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FreeDMG v. 0.5.9b Help Guide |
License: Copyright (C) 2004-2007 Eddie Kelley <eddie@kelleycomputing.net> This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307
About FreeDMG ---------------------- FreeDMG is a drag-and-drop disk imaging program. This software will let the user create images quickly, and easily, without much effort, or decisions having to be made. The process of creating a disk image is simplified as much as possible with FreeDMG. This program is meant to be useful, and is also distributed for free under the GNU GPL. This is with the hope that freeware, shareware, free source, and open source software movements can survive for years to come. To learn more about free-source and open-source software movements, see the GNU web page at http://www.gnu.org. This software allows the user to perform drag-and-drop disk imaging on the fly. Both the program's window, and the dock icon can be used for drop imaging. There are currently twelve (12) compression formats that the user can select from (UDZO, UDCO, etc.). Users may also choose to make internet enable disk images. Verbose preference, and log window help users hide/display additional information about the current image. The newly added "Images" menu contains a slew of options for use with disk images. This is accompanied by the addition of adjustable compresion levels in preferences (with UDZO format only), the option to overwrite exising files, and and option to quit after imaging on dock drop launch.. Users can also now ecnrypt (password protect) images with the click of a button, and more!
Using FreeDMG ---------------------- To use the software in it's most basic form (creating a disk image on the fly): Step 1: Drag files and/or folders to the FreeDMG window, or to the FreeDMG icon in the dock. Step 2: When the window or icon shades, drop your files and/or folders
The disk image will be created in the same folder as the source file/folder if the "Image on fly" option is chosen in preferences. This software has the following features: • Create disk images in a variety of formats • Mount images • Convert images • Change Read/Write Encrypted image passwords • Verify images • Checksum Images (MD5 and CRC-32) • Compact SPARSE type images • Burn images • Internet Enable disk images (during or after creation) • Scan images for software restore (file and block level) • Resize images • Segment images Disk image formats: There are many disk image formats available. They are as follows:
Format | Type | Compatiblity
UDRW | UDIF read/write image | Mac O.S. X
UDRO | UDIF read-only image | Mac O.S. X
UDCO | UDIF ADC-compressed image | Mac O.S. X
UDZO | UDIF zlib-compressed image | Mac O.S. X
UFBI | UDIF entire image with MD5 checksum | Mac O.S. X
UDRo | UDIF read-only (obsolete format) | Mac O.S. X
UDCo | UDIF compressed (obsolete format) | Mac O.S. X
UDTO | DVD/CD-R master for export | Mac O.S. X
UDx | UDIF stub image | Mac O.S. X
UDSP | SPARSE (growable with content) | Mac O.S. X
UDBZ | UDIF bzip-compressed image | Mac O.S. X (10.4 and higher)
Troubleshooting: ---------------------- Troubleshooting information and support can be found on the Kelley Computing web page at: http://www.kelleycomputing.net/support/freedmg Version Changes: ----------------------- Click here to see the version change list, and what's new with FreeDMG. ---------------------- FreeDMG v.0.5.9b www.kelleycomputing.net