From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 22 12:55:40 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25C5B1065674 for ; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:55:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from onemda@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gx0-f12.google.com (mail-gx0-f12.google.com [209.85.217.12]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B59148FC14 for ; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:55:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from onemda@gmail.com) Received: by gxk5 with SMTP id 5so219577gxk.19 for ; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:55:38 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=9UqTBBsmyDCeJFPzf7ux48kIB0QzMB2RcI0X7VnaRX0=; b=SMtpSEXiwNOz0e76mrWMmzc2xwYnL5otfoVgsiKQG2KkuFDXb+SO6oTRTcQ4aUaMNy 15/ehI5NBBXPU09LN9hpI6eAE+hTtIWEX8yka4xYxIqZbTT4V6zFcBzeCc+hOr7UFRgO eWdXDRpn05zNRz2ZIILBvmnvZH1qdVHXzh7AI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=TR3u0+KghXJYjyc+J3u0LK8UlHEdzfCuOrSh1VcdesOiVBH5povh4tpPMkBnA8WtH4 4iXGFp9Wv0EDq6da1jTn/SVHL1V3xqlKzOKFJEG7XUlC5jiiMbcl2ZrewPqz+LYSnZTS G+fWhAWwncgS/apok7vx0NcaoclBc2G+Xc0zg= Received: by 10.231.16.75 with SMTP id n11mr31613iba.45.1227358538147; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:55:38 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.231.11.7 with HTTP; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:55:38 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <3a142e750811220455u1fe2cc48sb25a1911a6bfe351@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:55:38 +0100 From: "Paul B. Mahol" To: "Christoph Kukulies" In-Reply-To: <4927E659.3010602@kukulies.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <4927E659.3010602@kukulies.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mounting Mac OS .dmg files? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:55:40 -0000 On 11/22/08, Christoph Kukulies wrote: > Since the underlying OS of Mac OS is FreeBSD Wrong. > I'm wondering whether itr is possible to mount a > .dmg file as it is used in Apple software distribution for the Mac OS. I > would like to install an > Apple iPhone configuration utility on my FreeBSD box > (iPhoneConfigurationUtility.dmg). It consists of a > web application that is supposedly capable of doing updates of Apple > iPhones through a web service. > (good for company wide distribution of address book information and > other data that iPhones can hold). Currently not always possible - depends which actual fs is stored in .dmg file. Some time ago there was utility in development which allowed mounting of hfs+ on FreeBSD. There is dmg2iso (but it is not in ports ....) -- Paul