[G4] Mac compatible DVD burners

[Dudley Smith]

I've tried to get off this list for a year now. I've emailed the two 
that they give you to remove your name but they come back as 
undeliverable. Any help you can give me? Thanks

Frank Dutra wrote:

>> THANKS SNOW WHITE,
>
>
> Sorry, I should have mentioned that it's a DVD version 1.0, Mac OSX 
> 10.2.4 eMac disk.
>
> I tried launching with option down on restart and was able to get to 
> the command line interface and type in "Mac-boot" to continue 
> launching  (9.2.2) where the
> OS x DVD disc appeared on my Main Drive with the stalled stop-watch 
> cursor. After 4 minutes the alias's appeared in the OS X DVD window. 
> Clicking on the "Install OS X" icon resulted in a " The alias Mac OS 
> could not be launched because a disk error has occurred" message which 
> is pretty much as far as I've gotten to in the past.
>
> Anyone?
>
>>
>> I have no idea about your new drive but the old one seems fine.  OSX 
>> Install CDs all show aliases.
>>
>>>  It's an unopened
>>> imac disk which the high ranked ebay seller claims to have used on G4
>>> machines. I'm wondering if I need a newer DVD drive with more
>>> flexibility to read it. It may also be that Apple's DVD Player isn't
>>> up to the task which puts me in the chicken-egg loop...  need IDVD in
>>> OS X to install OSX..  Any inexpensive suggestions?  thanks
>>>
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