SUCCESS! I was finally able to burn a bootable CD using the method below, which is Bonnie's method by way of Tim, using both Disk Copy and Toast. I have to conclude that Toast 4.2.1 either isn't capable of creating a disk image all by itself, or else I just can't figure out how to get it to do it.
No matter now. By using Disk Copy to create a blank disk image, then filling it up with the utilities I wanted as described below by Tim, and finally using Toast to turn it into a bootable CD and burn it, I got a bootable CD that works very well. In fact, it's better than what I was trying to make originally, because I didn't just end up with a bootable copy of TechTool, I got a bootable CD (using a System Folder taken off of the TechTool CD) that also contains several other utilities such as DiskWarrior, Disk First Aid, Hard Disk SpeedTools, etc., all on the same CD! It will be very convenient to use. The only little glitch in the finished bootable CD, a very minor annoyance, is that the aliases to the utility programs that I created on the CD don't work. I just made these aliases so that I wouldn't have to dig into the folders to find the apps, and instead could just launch them quickly with the aliases. Trouble is, when I click on the aliases, the Mac asks me to insert another disk or something, probably asking for the disk image back. I tried burning another CD with the "Resolve Aliases" box checked in Toast's Data window, to see if that would result in working aliases, but it didn't do any good. So I guess you can't create working aliases on these copy CDs. No big deal. Once again I thank all who made suggestions. They were all good; the method below just happened to be the one that rang the bell for me. Best wishes, Tom At 4:24 PM -0700 01/14/2003, Tim wrote: >I got this word for word in April of 2001 from Bonnie (thanks Bonnie!) and it >works for me EVERY time: > >1) Use Disk Copy to create a 655 MB disk image--mount the image. Give it a >name or it will show up on your burned CD as untitled or something. > >2) Copy the system folder from a known bootable CD ( I used the one from >Norton Disk Dr.) to the disk image. > >3) Copy whatever additional files you want to the disk image (I added NDD; >TechTool 2.5; Disk 1st aid; drive setup 1.7.3; and Trash Desktop) > >4) Insert a blank CD in your recorder > >5) Launch Toast and select files and folders from the pull-down menu. > >6) Click the Data button. Don't drag the files and folders to the window. >Instead, click "New CD". Name it whatever you want. > >7) Click the "add" button, select the disk image you just made, click "Add" >and then "done" > >8) Now move the System Folder you added in step 2 out of the folder and into >the root level of the new CD. (this will mean you now have 2 folders on the >CD: "Tim's Boot" or whatever you called your disk image, and "System >Folder") > >9) Now click the "new folder" button and change the name of the new folder >that is created from "Untitled" to "Desktop Folder" > >10) Click "done" and "write CD". Choose "write disk" (I've read you can't >make a bootable CD with "write session" but don't know for sure). > > >-- >Tim >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >1st/pci-powermac list nanny > > > >-- >G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | > -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > >G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; >Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > >Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
