Now there's one thing I'm not sure about all this. Install OS X/ Raw mac-os-hdiutil-create-help.txt This file contains bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. If you open the InstallESD.dmg using 7-zip you can actually browse into it.ġ) Open your InstallESD.dmg using 7-zip file manager (I think winrar doesn't support Xars)ģ) Extract the "InstallESD.dmg" (File has the same name but NOT the same hash ) Convert DMG Disk to ISO File: hdiutil convert /tmp/elcapitan.dmg -format UDTO -o /tmp/elcapitan Move ISO File to Desktop: mv /tmp/elcapitan.cdr elcapitan.iso Cleanup: rm /tmp/elcapitan.dmg: rm -rf.
It's somekind of archive file format (Xar - (archiver)). From what I've discovered it's that the InstallESD.dmg is not actually a dmg file. The reason why you can't convert the DMG to an IMG is tricky. So, how do I convert this DMG into an IMG file? UltraISO is out, it does not handle DMG files. UltraISO immediately returns, "Invalid or unknown image file format!" Next I have read others saying they had to open the DMG with UltraISO. Transmac, when trying to open the InstallESD.dmg file simply tells me, "Unknown disk image format".Īlrighty then, here you have a program, supposedly designed to do, just this, and it doesnt even acknowledge a DMG file. You can alter the Distribution file to ignore the supported platform check, see below. Using the following formats from a DOS command prompt started as Admin:ĭmg2img -v -s c:\InstallESD.dmg c:\InstallESD.imgĭmg2img keeps immediately giving me an error, ""ERROR: Inflation failed". Mac Dmg Pkg Dmg Vs Pkg Convert Dmg To Pkg Macos Convert App To Pkg Extract Pkg From Dmg If you use pkgutil to expand the InstallMacOSX.pkg it opens to three items, the Distribution file, InstallMacOSX.pkg and Resources. I have tried converting this file to an image file with 3 of the leading, and, recomended converters, and non of them will touch it. I actually downloaded two of the DMG files, from two different sources, both have the same HASH, and I have tried both files, in the following trials. The GM Lion InstallESD.dmg file has a HASH of (b5d3753c62bfb69866e94dca9336a44a), so I know its the original, and in original shape.
So that I can then burn a Lion install DVD. Need help in converting the GM Lion InstallESD.dmg to an image file in Windows 7 Ultimate 圆4