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Re: Alternative to DISK2FDI ?

Subject: Re: Alternative to DISK2FDI ?
From: Andy McFadden <fadden@fadden.com>
Date: 09 Jun 2009 05:20:08 GMT
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Charlie <charlieDOTd@vereyezon.net> wrote:
> Also, Disk2fdi will *not* normally read copy protected disks unless you 
> are creating an fdi. When creating an fdi (formatted disk image) 
> disk2fdi will read just about anything.  The trouble with the fdi is 
> there are no Apple emulators that support them so I'm guessing you 
> aren't doing that.

FDI images aren't what you'd call "read-write". :-)  It's a great way to
capture a disk image for conversion to something easier to deal with,
such as .nib or trackstar .app for mildly protected images.

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