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Disk Image
Hi,
We have multiple systems running FCP and I frequently have to do complete reinstalls. I’m trying to burn a single disk image of all the install disks to an external hard drive to make things easier. Does anyone know how to do this?Burning a disk image in Disk Utility in Read/Write is no problem, but how do I bundle the rest of the disks into the first disk image that I burn. Or is this even possible? Posted on Mac forums also
Thanks,
Stuart -
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I don’t bundle them, you need to keep them all separate as if they were individual DVDs. You can put all the disk images together and then make one giant disk image from that, but then you will unarchive the one disk image, then unarchive the individual disk images. That’s a lot of unarchiving. I make an I age of each install disk, then make a folder called FCS3 and keep that on my raid, or other separate install disk.
The install time went down from hours to tens of minutes. It’s awesome.
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I have all my disk images on a Hard drive (actually a portion of my SAN) and when I need to re-install FCP I mount them all and then just start the install and it goes all the way thru with out asking me to do anything.
Steve Cohen
Supervisor of Post Production
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Yes, it’s truly helpful.
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Ah, ok, thanks guys, I was kind of thinking that was the case, I was trying to find a way to not have to baby sit it when it ask to insert the next disk, but it sounds like this’ll take care of that problem if all images are mounted.
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Yes, you got. Just mount all the images and away it goes.
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Jeremy, I know this is old, but hoping you can help. Within Disk Utility, once you click New Image, what do you choose from the menus below? Do you choose compressed, Read only, CD/DVD Master, or read/write? I ask because I seen mixed results. Some say used compressed, others save CD/DVD master.
OS 10.6.3, Mac Pro 2 x 2.66 ghz quad-core intel xenon, 16 gb ram, with BM Intensity Pro card
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Read only. If you think about it, that’s what a DVD is, a read only disk. 😉
Jeremy
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damn. I was using compressed. I guess i should go back and do it again as ready only then huh. I assume compressed might run the risk of corruption is it has to uncompressed to install. ugghhhh
thx
OS 10.6.3, Mac Pro 2 x 2.66 ghz quad-core intel xenon, 16 gb ram, with BM Intensity Pro card
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[Matt Campbell] “I assume compressed might run the risk of corruption is it has to uncompressed to install.”
I have only used read only and have never had a problem, so I unfortunately can’t comment on the compressed part. My feeling is that you will be OK. If you have time, perhaps make a read only version.
Jeremy
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