OS X can write NDIF images through DC or DU. $ dd will work with NDIF or DC 4.2 images.

Thanks for your detailed posting. Could you please explain more in detail what you mean with the quote above? I am really new to classic macs and don't really know the lingo, especially on the different formats used by macintoshes. To be honest, I only have a PC background so I am learning everything pretty much from scratch.

I was reading more about this online today and someone had said OSX does not do a good job of creating bootable disks for older macs. He suggested using older an older OS to get the job done. Is this at all true?

Thanks very much and sorry for asking you to "dumb down" the whole formatting ordeal.

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