Can i open or uncompress a .dmg.sit file in Windows?

MakZan · Post by **MakZan** » Sun May 16, 2004 8:30 am

I have a Mac OSX file with .dmg.sit ending. what can i do to make it a .iso file to let PearPC boot?

Chongdee · Post by **Chongdee** » Sun May 16, 2004 10:56 am

Probably not.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun May 16, 2004 1:00 pm

www.stuffit.com

Download the Standard Windows version. It includes "Expander", which can extract the *.sit files!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun May 16, 2004 1:02 pm

Sorry, forgot.
When using Linux, you can also use the Unix version of course.
The .dmg file can be mounted directly by PearPC - no .iso needed!

dazld · Post by **dazld** » Sun May 16, 2004 5:57 pm

i dont think it can read compressed dmg - if you made an image for export that should be fine, as its an iso with a different extension

ShadowFox · Post by **ShadowFox** » Mon May 17, 2004 4:44 am

Extract the file using Stuffit Expander for windows, at http://www.aladdinsys.com

Then, use the .dmg file just as you would a .iso file, PearPC will read them the same way. I installed my OS 10.2 via .dmg files, and it worked fine.

MakZan · Post by **MakZan** » Mon May 17, 2004 4:52 am

Thank you. i will try to install the mac os X 10.1 via dmg.
hope that i can do it.

MakZan · Post by **MakZan** » Mon May 17, 2004 6:47 am

the pearpc said my osx's dmg file was not bootable. i am using windows? what can i do?

dazld · Post by **dazld** » Mon May 17, 2004 11:04 am

I think you missed what I said - while the .sit files (mac equivalent of zip) can be decompressed, you -cannot- decompress a compressed dmg on a wintel machine, hence, pearpc will not recognise the file as being bootable, as it would a raw (uncompressed) dmg.

If you are making cd images on a mac machine (as you should be

) then you need to make an image for -export-, or else it will not work. They should be the same size as a cd - if they are smaller then you know something has gone wrong.

Hope this helps.

Dan

Bish · Post by **Bish** » Mon May 17, 2004 4:50 pm

Some .dmg files are just normal uncompressed .iso files (or: somebody just chose wrong extension), and I these were the files that worked in PearPC.

Real (compressed) .dmg files cannot be unpacked on PC. You need a real Macintosh to convert them to .iso.