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magneto465
Nov 12, 2003, 11:08 PM
Hello
I tend to loose or ruin my installer cds so I keep duplicates in a safer place then my floor (I kid, I kid). but when I tried to back up Panther installer cds using Disk Copy the .dmg file is 706.1 mb and it wont fit in a cd
what yalls suggest I do to back backup these isntallers ans still have them work as bootable disks.

thanks



cpjakes
Nov 12, 2003, 11:58 PM
I backed up mine with Toast, something like 647.6MB for each of the 3 discs. I have never used Apple's Disc Burner/Disk Copy for anything, so I can't help with your specific issue.

Good luck!

cpjakes

magneto465
Nov 13, 2003, 12:18 AM
are you able to use the disks as bootable disks? I've heard that when you use the copy function on toast it doesn't allow for the copied version to be a bootable disk?¿

cpjakes
Nov 13, 2003, 12:22 AM
I actually backed it up first and then tried the install from the backup. No troubles on a PowerMac G4 or TiBook. That's with Toast 5.2, I'm almost positive that even an earlier version would work too...