - file, so it should be named 001.

Open Split and Concat,
click on "concat", and locate and choose the two .iso files (click the first and shift-click the other to select both). Click "open".

Now, Split and Concat should present You with a nice progress bar, so sit back and relax.

When finished (it takes no more than a few minutes), check the size of the new .iso-file to see that it's roughly the same as the size of the old .mdf and .md0 combined.
If it's the same size as just one of the old files, double-check the renaming-process.

When successful, burn in Toast!



Hope I explained it well enough... I've had two successful tries out of two, so it looks like it's the way to go.

Good luck!
 
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