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Mac Volume Format

    Mac Volume format lets you record the entire contents of a local volume or partition to the CD in HFS or extend (HFS+) format.

When to Choose Mac Volume Format

    • To copy an entire volume (hard disk, partition, cartridge, etc.) to a CD exactly as it is.
    • To control precisely the visual appearances of the CD.
    • To publish a CD.
    • To define a file on the CD that is to be opened automatically when the CD is inserted.

When to Choose a Different Format

    • To copy multiple volumes to a CD as a single session, use Data format.

Recording a CD in Mac Volume Format

    Because an identical copy of you source volume is created, icons and the position and order of windows and objects are faithfully copied from the source volume to the CD.

    If you want a hard disk volume or partition to contain only the data for the CD, you can use Toast to create a temporary partition to hold the data.

    You can only select volumes with the comment "ok to write." Depending on the settings you choose, the comments might change.

    If you selected Bootable in step 6, you must insert a blank CD. Otherwise, you can use either a blank CD or one that contains data from a previous session.

    If you want to determine whether the inserted CD is still recordable, choose Disc Info from the Recorder menu.

    1 Prepare your source volume exactly as it should appear on the CD.
    2 Click Other in the Toast window and hold down the mouse button.
    3 Choose Mac Volume from the pop-up menu that appears.
    4 In the Mac Volume window, click the Select button.
    5 In the Select Volume dialog box, select the volume you want.
    6 Still in the Select Volume dialog box, select any additional features, using the check boxes:
    • Optimize On-the-Fly, selected by default, means Toast automatically defragments your data, organizing it to use space most efficiently. Optimize On-the-Fly always creates the CD in the Mac OS Standard (HFS) format. To make a bootable CD in the Mac OS Extended (HFS+) format, you must deselect Optimize On-the-Fly, copying the entire volume, including unused space.
    • If your volume has a blessed System Folder (with the Mac OS face on its icon) and you want the CD to be bootable, select Bootable.
    • You can select a specific application in your volume to open (launch) when the CD is inserted into a CD-ROM drive. Then, in the Select Volume dialog box, select AutoStart. In the dialog box that appears, select the file or application you want. If you choose a file, be sure to include on the CD the application needed to open the file. On-screen messages alert you to any special considerations.
    7 Choose Check Aliases from the Utilities menu. Select the volume you want and click OK.
    8 Insert a CD into your CD-Recorder.
    9 Click the Record button.
    10 In the Record dialog box, select an option:
    • If you want to add data to this CD later, click Write Session. (If the resulting CD would be nearly full, this option is disabled.)
    • If you want the CD to be closed so that no further data can be added later, click Write Disc.
    11 When you see the message, "Verification completed successfully," click Eject.

Making a Bootable CD with Mac Volume Format

    To make a Mac Volume format CD bootable, click the Bootable option in the Select Volume dialog box.

    For the Bootable option to work, the source volume must contain a blessed System Folder that works on the specific Macintosh computer model(s) that you want to use the CD in. A blessed System Folder has the Mac OS face on it. Be sure you construct a System Folder that is appropriate for the target machine(s).

    Booting from a bootable CD depends on your computer. For details, refer to the instructions that came with your Macintosh.

Recording Mac OS Extended Format on a Bootable CD

    All temporary partitions start out in Mac OS Standard (HFS) format. You can change it to Mac OS Extended format.

    1 Start Toast.
    2 Choose Create Temporary Partition from the Utilities menu.
    3 In the dialog box that appears, choose a size (in MB) large enough to include a blessed System Folder and give the temporary partition a name.
    4 Click OK.
    5 Find the icon of the temporary partition and select it.
    6 In the Finder, choose Erase Disk from the Special menu.
    7 In the Erase dialog box, choose Mac OS Extended and click Erase.
    8 Drag a blessed System Folder (and other data) to the temporary partition.

AutoStart

    You can specify a file/application that opens automatically whenever the CD is mounted.

    If you decide not to select an AutoStart file, click the AutoStart check box to deselect it.

    If you need to change the selected file, click its name. The selection dialog box appears again.

    If you select a file (rather than an application) to AutoStart, make sure that the application needed to open that file is available on the target system or the CD.

    1 To select an application that opens automatically when you insert the CD into a CD-ROM player, click the AutoStart check box.
    2 In the Open dialog box, select the file you want and click Open.

Problems with AutoStart?

    If a program recorded with AutoStart on your CD fails to start, you may not have the correct QuickTime extensions installed or enabled.

    When you restart your computer, this setting takes effect. (With newer systems, you donŐt need to restart.)

    1 Open the QuickTime Settings control panel.
    2 In the dialog box that appears, choose AutoPlay from the pop-up menu.
    3 Activate Enable CD-ROM AutoPlay.
    4 Close the dialog box.

    If Enable CD-ROM AutoPlay is not listed, download and install QuickTime version 4.1.2 or later.

 
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