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This is what I do to make optical media (and it works every time :-)):

On the VMS system:

   $ mount /foreign ddcu:
   $ copy ddcu: fred.iso
   $ dismount ddcu:

      n.b. ddcu: can be DQcu:, DNcu: or DKcu: depending on the type of system that you're using

Get fred.iso from your VMS system onto your Windows or Mac box (I use scp to copy the file to my Mac) -- make sure that the VMS version on fred.iso does not get propagated to your non-VMS box.

On the Mac:

   - Right click on the file fred.iso, which will give you a contextual menu
   - The contextual menu *should* have a selection that says 'Burn Disk Image "<filename>.ISO" to Disc'
   - If the above item is in the contextual menu then select it and a dialog box will pop up from which you burn the disc
   - Note: The file type *must* be .iso to get the contextual menu option to burn a "disk image...to disc"...any other type of disc burning will create a ISO-9660 disc (which is what will happen if the option 'Burn "<filename>.<type>" to Disc' is present and selected).


On Windows:

I use Windows 7 as a Virtual Box guest O/S on my Mac. It was installed from an OEM kit that I bought from NewEgg.

The Windows 7 OEM kit does not appear to have any options to burn a "disk image...to disc" for ISO files that in not in ISO-9660 format (at least I couldn't find any on my installation). If anyone has a Windows 7 OEM kit installation that *knows* for *sure* that there is a OEM supplied program to burn a disk-to-disc image (for non-ISO-9660 ISO images) please let me know! 

A lot of folks have HP or Dell PCs that come supplied by the manufacturer of their box with this type of program.

In any case, I've used a bit of freeware called ImgBurn to successfully burn a "disk image...to disc". Note: The ImgBurn web site, the last time I looked at it, had a lot of land mines (i.e. it was really tough to find which item to click on to get *the* ImgBurn kit, be careful if you choose to download this software), and the ImgBurn installation by default installed a couple of additional unrelated packages (which you can opt out of [if you only knew!]).

Note: This is not an endorsement for ImgBurn, and as I said above, be careful if you choose to download and install it.

In the past I have successfully used commercial CD/DVD burning software packages from Gear and Nero...you may need the "pro" versions of their current offerings to burn a "disk image...to disc"

bw