How to burn a .dmg file to a DVD/CD?

Question

I have downloaded Mac.OSX.Mountain.Lion.v10.8.3 and I have never burned a dmg file. How to burn this operating system in a dvd?

it's 5gb, you can't burn it to dvd, you have to use usb, unless you have some special dvd, what is the size of your dvd? — Lynob, Jan 27 '14 at 19:02

score 6 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 04 '22 at 09:16

Open a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run the following commands:

Next convert the .dmg to .img:

dmg2img NAMEOFTHEFILE.dmg NAMEOFTHEFILE.img

Mount the image:

sudo mount -t hfsplus -o loop NAMEOFTHEFILE.img

/media/image

This is quite simple and you should get no troubles at all. Good luck.

Command-line method for burning to disc here – Nonny Moose May 24 '17 at 13:00 — Nonny Moose, May 24 '17 at 13:00

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited May 24 '17 at 12:41

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sudo apt-get install dmg2img

convert dmg to iso

sudo dmg2img yourdvd.dmg yourdvd.iso

install dvd writing software in terminal

sudo apt-get install wodim

list your dvd device and note it down

wodim --devices

write your iso to dvd

wodim dev=/dev/cdrw -v -data yourdvd.iso

edited May 24 '17 at 12:41

Sumeet Deshmukh

answered May 24 '17 at 12:06

Dat Nguyen

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$ wodim --devices wodim: No such file or directory. Cannot open SCSI driver! For possible targets try 'wodim --devices' – Aaron Franke Jul 27 '18 at 03:14

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Jan 27 '14 at 19:10

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You can convert any dmg to iso, according to this tutorial.

After that, you can handle the file like you are used to.

edited Jan 27 '14 at 19:10

Lynob

answered Jan 27 '14 at 19:02

davidbaumann

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Jan 21 '15 at 19:50

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All you should need to do is:

dmg2img example.dmg example.iso

edited Jan 21 '15 at 19:50

Evandro Silva

answered Jan 21 '15 at 19:32

Louis

The ISO file that came out of my 4.7 GB DMG is too big to fit on a DVD, it's 5.1 GB now. – Aaron Franke Jul 27 '18 at 03:16

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