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Create ISO CD/DVD image (.iso) with Mac OS X Tiger (10.4)

ben@slashdotdash.net (Ben) — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 20:46:00 +0100

1. Insert CD/DVD source

2. Fire up a Terminal, you can then determine the device that is you CD/DVD drive using the following command:

$ drutil status
 Vendor   Product           Rev 
 MATSHITA DVD-R   UJ-835E   GAND

           Type: DVD-ROM              Name: /dev/disk1
      Cur Write:    8x DVD          Sessions: 1
      Max Write:    8x DVD            Tracks: 1
   Overwritable:   00:00:00         blocks:        0 /   0.00MB /   0.00MiB
     Space Free:   00:00:00         blocks:        0 /   0.00MB /   0.00MiB
     Space Used:  364:08:27         blocks:  1638627 /   3.36GB /   3.13GiB
    Writability: 
      Book Type: DVD-ROM

3. Umount the disk with the following command:

$ diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk1
Disk /dev/disk1 unmounted

4. Create the ISO file with the dd utility (may take some time):

$ dd if=/dev/disk1 of=file.iso bs=2048

5. Test the ISO image by mounting the new file (or open with Finder):

$ hdid file.iso

6. The ISO image can then be burnt to a blank CD/DVD.

"Create ISO CD/DVD image (.iso) with Mac OS X Tiger (10.4)" by chort

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:39:49 +0100

Does anyone have a solution for ripping and then burning multi-session disks? I can grab the MacOS session off the CD and create a disk image from that, but the original CD I’m trying to copy has a Windows session too and that is invisible from OS X. In Disk Utility I can’t create a new disk image from the root CD, I can only create a disk image from the Session.

I tried the dd method, but that ended up with an unreadable disk image. Any ideas?

"Create ISO CD/DVD image (.iso) with Mac OS X Tiger (10.4)" by Jose

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 06:49:54 +0100

i didn’t read all of the posts so sorry for any doubles… i did it exactly as described but i get an error message

dd: /dev/disk2: Input/output error
945+0 records in
945+0 records out
1935360 bytes transferred in 26.486537 secs (73070 bytes/sec)

i get the same input/output error when i use disk utility… what am i doing wrong? thanks

"Create ISO CD/DVD image (.iso) with Mac OS X Tiger (10.4)" by Jeff

Fri, 30 May 2008 00:21:39 +0100

Super.

And thanks @Rees Clissold for the info on using Disk Utility.

"Create ISO CD/DVD image (.iso) with Mac OS X Tiger (10.4)" by tree

Wed, 28 May 2008 04:26:03 +0100

hello,

i’m trying to make the iso file for an audio cd. under disc utility, the ‘new -> disc image from(select device)’ is shown as grey and i can not select it. is there anyway to solve it?

regards.

"Create ISO CD/DVD image (.iso) with Mac OS X Tiger (10.4)" by Caleb Schreyer

Mon, 26 May 2008 00:14:48 +0100

Does this work the same in 10.5

"Create ISO CD/DVD image (.iso) with Mac OS X Tiger (10.4)" by john madsen

Thu, 15 May 2008 19:02:18 +0100

Works in leopard just fine making a iso right now cool osx86 here i come

Thanks

"Create ISO CD/DVD image (.iso) with Mac OS X Tiger (10.4)" by nmiddleweek

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:41:11 +0000

Here’s the answer…

From a mac terminal session… type

hdiutil makehybrid -o ~/Desktop/[outfile] ~/Desktop/[source]

[source] can be a folder! or an exiting CD image…

For more details read the apple man pages: http://developer.apple.com/DOCUMENTATION/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/hdiutil.1.html

and read these forums…

http://www.macosxhints.com/comment.php?mode=view&;cid=89781&query=disk%20utility%209660 http://www.macosxhints.com/comment.php?mode=view&;cid=89782 http://www.macosxhints.com/comment.php?mode=view&;cid=89783

Hope that helps someone!

"Create ISO CD/DVD image (.iso) with Mac OS X Tiger (10.4)" by nmiddleweek

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:00:05 +0000

After speaking to the guys at DropDMG http://c-command.com/dropdmg/ it has come to light that the .iso, .cdr or .img CD image must support the ISO filesystem in order for it to work on a Windows machine.

It is possible to rename a .cdr to .iso take that .iso to Windows and burn a CD using the .iso image with Nero Burning software, BUT… because the mac created .iso doesn’t support the ISO filesystem the CD will never be able to be read on the Windows platform and only works on the Mac…

So, apart from Toast, does anyone know of any utility that will allow me to create and ISO 9660 .iso CD image that support the ISO filesystem (in fact, I’ve just read that ISO 9660 means the ISO file system for CD-ROM). Ideally I’d like a nice quick mac os x command-line tool rather than having to mess about with AppleScript…

... unless of course someone has some AppleScript to control Toast 8 complete with error traps using try, end try…? :-)

Cheers and thanks for your help…

Nick

"Create ISO CD/DVD image (.iso) with Mac OS X Tiger (10.4)" by nmiddleweek

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:46:30 +0000

Hello chaps,

I’ve got a folder on my desktop call testcd.

I want to create an ISO 9660 CD image of the folder contents into a .iso file.

Is this possible using the DD command?

From the examples above, you guys are creating a cd image of an unmounted disk in the drive. I’d like to create a CD image of the contents of a folder on my desktop that contents PDF’s…

We’ve been doing this using OS9, AppleScript and Toast 5 but it sometimes fails. I’m upgrading the Mac to OSX and would like to use native utilities where possible..

One of the key points is that the PDF files burnt to the CD image must retain the mac resource fork… At least I think I need that… I want the files to retain their preview icons when the CD is insert into a Mac.

This is part of an automated process and once the .iso CD image has been created it is going to be burnt to CD on a Windows machine using CD Robotics hardware.

If you need more info please ask…

Thanks for anyone’s help!

Nick

"Create ISO CD/DVD image (.iso) with Mac OS X Tiger (10.4)" by Gamer

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:22:15 +0000

Using a Mac just got a whole lot less frustrating, thank you.

"Create ISO CD/DVD image (.iso) with Mac OS X Tiger (10.4)" by rretzbach

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:32:53 +0000

Using /dev/disk#s# as input file instead of just /dev/disk# worked. Otherwise I got the following error message: Macintosh% hdid cm2.iso hdid: attach failed – Keine aktivierbaren Dateisysteme (German for “no file systems to activate”)

Thank you.

"Create ISO CD/DVD image (.iso) with Mac OS X Tiger (10.4)" by JetfighterNL

Sat, 01 Mar 2008 17:48:29 +0000

@ doodoo

Are you serieus?

"Create ISO CD/DVD image (.iso) with Mac OS X Tiger (10.4)" by JetfighterNL

Sat, 01 Mar 2008 17:47:58 +0000

Thanks m8! Works perfect. I did not expect that from the terminal!

"Create ISO CD/DVD image (.iso) with Mac OS X Tiger (10.4)" by doodoo

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:33:36 +0000

how do i delete the iso from my hard drive… takes up space.

"Create ISO CD/DVD image (.iso) with Mac OS X Tiger (10.4)" by Tom

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 06:19:50 +0000

All right, I’ve gone through Disk Utility, created a disk image, tried changing the extension to .dmg, .iso, and .cdr, but when I try to play the game, it tells me to insert the disk. When I double click the file I’ve made, the folder of the cd appears on the desktop with the install files and all that good stuff, but somehow I’ve missed the step where everything connects. Please help, I’m not sure what I’m doing.

"Create ISO CD/DVD image (.iso) with Mac OS X Tiger (10.4)" by Ben

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:42:22 +0000

@Pfhortipfhy: Sorry, can’t say I know how you’d do this.

"Create ISO CD/DVD image (.iso) with Mac OS X Tiger (10.4)" by Pfhortipfhy

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:27:26 +0000

@Ben: Is there a way to put a filesystem in an audio CD?

"Create ISO CD/DVD image (.iso) with Mac OS X Tiger (10.4)" by Re:you Dumb

Wed, 26 Dec 2007 23:11:20 +0000

Re: macca about 1 year later: You dumb alleged AIT manager!!!

Microsh1t does not include ANY free tool for creating ISO, you have to buy a 3rd party tool. The same is true for Apple.. go spend some money on Toast or another prog for the Mac or stick with MS which i’m sure you understand equally well!

There are FREE ISO burners for Apple and Windows! http://www.download.com/ImageBurner/3000-2198_4-10741056.html?tag=lst-4

http://www.download.com/Active-ISO-Burner/3000-2646_4-10612384.html?tag=lst-1

"Create ISO CD/DVD image (.iso) with Mac OS X Tiger (10.4)" by Andrew http://www.uoregon.edu/~acook1/

Tue, 25 Dec 2007 21:36:15 +0000

Help! I created and iso, but now I’m unable to eject the original dvd. drutil status seems to show what I originally saw. The dvd does not show up in the finder. The manual eject button also doesn’t work. I’d reboot, but I haven’t done so in over 2 months and I have 40 windows open. Do I have to remount the disk to eject the original DVD? Also, hdid gave the following error: hdid file.iso load_hdi: IOHDIXControllerArrivalCallback: timed out waiting for IOKit to finish matching. hdid: attach failed – not recognized

"Create ISO CD/DVD image (.iso) with Mac OS X Tiger (10.4)" by Noob

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 05:36:59 +0000

I was trying to back up my movie DVDs, but once I mount the image it says it can’t open it due to copy protection. Any way around it?

It’s still hard to swallow how difficult the industry makes it for us to protect our own investment. It’s not like it was hard to copy stuff on the days of cassette and VHS tapes…

Anyway, thanks in advance. The process itself worked flawlessly to me.

"Create ISO CD/DVD image (.iso) with Mac OS X Tiger (10.4)" by Yenn

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:36:49 +0000

That’s the right and simple method :)

Rees Clissold wrote:

In Disk Utility, you can create .cdr files anyway, without the need to convert from dmg. You just need to select “CD/DVD Master” as the type.

Sweet, thanks :)

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"Create ISO CD/DVD image (.iso) with Mac OS X Tiger (10.4)" by MacBoy

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 06:12:03 +0000

This page was most helpful. :D

Now I just need to know how to mount the ISO as a virtual CD. (usage for PCSX. I don’t like having to carry my PSX CDs with me. XD)

"Create ISO CD/DVD image (.iso) with Mac OS X Tiger (10.4)" by Voodoo Bob

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 04:48:39 +0000

Oh, sorry, I misread your crappy post. You wanted to CREATE an ISO! Yeah, because we all have to burn a CD-R each time we create an ISO! Right, guys?

1. Select the disc in Disk Utility. 2. Create image > save as CD/DVD Master. 3. Change the filename extension (this one’s gonna be hard for you) to .ISO 4. No, that’s not 1S0, or 150…. it’s I-S-O. Think “I’m So Obvious” as the acronym. 5. Change the extension by clicking on the filename, waiting about 1 second, then selecting the end of the file. 6. Then, where it says ”.cdr,” change that to ”.iso.” (No period at the end.) 7. (Or quotes.) 8. Then, this is the hard part, click somewhere else outside the filename to commit changes. 9. Sit back in your leatherette chair, and congratulate your manager ass. 10. Whine in online forums about how “Mac” [sic] “is good for graphic design and stuff but that’s about it” and recap the story of how you wasted 3 days and killed two LaCie D2 drives trying to rename a folder. 11. Buy a helmet.

"Create ISO CD/DVD image (.iso) with Mac OS X Tiger (10.4)" by Voodoo Bob

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 04:40:22 +0000

You wasted 30+ CD-Rs trying to burn an ISO? Yeah right, retard.

What’s so hard about dragging an ISO file into Disk Utility and clicking Burn?

Corporate IT manager my ass. Maybe the “manager” part is right, though. Are you one of those people that refer to Apple, the company, as “Mac,” as if they were one and the same?

Hey, maybe you can get a helmet or something for your problem…

"Create ISO CD/DVD image (.iso) with Mac OS X Tiger (10.4)" by wildpalms

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 10:07:05 +0000

vdub2.slow@yahoo.com

Just use Disk Utility to create a .dmg image of your AOE3 disk and double click that to mount.