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

[Valeri Galtsev]

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
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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
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