[Info-vax] Backup/physical question

[Bob Koehler]

In article <54ffd38f$0$1277$c3e8da3$460562f1 at news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> writes:
> As an update:
> 
> backup/physical worked. Dismounted the LD drive. FTP  (type=Image) the
> .dmg file to the Mac.
> 
> There, Disk Utility had the "convert" button to create a new .DMG file
> which could then be mounted properly.
> 
> I take it that OS-X can no longer directly  mount diskettes from the 68k
> era of the Mac :-)

   As diskettes, maybe.  But apearently image files need conversion to
   proper .dmg files.