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[QUOTE][u]Quote by: larkost[/u][p]Where is the world did you get a .cdr image? In any case, if you need to use this one, then your best bet is to convert it to a main-line .dmg file. For sanity reasons I have put in the check you are running into to track what base disk image is in use, and we are going to be going farther in that direction later, so it is a good idea to get lined up for that (most people should not have to worry about this, you are in a weird case).

Assuming that this is a .cdr that hdiutil can recognize (you are hosed otherwise), you can use a command line this to convert it:
[code]hdiutil convert /path/to/image.cdr -format UDBZ -o ‘Mac OS X Install DVD.dmg'[/code]

I do want to sound the note of caution here: the .cdr format is a really strange bit. It makes me think that there is something odd going on here, namely that it is a “hackintosh” image (they are the only ones using that format… for whatever reason). I would be really leery of trying anything involvine “hackintosh” images with InstaDMG. There are real chances that you are not going to get what you expect, no matter what it is you are trying to do.[/p][/QUOTE]

Larkost,

Did you mean to say “UDZO” compression in the command (above)?

UDBZ is too slow.

Also, your own ripper (importDisk.py) rips using “zlib” compression (not bzip2 compression). The compression you mentioned (above) must be a typo.

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[QUOTE][u]Quote by: larkost[/u][p]Where is the world did you get a .cdr image? In any case, if you need to use this one, then your best bet is to convert it to a main-line .dmg file. For sanity reasons I have put in the check you are running into to track what base disk image is in use, and we are going to be going farther in that direction later, so it is a good idea to get lined up for that (most people should not have to worry about this, you are in a weird case).

Assuming that this is a .cdr that hdiutil can recognize (you are hosed otherwise), you can use a command line this to convert it:
[code]hdiutil convert /path/to/image.cdr -format UDBZ -o ‘Mac OS X Install DVD.dmg'[/code]

I do want to sound the note of caution here: the .cdr format is a really strange bit. It makes me think that there is something odd going on here, namely that it is a “hackintosh” image (they are the only ones using that format… for whatever reason). I would be really leery of trying anything involvine “hackintosh” images with InstaDMG. There are real chances that you are not going to get what you expect, no matter what it is you are trying to do.[/p][/QUOTE]

Larkost,

Did you mean to say “UDZO” compression in the command (above)?

UDBZ is too slow.

Also, your own ripper (importDisk.py) rips using “zlib” compression (not bzip2 compression). The compression you mentioned (above) must be a typo.

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[QUOTE][u]Quote by: larkost[/u][p]I have just checked in some changes that may have some impact on the problem. After 3 re-installs of 10.5 on a system I managed to re-create the problem. I think it has to do with lengths of a few paths, so have reduced the lengths, and switched to a python mounting system that should be a little more reliable (and more verbose when failing). I can’t guarantee anything, because I can’t point at a smoking gun (and the path length limitations listed in the man page don’t quite match what I am getting). There is theoretically one more thing I could do, but implementing that would have to wait until after conference season at least.[/p][/QUOTE]

Thank you Larkost. It works correctly now.

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[QUOTE][u]Quote by: larkost[/u][p]Just to repeat things: on Intel 10.5 things seem to be working just fine for me. All of my tests run just fine. I only own 1 PPC computer, and that has been my mail server for quite some time and so is not available for testing. As far as I can tell everyone who is having the problem is making their images on PPC. If this is not the case, then people need to be specific about this.

So I can’t fix what I can’t replicate.[/p][/QUOTE]

Larkost,

I am using InstaDMG on a Mac Pro.

PowerPC has nothing to do with it.

InstaDMG is installed on Mac OS X 10.5.8.

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