Not booting from dvd

Jim1267 · Sep 25, 2010, 10:35 AM

I have a mac book running snow leopard. I am trying to boot from leopard dvd to install a backup os to a usb drive. The system tries to boot from the dvd but never gets past the "waiting" stage even after hours. Any ideas?

spinnerlys · Sep 25, 2010, 10:38 AM

Is that "Leopard DVD" the one that came with your MacBook or is it a Retail version of Mac OS X or is it a Restore DVD from another Mac?

Jim1267 · Sep 25, 2010, 10:42 AM

It's the one that came with my MacBook.

spinnerlys · Sep 25, 2010, 10:50 AM

Have you verified the DVD via Disk Utility while booted into Mac OS X 10.6? Why don't you use the 10.6 DVD?

Jim1267 · Sep 25, 2010, 11:15 AM

I'm trying to make a usb installation of Leopard to boot a PowerPC machine.

spinnerlys · Sep 25, 2010, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Jim1267

I'm trying to make a usb installation of Leopard to boot a PowerPC machine.

Could you verify the DVD yet?

Jim1267 · Sep 25, 2010, 11:20 AM

Yes, disk utility says that the dvd is ok, i appreciate the input btw

Jim1267 · Sep 28, 2010, 07:46 PM

i still haven't resolved this issue, does anybody have any other ideas?

Sep 25, 2010, 10:35 AM	#1
Jim1267 macrumors newbie Join Date: Sep 2010	Not booting from dvd I have a mac book running snow leopard. I am trying to boot from leopard dvd to install a backup os to a usb drive. The system tries to boot from the dvd but never gets past the "waiting" stage even after hours. Any ideas? __________________ MacBook 2 GHz, 2GB RAM, 160 GB HD; iPhone 3G 8GB
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Sep 25, 2010, 10:42 AM	#3
Jim1267 Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Sep 2010	It's the one that came with my MacBook. __________________ MacBook 2 GHz, 2GB RAM, 160 GB HD; iPhone 3G 8GB
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Sep 25, 2010, 11:15 AM	#5
Jim1267 Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Sep 2010	I'm trying to make a usb installation of Leopard to boot a PowerPC machine. __________________ MacBook 2 GHz, 2GB RAM, 160 GB HD; iPhone 3G 8GB
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Sep 25, 2010, 11:20 AM	#7
Jim1267 Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Sep 2010	Yes, disk utility says that the dvd is ok, i appreciate the input btw __________________ MacBook 2 GHz, 2GB RAM, 160 GB HD; iPhone 3G 8GB
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Sep 28, 2010, 07:46 PM	#8
Jim1267 Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Sep 2010	i still haven't resolved this issue, does anybody have any other ideas? __________________ MacBook 2 GHz, 2GB RAM, 160 GB HD; iPhone 3G 8GB
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Sep 25, 2010, 10:38 AM	#2
spinnerlys Guest Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: forlod bygningen	Is that "Leopard DVD" the one that came with your MacBook or is it a Retail version of Mac OS X or is it a Restore DVD from another Mac?
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Sep 25, 2010, 10:50 AM	#4
spinnerlys Guest Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: forlod bygningen	Have you verified the DVD via Disk Utility while booted into Mac OS X 10.6? Why don't you use the 10.6 DVD?
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