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Hello all, I switched to Ubuntu with a clean install and whipped out the Mac OS X. I now want to switch back to this and I have the .dmg ...
  1. 05-07-2010 #1
    YOungMoney
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    Switching back to Mac OS X? Need Help

    Hello all, I switched to Ubuntu with a clean install and whipped out the Mac OS X. I now want to switch back to this and I have the .dmg file on my flash drive with the OS X on it. I was wondering how I would go in installing this since it is a .dmg file and since it needs to be installed. Thanks in advance.
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    Once you've nuked your OSX install, I think you are SOL from the user end. The dmg file is a MAC HFS+ image which may be mountable in Linux but you won't get a bootable CD burned for it.

    Your best bet would be to call Apple support and ask for a new CD. Once they verify your Mac's serial number, they should be able to send you a disc for the cost of media and shipping.
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    what if the file is an .iso?
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    If the file is an ISO, you should be able to burn it with Brasero (under Sound and Video), select Burn Image to Disc.
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    the file is 6.9 gb so I would need DL. I was just wondering if there was anyway around that.

    you think I could use VMware server?
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    I don't think so, unless you can get a PPC machine emulation, install to the virtual hard drive, take an image backup of that virtual hard drive from inside the VM, burn across discs (or store to a sufficiently large USB drive), then restore that image to the actual Mac... plausible but I wouldn't want to be the one doing it as there's no guarentees anywhere along the way.

    You're probably better off securing a DL burner and disc.
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    hey I got a DL disc. Do I burn it as a DMG or switch it to ISO first before the burn?
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    ISO, must be burned as an image, not a file.
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    ahhh thanks! I accidently burned it as a DMG file with UltraISO and it didn't work. Do you recommend any programs to convert it to ISO?

    I looked around and Transmac came up. Would you recommend that?
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    I have no idea how or if it will work under WINE. I never tried it.

    I have found via a Google Search some things that might work for you...

    From Linux: http://vu1tur.eu.org/tools/
    From a Mac: Convert .dmg files to .iso files for burning elsewhere - Mac OS X Hints
    and from Windows (or maybe WINE): Converting DMG to ISO - PearPC
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