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Mount individual Software Restore images System
Here's how to mount the .DMG files on the OSX restore disks (tested on eMac and G4) so you can access individual programs. It's relativly simple:
  1. Once installed and restarted, insert the first software restore CD.
  2. Open Terminal
  3. Enter: cd "/Volumes/Restore CD/.images�
  4. Bring up file list (ls command)
  5. Mount the OS9 disk image (file should be OS9General.dmg) by typing open ./OS9General.dmg
  6. Open the mounted disk in finder, and copy the files across to the OS 9 partition.
Note: this is not my work, but I've used it for most of the apps on the installation CD's, including OS9. The example is for unpacking OS9, but it works for all apps. The original work for this hint was from a mailing list.
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Mailing list ?
Authored by: sunsoul on Nov 14, '02 11:12:44AM

Hey, thank you for that hint, it helped a lot :)

I was wondering what was that mailing list whose providing such interesting hints ?



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Mailing list ?
Authored by: sunsoul on Nov 14, '02 11:15:53AM

Hey, thank you for that hint, it helped a lot :)

I was wondering what was that mailing list whose providing such interesting hints ?



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Gui way to do this
Authored by: elrac on Nov 14, '02 02:56:56PM

If you just use the finders "go to folder" command in the "go" menu and have it open "/Volumes/Restore CD/.images" it will show you all the .dmg files. They are operable by just double clicking on them. Also there are other files on the second Restore CD (like the Developer tools).

Elrac



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RE:GUI way to do this
Authored by: robarmo on Nov 14, '02 05:54:41PM

This article from Apple`s Knowledge Base describes several ways to install individual apps from the restore discs, using the GUI. (For those of us who have never even launched the Terminal, and hope we never need to!)

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106451

Rob.



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