View Full Version : How to See the PC side of a Hybrid CD
hschickel
02-10-2004, 12:10 PM
I have a hybrid CD with a mac and a pc installer. I need to move the pc installer to a network folder. Is there any way to see it with a mac?
Thanks,
Hugh
hayne
02-10-2004, 02:28 PM
All the files should be there, under /Volumes/name_of_CD/
To go to /Volumes in Finder, use "Go to Folder" from the "Go" menu.
The Windows files might be (by default) invisible in Finder so you could either use one of the utilities that can change file visibility, or you could work from Terminal.
hschickel
02-10-2004, 03:06 PM
I figured that but it does not work. I'm thinking maybe I need something a little closer to the metal...
Thanks,
Hugh
hayne
02-10-2004, 11:18 PM
Umm, what part of what I suggested doesn't work? Details please.
Exactly what did you do. What did you see? What errors did you get?
amkaplan
02-29-2004, 01:22 AM
I am having trouble reading pc side of hybrid cds as well, and am sorry but I don't follow your train of thought. Went to Go to Folder, typed in the name of the CD and it doesn't find the CD. Assume you are talking in Finder, not in Terminal. What utilities are you referring to to see the PC side of the hybrid disk, as I haven't been able to find one that will do this! disk Utility is the only one, but will not allow me to mount the PC disk.
Thanks,
Allan
hayne
02-29-2004, 12:13 PM
Originally posted by amkaplan
Went to Go to Folder, typed in the name of the CD and it doesn't find the CD. I was talking about using Go to Folder to go to the /Volumes folder. (I.e. type in /Volumes, not the name of the CD)
In the /Volumes folder you should see a sub-folder named after the CD. Under this latter folder you should see the contents of the CD.
If you don't see the Windows-version files using the Finder (as outlined above), it may be because the files have been configured to be invisible under Finder. You could use one of the many utilities to make Finder show "invisible" files, or you could use the Terminal.
To use the Terminal to look at the contents of the CD, open a Terminal window, then go to the /Volumes folder by typing the following command:
cd /Volumes
List the contents of the current folder (i.e. /Volumes) by typing the following command:
ls
Use 'cd name_of_your_CD' to go into the sub-folder and then do 'ls' again to see the contents of the sub-folder.
Note: if there are any spaces in teh name of your CD, you may have problems. To fix this, just type in the first few characters of the CD name (e.g. when doing the 'cd' command) and then press the Tab key. The name will get filled out for you.
amkaplan
03-01-2004, 10:34 AM
Many thanks, I'll check this out!!
Allan
amkaplan
03-03-2004, 11:25 PM
Unfortunately, nothing has worked. Before I go on, I just want to make sure my request is clear. I spoke with Applecare today and we weren't on the same page at first.
I've got a CD with both Mac and PC partitions on it (you know - a CD out of a textbook with PDFs and other stuff for both platforms) and I want to get into the PC partition. Problem is that it won't show on the desktop.
That said, I went through Terminal and the partition/disk is not visible (Applecare suggested this, too). I've not been able to find any utility that will get it to show, either. Disk Utility WILL show that the partition/disk is there, but grays-out the button to mount it. Apple says that the hardware of the PB G4 won't support mounting a PC partition if there's a Mac one available, but will mount a PC CD if there's no Mac partition.
Any other ideas?
Thanks,
Allan
DarkSaint
03-03-2004, 11:54 PM
I understand what you mean, however, I am assuming since you want the PC Installer on the Network Drive, the PC you wish to install it upon doesn't have a CD drive of its own.
Perhaps you can make a Disk Image of the CD as a .bin file, put it in the Network folder, and the PC can read and extract its portion. Download Daemon Tools and it will read the .cue file and open the .bin file as if it was an actual CD.
Good luck.
amkaplan
03-04-2004, 01:24 AM
If I use Toast to make an image file, and then mount it, it will mount the two partitions as two separate disks.
Thanks for the ideas, and if anyone has any others, please let me know!
Allan
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