multiple dmg files

Is there any easy way to combine multiple dmg files into one dmg?

I'm struggling to recreate my friends home movie here...

Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Posted on Aug 24, 2007 11:59 AM

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Aug 25, 2007 10:53 AM in response to Edward Ciramella

I think what you're saying is that you have a _segmented disk image_ correct? And not simply several separate disk images whose contents you want to combine.

Typically you don't have to re-combine the segments. Just put all the segments into one location and double-click the first segment. That should cause the disk image to mount just as if it was a single dmg file.

Normally the segments are named such that the first segment has a .dmg extension and the rest of the segments have names ending in .002.dmgpart, .003.dmgpart, etc. If yours don't have names like that then I suppose it may cause a problem mounting the image.

But if you want to recombine the segments back into a single dmg file I think you still need to get it mounted (as stated above) and then use Disk Utility to create a new disk image file from the mounted volume. I didn't find anything in the man pages indicating there was a way to directly recombine the segments.

Steve

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