Editing ISO Images

I was wondering if it was possible to edit an iso image I have. The image mounts in disk mounter and I can see the directories and files, but it is mounted as read only. Is there any way I can write to an iso image?

iMac G3 233 MHZ Tray-Loader, Mac OS X (10.3.x)

Posted on Sep 3, 2009 5:37 PM

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Sep 5, 2009 3:08 AM in response to Super TWiT

While I am unfamiliar with and do not use ISO images, I do know some information is
available through a search; of the results, a few examples should be forthcoming; per:

' Mac OS X edit ISO images ' - google results page URL:
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp&q=MacOS+X+edit+ISO+image&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&aqi=&oq=Mac+OS+X+edit+ISOimage&fp=d9ca629f83f82f8a

Appears ISO images are also common with PCs or perhaps Intel-based Macs,
with BootCamp; if related to newer hardware & OS X... This obviously would
exceed an older PPC computer's capacity unless it was running some Windows
emulation software, or related image files. Where did you get this image file?

There is a possible match in the first pages of the search result link, above.
In some case, you can't edit these; according to several items I've read the
process may be conditional depending on the file's purpose & the OS.

What is the ISO image related to? If it was created by a specific
software or OS, then editing these may require suitable tools.

Good luck & happy computing! 🙂

Sep 5, 2009 11:29 AM in response to Super TWiT

An ISO image is a fairly common thing, but in general if you have to edit an image on any platform it's best to extract the image to a folder, edit the contents, and then create a fresh ISO from that folder. Disk Utility can create ISOs, but on 10.3 it may not create Windows friendly images. If you are not concerned with creating a Windows friendly image and just wish to modify the image then burn it to a disc on the Mac, you should just be able to extract to folder, create the new image, then burn the image.

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