From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Nov 17 23:49:31 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9BCDA31CCD for ; Tue, 17 Nov 2015 23:49:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rocky@herveybayaustralia.com.au) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (mailman.ysv.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D15891E0A for ; Tue, 17 Nov 2015 23:49:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rocky@herveybayaustralia.com.au) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id D142CA31CCC; Tue, 17 Nov 2015 23:49:31 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0DB7A31CCB for ; Tue, 17 Nov 2015 23:49:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rocky@herveybayaustralia.com.au) Received: from mail.unitedinsong.com.au (mail.unitedinsong.com.au [150.101.178.33]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CB7EE1E09 for ; Tue, 17 Nov 2015 23:49:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rocky@herveybayaustralia.com.au) Received: from [192.168.0.185] (laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au [192.168.0.185]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.unitedinsong.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9B8076214E; Wed, 18 Nov 2015 09:49:21 +1000 (EST) Subject: Re: Opening dmg files To: Shane Ambler , "questions@FreeBSD.org" References: <564B0B03.6060306@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <564B38D4.5060108@ShaneWare.Biz> From: R Skinner Message-ID: <564BBCFF.7030106@herveybayaustralia.com.au> Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2015 09:49:19 +1000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <564B38D4.5060108@ShaneWare.Biz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2015 23:49:32 -0000 On 18/11/2015 00:25, Shane Ambler wrote: > On 17/11/2015 21:39, R Skinner wrote: >> I'm checking out downloading the video files for the FreeBSD kernel >> course offered by McKusik, and I downloaded an encrypted file which I >> was able to decrypt, but I still can't actually play it. I don't believe >> I would have downloaded 650Mb of nothing, so how do I play it? >> >> The format is .dmg which is apparently a mac cd format, but I can't view >> the files in it, and mplayer and others don't recognise it either. >> > > It has been a few years but I recall .dmg being like an .iso but with > hfs+ structure. Try using it as a file backed mdconfig device and mount > using sysutils/hfsutils > > sysutils/hfsexplorer is a java app that claims to read most dmg images. > > You could also contact McKusik and suggest a bsd friendly version. > In theory, this struck me as a great idea - I installed hfsexplorer and tried opening the file. UNKNOWN type! I would suggest that this should work in most cases, so for anyone looking for an answer on standard dmg mac files: this is probably it. I just have no idea what this file is supposed to be. In his instructions it says it should play in a software dvd player or just burn to dvd, but so far none of that has worked. I'll admit I don't burn dvd's lately as there doesn't seem much point - I'm always trying to rip them to the hdd anyway, and I don't even know where I could buy them these days any more. The dvd burners I do have collect dust, and my new systems don't even have them... its like sd and the cloud is the future maan! The irony of it is that this course is meant to promote FreeBSD and its development, and yet I can't seem to use the file on it! I think I will have to try contacting him, but I'm not sure thats on the site...