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Burning Mac Files On a Pc Writer (Dual Format)?
« on: August 24, 2001, 06:17:49 PM »
The Problem.
I had a CDROM that did do the following but I can’t recreate it anymore.
On the CDROM it would have 2 Flash projector files.
The one for the pc is *.exe
The one for the Mac *.hqx
Now depending upon which platform the CD was put into you would be able to watch the projector file for that platform.
Now ive been doing some asking around and the word is that problems are created when burning Mac stuff on a Pc Writer? Is this true?
   
It’s not a Auto run issue!
So is it true that burning Mac stuff on a Pc CDRW creates problems?
And if so is there a work around?
The best example of what I would call a Dual Formatted Disk would be like the
Ones you get with the Pc magazines that give freebies away on the covers.
Both for the Mac and the Pc.

I am sure that it should work but the word is it doesn’t? And even when ive tried it doesn’t work?

I have just about no knowledge of the Mac system but this question is being put forward to help a friend who is trying very hard to resolve this problem?

If you need any more info please reply and I’ll add more info as required.
Thanks in advance for any help or info on this subject.

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« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2001, 12:23:51 AM »
You need to make what is called a Hybrid CD, which is a bridge CD for Mac and PC.

Nero can burn these, but dont ask me how it works, no idea, never use Mac.

In the ISO options you just choose the Hybrid CD, and add what you need like normal.

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Hybrid CDs contain the well known ISO 9660 and additionally the Apple Macintosh HFS file system. Such CDs will be both readable by Macs and PCs. Nero creates so called „non shared\" Hybrid CDs. That means, files to be read by Macs and PCs must exist twice (one ISO and one HFS copy of the file) on the CD.
To create Hybrid-CDs using Nero you need to connect your PC with a SCSI hard disk containing the HFS partition to be written on the Hybrid CD. Such HFS partitions can only be created and edited using an Apple Macintosh computer.

1.   Choose the menu command „File\"->„New...\" and select the icon „CD-ROM (Hybrid)\". On the right hand you see the „Hybrid\" property page containing a list box. This list box shows all detected HFS partitions. If it\'s empty, it means that no HFS partitions have been detected.
2.   Now select the HFS partition you wish to burn. Click on „New\" and drag all the ISO files to be burned into the hybrid compilation window.

3.   Now open the Write dialog. The easiest way to do this is to click on the Write CD icon in the toolbar. You will then go to the Write CD dialog box, which will undoubtedly look familiar to you: it is the same box which you saw for the creation of a new compilation, only now the Burn property sheet is shown on the top.

You will see several boxes, of which some have already been selected. All of the preferences may now be examined and changed if necessary.

4.   Now you may confirm by clicking on the Write button. All of the selected steps will now be carried out in sequence including the burn process. So that you can follow exactly what is happening, a status window is displayed in which the individual steps are listed.

As a last step, you will see a message like \"burn process was successful with 12x(1800 KB/s)\".

5.   Finally, the CD will be ejected.

You may now check to see for yourself what was written onto your new CD by re-inserting the CD and clicking on the CD info icon.

NOTE: The Hybrid CD will then show all HFS files if it is read by an Apple Macintosh computer. PCs can read the ISO files only.


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« Reply #2 on: August 26, 2001, 03:14:40 AM »
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« Reply #3 on: August 26, 2001, 10:19:39 AM »
Thanks Guys,

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