[X4U] Convert Tiger DVD to CD's

[Jim Freeman]

I've installed it for a couple of people using my powerbook and  
firewire target disk mode. Works fine. My powerbook becomes a DVD  
drive for the older computer.

Jim

On 2-Sep-05, at 11:26 AM, Michael Winter wrote:

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> On Sep 2, 2005, at 10:11 AM, Crandon David wrote:
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>
>> Turns out he's only got a CD-R in there. Is there a way to convert  
>> the DVD into CD's? I've heard I can order them from Apple, but my  
>> uncle is pissed off enough that he doesn't even want to deal with  
>> it anymore. Is there a way I can convert the DVD into CD's?
>>
>
> Other than backing up the DVD across several CDs, then piecing it  
> back together on his hard drive, I don't know of any way to do it.  
> If you have a Firewire hard drive around that you could create a  
> copy on, that would be better.
>
> I sent Apple some feedback on this. In the old days, when we  
> transitioned from floppies to CDs, Apple included all the necessary  
> floppy disk images on the CD so the user could make their own  
> installation floppies. IMO they really should have done the  
> equivalent for Tiger, making it possible for users to burn their  
> own installation CDs.
>
> -Mike