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Date:      Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:55:38 +0100
From:      "Paul B. Mahol" <onemda@gmail.com>
To:        "Christoph Kukulies" <kuku@kukulies.org>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: mounting Mac OS .dmg files?
Message-ID:  <3a142e750811220455u1fe2cc48sb25a1911a6bfe351@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4927E659.3010602@kukulies.org>
References:  <4927E659.3010602@kukulies.org>

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On 11/22/08, Christoph Kukulies <kuku@kukulies.org> wrote:
> Since the underlying OS of Mac OS is FreeBSD

Wrong.

> I'm wondering whether itr is possible to mount a
> .dmg file as it is used in Apple software distribution for the Mac OS. I
> would like to install an
> Apple iPhone configuration utility on my FreeBSD box
> (iPhoneConfigurationUtility.dmg). It consists of a
> web application that is supposedly capable of doing updates of Apple
> iPhones through a web service.
> (good for company wide distribution of address book information and
> other data that iPhones can hold).

Currently not always possible - depends which actual fs is stored in
.dmg file. Some time ago there was utility in development which allowed
mounting of hfs+ on FreeBSD.

There is dmg2iso (but it is not in ports ....)

-- 
Paul



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