Re: [WinMac] Burning dual-platform CD-ROMs


Michael H. Martel(martelm[at]quark.vsc.edu)
Fri, 21 Aug 1998 09:30:39 -0400


--On Thu, Aug 20, 1998 4:26 PM -0700 Liam Helmer <image53@axionet.com>
wrote:

> There's a better way to do it actually, that will very reliably copy
> EVERYTHING, even "Magic Numbers", autorun files, etc.
> In Toast (Mac), go to the "Format" Menu. Choose "SCSI Copy". Then click
> on "Data..." and pick your CD-ROM that the disk you want to copy is in.
> Then, go to the file menu, and choose "Save as Disk Image...". Then save
> the disk somewhere. Then you can make as many copies as you like, of that
> image, and they'll all be the same...

I was going to suggest this too. However, the G3's are IDE, and Toast
refuses to SCSI copy from IDE to SCSI. :-)

I just finished (this morning) adding a home made external SCSI CD-ROM to
my G3 just for this purpose. Tested it and sure enough, works just as good
as it did on my PCenterPro.

Michael

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