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Posted by: Byte Knight on 2019-07-08 11:53:31
So I found this great library of old compact Mac software on archive.org here:
https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_mac
The problem is that most of their hard drive images are in .img format and I can't get any of my old Macs (SE/30 & QuickSilver) to read them. I've tried Disk Copy, ImageMaster, MountImage, and ShrinkWrap without any luck. I've tried downloading directly to my Mac QuickSilver running OS9 from archive.org and that doesn't work either.
My modern MacBook can mount the images but you cannot simply copy the files over directly, as they all appear as documents on the old Mac.
Has anyone gotten these .img files to mount on your old Macs?
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Posted by: mraroid on 2019-07-08 12:37:57
I would like to know the answer to this question as well.
mraroid
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Posted by: Byte Knight on 2019-07-08 13:49:02
As a workaround, I was able to download the .img files to my old white MacBook running OS X 10.4.11, mount the images, then copy the individual files / folders via AppleShare to my Mac SE/30 (with ethernet card). Good thing I've got so many old Macs laying around here!
That's pretty sweet that OS X 10.4 can file share with the old Macs...
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Posted by: LaPorta on 2019-07-08 14:24:36
My thought is that these are not Disk Copy 4.2 or 6 images, but those made with OS X Disk Utility...and thus will not open on OS 9...unless you get one of those Disk Copy 6.5 betas or whatever the version was. That might do it.
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Posted by: Byte Knight on 2019-07-08 18:08:21
I tried the Disk Copy 6.5 beta without any luck. I'm assuming these images were created with OS X Disk Utility as you said and meant for use with old Mac emulators.
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Posted by: Zippy Zapp on 2019-07-10 10:20:01
IIRC you could change the extension on some .img files to .ISO and open them with any imaging program that supports ISOs. You could also burn them to CD.
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Posted by: reukiodo on 2019-07-14 18:43:56
Have you tried using 10.4's Disk Utility to convert the image and then try to open it on OS9?
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Posted by: Byte Knight on 2019-07-15 16:21:43
Have you tried using 10.4's Disk Utility to convert the image and then try to open it on OS9? I have not. What format would one convert it to?
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