bootable CD???

What is the content of the file? Won't that determine whether it is bootable or not?

- cfr

If this is something like a Linxu "Live CD" or any other bootable .iso file, all you need to do is use *Disk Utility*

Applications -> Utilities -> Disk Utility

Drag the .iso file into the *Disk Utility* side bar.

Click on the .iso name in the *Disk Utility* side bar to highlight it.

Click on the Burn icon in the *Disk Utility* task bar.

Oh yea, it helps to have a blank CD about this time 🙂

I've not had a chance to try this myself yet. And will not be able to for several days at the earliest.

check the [hdiutil|http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man 1/hdiutil.1.html] manpage. speicifically you're looking for information about El Torito.

 hdiutil supports generating El Torito-style bootable ISO9660 filesystems, which is commonly used for
 booting x86-based hardware. The specification includes several emulation modes. By default, an El
 Torito boot image emulates either a 1.2MB, 1.44MB, or 2.88MB floppy drive, depending on the size of
 the image. Also available are "No Emulation" and "Hard Disk Emulation" modes, which allow the boot
 image to either be loaded directly into memory, or be virtualized as a partitioned hard disk, respec-
 tively. The El Torito options should not be used for data CDs.

 -eltorito-boot Path to an El Torito boot image. By default, floppy drive emulation is used,
 so the image must be one of 1200KB, 1440KB, or 2880KB. If the image has a dif-
 ferent size, either -no-emul-boot or -hard-disk-boot must be used to enable
 "No Emulation" or "Hard Disk Emulation" mode, respectively (ISO9660/Joliet).

 -eltorito-specification For complex layouts involving multiple boot images, a plist-formatted string
 can be provided, using either OpenStep-style syntax or XML syntax, represent-
 ing an array of dictionaries. Any of the El Torito options can be set in the
 sub-dictionaries and will apply to that boot image only. If
 -eltorito-specification is provided in addition to the normal El Torito com-
 mand-line options, the specification will be used to populate secondary non-
 default boot entries.

Here is a link to some more information regarding the [El Torito (CD-ROM standard)|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El Torito_(CD-ROMstandard)] Specification.

[El Torito Specification|http://www.phoenix.com/NR/rdonlyres/98D3219C-9CC9-4DF5-B496-A286D 893E36A/0/specscdrom.pdf]

Also, have a look at:

http://www.macmaps.com/bootcd.html

Message was edited by: Nils C. Anderson

if it's a *nix boot cd, i usually just burn it with:

hdiutil burn /path/to/iso

and they've always worked fine.