Re: Mac-based burning

["J.A. Bezemer" <costar@panic.et.tudelft.nl>]

On Sat, 19 Aug 2000, Abe Skolnik wrote:

> Burning an ISO CD from Toast under Mac OS works fine.  You can even mount 
> the image, like you can on Linux using the loopback driver.  (Mac and 
> Linux are _both_ capable, sophisticated OSs, nothing like Microsloth).
> 
> You are probably safe merely from having downloaded the file with its 
> '.iso' extension, but if you want to be extra-safe, give it the creator 
> code of 'CDr3' (for Toast 3.x, I assume 'CDr4' for the new 4.x, but I`m 
> not sure), and the type code of 'iImg' using your favorite Mac utility 
> which can do such things (mine is FileTyper).
> 
> Those steps are not really required, but they will let you double-click 
> on the file in the Finder and have it open in Toast, as opposed to having 
> to do a drag-and-drop, or, alternatively, 'File/Open' (how quaint!) 
> operation to open the file in the right program.
> 
> I hope this info is useful to you, especially for those looking to try 
> Debian/PowerPC.

Thanks for sharing the info. I've added it to the FAQ.


Regards,
  Anne Bezemer