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`makehybrid` from source folder, and other tips
Authored by: lullabud on Aug 25, '05 02:54:38PM

The `makehybrid` switch is very useful. I use it in conjunction with -hide-hfs, -hide-joliet, the `setfile` command, and other switches to author hybrid software release CD's and it works very very well, best of all because it's scriptable which helps when you have to fine-tune the CD layout.

You can make a hybrid disk image straight from a folder though, so burning the disk then ripping the dmg is unnecessary. Simply use `hdiutil makehybrid /source/folder/name/ -o outputfile.iso`. For a DVD you may need to specify -format UDTO, but for CD's this isn't necessary.

To fine-tune the layout of the view settings for the disk when it is mounted in Mac OS, mount the resulting iso with `hditul attach -readwrite foo.iso`, change the view settings for the folders to what you want them to be (remember to select "This folder only"!), then unmount the disk image and burn normally. (This requires that you already have modified the folder view settings as "this folder only".)



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