CentOS - Sep 2017 - [Slightly OT] Use CentOS to create a bootable Mac OS X DVD from dmg file?

Hi,

Sorry if this is only half-CentOS-related.

In my office, I'm running CentOS on all my systems (server, workstation,
laptop, sandbox PCs). A colleague brought me her MacBook Pro to upgrade
it from OS X 10.5.7 to 10.11.6.

I downloaded the 5.8 GB dmg file and now I wonder how to create a
bootable DVD with this using only Linux tools.

1. Can I simply burn this as a data DVD with K3B?

2. Or do I have to jump through burning loops using dmg2img, mount -t
hfsplus, etc.

I only have a couple of double layer DVDs here, so before burning a pair
of expensive coasters, I thought I'd rather ask here.

Cheers,

Niki
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On Sat, September 23, 2017 7:23 am, Nicolas Kovacs
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Sorry if this is only half-CentOS-related.
>
> In my office, I'm running CentOS on all my systems (server,
workstation,
> laptop, sandbox PCs). A colleague brought me her MacBook Pro to upgrade
> it from OS X 10.5.7 to 10.11.6.
First OT answer. If you can boot your macintosh, you can put image on it
somewhere, and just ckick or double click on it, macintosh will start what
necessary to upgrade or install. If mac does not boot, yoy can power it on
while holding two keys pressed: command + T . it will need network access,
and will go into recovery boot that in addition to some utilities will let
you install macos version the machine was sold with.
>
> I downloaded the 5.8 GB dmg file and now I wonder how to create a
> bootable DVD with this using only Linux tools.
>
> 1. Can I simply burn this as a data DVD with K3B?
>
> 2. Or do I have to jump through burning loops using dmg2img, mount -t
> hfsplus, etc.
>
I burn disk images routinely on FreeBSD, but I am sure all the command
options are the same on linux:

growisofs -Z /dev/dvd=/path/to/disk/image.iso

where /dev/dvd is device resembling your burner.

valeri
> I only have a couple of double layer DVDs here, so before burning a pair
> of expensive coasters, I thought I'd rather ask here.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Niki
> --
> Microlinux - Solutions informatiques durables
> 7, place de l'??glise - 30730 Montpezat
> Web  : http://www.microlinux.fr
> Mail : info at microlinux.fr
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++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Valeri Galtsev
Sr System Administrator
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics
University of Chicago
Phone: 773-702-4247
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

> Am 23.09.2017 um 14:23 schrieb Nicolas Kovacs <info at
microlinux.fr>:
> 
> Sorry if this is only half-CentOS-related.
> 
> In my office, I'm running CentOS on all my systems (server,
workstation,
> laptop, sandbox PCs). A colleague brought me her MacBook Pro to upgrade
> it from OS X 10.5.7 to 10.11.6.
> 
> I downloaded the 5.8 GB dmg file and now I wonder how to create a
> bootable DVD with this using only Linux tools.

I'm sure that the downloaded "image" is not the "image"
that will
be used to boot and install the new system. take a look here 

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201372


> 1. Can I simply burn this as a data DVD with K3B?
> 
> 2. Or do I have to jump through burning loops using dmg2img, mount -t
> hfsplus, etc.
> 
> I only have a couple of double layer DVDs here, so before burning a pair
> of expensive coasters, I thought I'd rather ask here.

--
LF

On Sat, September 23, 2017 9:43 am, Valeri Galtsev
wrote:
>
> On Sat, September 23, 2017 7:23 am, Nicolas Kovacs wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Sorry if this is only half-CentOS-related.
>>
>> In my office, I'm running CentOS on all my systems (server,
workstation,
>> laptop, sandbox PCs). A colleague brought me her MacBook Pro to upgrade
>> it from OS X 10.5.7 to 10.11.6.
>
> First OT answer. If you can boot your macintosh, you can put image on it
> somewhere, and just ckick or double click on it, macintosh will start what
> necessary to upgrade or install. If mac does not boot, yoy can power it on
> while holding two keys pressed: command + T .
command + R

(for recovery mode). Sorry about all types I made: typing on android is
sooo weird...
> it will need network access,
> and will go into recovery boot that in addition to some utilities will let
> you install macos version the machine was sold with.
>
>>
>> I downloaded the 5.8 GB dmg file and now I wonder how to create a
>> bootable DVD with this using only Linux tools.
>>
>> 1. Can I simply burn this as a data DVD with K3B?
>>
>> 2. Or do I have to jump through burning loops using dmg2img, mount -t
>> hfsplus, etc.
>>
>
> I burn disk images routinely on FreeBSD, but I am sure all the command
> options are the same on linux:
>
> growisofs -Z /dev/dvd=/path/to/disk/image.iso
>
> where /dev/dvd is device resembling your burner.
>
> valeri
>
>> I only have a couple of double layer DVDs here, so before burning a
pair
>> of expensive coasters, I thought I'd rather ask here.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Niki
>> --
>> Microlinux - Solutions informatiques durables
>> 7, place de l'??glise - 30730 Montpezat
>> Web  : http://www.microlinux.fr
>> Mail : info at microlinux.fr
>> T??l. : 04 66 63 10 32
>> _______________________________________________
>> CentOS mailing list
>> CentOS at centos.org
>> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
>>
>
>
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Valeri Galtsev
> Sr System Administrator
> Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
> Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics
> University of Chicago
> Phone: 773-702-4247
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> _______________________________________________
> CentOS mailing list
> CentOS at centos.org
> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
>

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Valeri Galtsev
Sr System Administrator
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics
University of Chicago
Phone: 773-702-4247
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

On Sat, Sep 23, 2017 at 02:23:00PM +0200, Nicolas Kovacs
wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Sorry if this is only half-CentOS-related.
> 
> In my office, I'm running CentOS on all my systems (server,
workstation,
> laptop, sandbox PCs). A colleague brought me her MacBook Pro to upgrade
> it from OS X 10.5.7 to 10.11.6.
> 
> I downloaded the 5.8 GB dmg file and now I wonder how to create a
> bootable DVD with this using only Linux tools.
> 
> 1. Can I simply burn this as a data DVD with K3B?
> 
> 2. Or do I have to jump through burning loops using dmg2img, mount -t
> hfsplus, etc.
> 
> I only have a couple of double layer DVDs here, so before burning a pair
> of expensive coasters, I thought I'd rather ask here.
I've done this a few times. I used acertoneiso and/or poweris.

At the time I wrote something on it, I was running CentOS-6x which didn't
work acertone.  But I can't guarantee you won't get coasters. 

The notes are at http://srobb.net/dvds.html/#OSX

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Le 24/09/2017 ? 03:22, Scott Robbins a ?crit?:
> I've done this a few times. I used acertoneiso and/or poweris.
> 
> At the time I wrote something on it, I was running CentOS-6x which
didn't
> work acertone.  But I can't guarantee you won't get coasters. 
> 
> The notes are at http://srobb.net/dvds.html/#OSX
I was a bit angered by the OS X lock-in, so I decided to replace it with
Linux. Unfortunately the hardware didn't play well with CentOS (KDE
would freeze with both the nouveau and the nvidia driver), but here's
what I managed to do.

https://blog.microlinux.fr/ubuntu-xenial-macbook/

Works like a charm now.

Cheers,

Niki

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