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    From Claus Atzenbeck@claus.atzenbeck@freenet.de to comp.sys.mac.system on Friday, July 25, 2003 19:52:39
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    Hi!

    I have an image file which originally has been on CD. An application needs
    this CD in order to run; the mounted image *file* does not work, because
    the application checks only the CD-ROM drive.

    Is there a way to fake the sitation on MacOS X (10.2.6), so that the application assumes that the mounted image *file* is a CD in the CD-ROM
    drive? I would not need to put in the CD every time I start this
    application.

    (I have a PowerBook G4.)

    Thanks for your opinions!

    Claus
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  • From tacitr@tacitr@aol.com (Tacit) to comp.sys.mac.system on Friday, July 25, 2003 19:09:19
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    Is there a way to fake the sitation on MacOS X (10.2.6), so that the >application assumes that the mounted image *file* is a CD in the CD-ROM >drive? I would not need to put in the CD every time I start this
    application.

    Not easily, no.

    When a programmer writes a program that requires a CD to be mounted, there are two ways he can choose to go about making sure it is in fact mounted.

    He can check the mounted volumes for one with the same name, or he can physically go out to the CD-ROM hardware and look to see tha thte CD-ROM is physically inserted in the drive.

    if he does the latter, which is more difficult, it is because he wants to make sure you are NOT using a mounted image of the CD. This is virtually impossible to defeat; you would have to go into the operating system and rewrite both the CD-ROM driver and parts of the File Manager.

    Sorry...

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  • From Claus Atzenbeck@claus.atzenbeck@freenet.de to comp.sys.mac.system on Friday, July 25, 2003 22:10:20
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    Tacit wrote:

    Is there a way to fake the sitation on MacOS X (10.2.6), so that the >>application assumes that the mounted image *file* is a CD in the CD-ROM >>drive? I would not need to put in the CD every time I start this >>application.

    Not easily, no.
    [...]
    Sorry...

    Anyway, thanks for your detailed answer!

    Claus
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