Using Transmac to rip the Mac OS X CD

From PearPC

If you had trouble installing Mac OS using Native CD-ROM mode (direct from your computer's CD drive), you may have to copy the DVD to your hard drive. Although you may be able to do this using another program (Isobuster has been known to work on some occasions, for example), we recommend using Transmac to copy the DVD. These instructions assume you have followed the instructions in The Moron's Guide to Tiger on PearPC and already have PearPC and a configuration file on your computer.

You will need:

1. Transmac, to rip the install DVD image.
2. The HD Resizer, to make the Tiger DVD image a size PearPC can understand.
3. The Sun Java runtime, if it is not already installed, to run the HD Resizer.

First, install and run Transmac according to its instructions. Then insert your Tiger DVD, and go to Tools->Disk/CD Image->Save Image of Disk/CD and save the image into "C:\PearPC" (or wherever you have put PearPC) with the filename Tiger.img. This step may take a long time. Anywhere from five to 18 hours is common for the Tiger DVD.

If you want to use ISOBuster, extract User Data and rename to .img after completion. This should take less than an hour.

Once you have the image, you must change your configuration file. Make the following changes:

Change:

pci_ide0_slave_installed = 1
pci_ide0_slave_image = "d:\"
#pci_ide0_slave_image = "2,0,0"
#pci_ide0_slave_image = "/dev/cdrom"
pci_ide0_slave_type = "nativecdrom"

to:

pci_ide0_slave_installed = 1
pci_ide0_slave_image = "c:\PearPC\tiger.img"
#pci_ide0_slave_image = "2,0,0"
#pci_ide0_slave_image = "/dev/cdrom"
pci_ide0_slave_type = "hd"

You must also resize the image to fit PearPC's image size constraints. After you have done this, open HD-Resizer (requires Java, click Fix Image, then click Fix Image again to locate Tiger.img. Click OK and close the program after you see the message stating that your image is fixed.

You should now be ready to continue with Step 3 in The Moron's Guide to Tiger on PearPC.