hi all!

i have a toast image of OS 9 retail, and i need to make a bootable disc from it. i do not have roxio toast, and it wouldn't work on my machine any way, it's a G3 :/

anyway, how do i create a bootable disc from this file? can it be done?

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Toast 7 or earlier versions will work on a G3.

really? i thought toast 7 required a G4??? in any case, i don't have any access to toast software, and i'm too young to register for ebay

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I used Toast 7 with my G3 iBook, worked fine (incase you can
find it from someone).

haha! i got TOAST 6 from a friend at work. but he doesn't have any os 9 discs. so, now that i have TOAST 6, what do i do to burn it to a disc that i can make bootable??

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From Toast 6's Help File:

Making a Disc from an Image File

To make a disc from an image file:
1 Click the Copy tab, then click the Disc Settings
button.
The Disc Settings drawer opens.
2 In the Disc Settings drawer, select the Image File
option.
3 Do one of the following:
• Drag the image file icon from the desktop to the
Copy content area.
• Click the Select button. The Choose a File dialog
appears, where you can browse for the location of the
image file. When you locate it, click Choose.
The image file appears in the Copy content area. You can
mount it from here.
4 Click the red Record button.
5 When prompted, insert a disc into the currently
selected recorder.
Toast displays a progress bar as it copies your image file
to disc.

nice! does that make the disc bootable as well?

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hmm... nobody knows, eh? thats fine. i'll test it out and see ho it goes. i mean, what's one more cd-rom disc wasted on trying to burn os 9? :/

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For those having trouble burning a boot disk, the
following instructions might help. When burning a boot
disk, you might want to use a rewritable disk in case the
burn does not result in a bootable disk. IOW, you might
have to play around with the image and burn application
to get favorable results; and coasters can fill up a landfill
quickly — especially when AOL is is on a roll. :)

And don't forget to google the topic if you keep running
into a wall. You just might find what you're looking for.
Meanwhile, below are instructions I ran across one day.
YMMV.

How to BURN a bootable disk image using Disk Utility...

1) Launch Disk Utility.
2) Click "Burn" (upper left icon).
3) Navigate to the image file (dmg) and select it (do not
drag and drop).
4) Click "Burn" (in dialog box); and insert blank media
when prompted to burn.

How to BURN a bootable disk image using Toast...

1) Get Info on the image file (dmg) and lock it; then
double click on the image to mount it.
2) Launch Toast.
3) Select "Data".
4) Show "Disc Options" window (upper left corner); click
"Advanced" tab and select "Mac Volume" button.
5) Click "Select" button (main window area), and highlight
the mounted volume to be burned (do not drag and drop).
6) Uncheck "Optimize on-the-fly"; and click "OK" button
(in dialog box).
7) Click "Burn" (lower right icon); and insert blank media
when prompted to burn.

(get it outthere in the Net. Don't know who's the author.)

sweet!

it worked! i luuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuv os 9 :D :D :D

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