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iMac G4 hangs on booting

Project Alice said:
This is why I specified using "DVD-R" in my previous post about burning the disc. This could almost certainly be your problem.

I would've bet my life that I've owned DVD-R DLs, but I can't find any trace of them online so maybe I'm mistaken.
I am surprised that the iMac G4 won't read +Rs though, so far the only thing I've found that doesn't like +Rs are computers back to the iMac G3 early graphite G4 era. iMac G4s are rather new by those standards.
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DVD-R DL do exist, they were just rarer than DVD+R DL discs. I have a few still-unburned ones on a spool right next to me. (Along with a few rare-as-hens-teeth DVD-RW DL discs I've reused a few times. Although I'll be damned if I can remember which optical drive I own actually supports burning those - I know none of my Blu-ray drives support it...)
 
Leopard slipstream DVD successfully copied, using my firewire DVD writer on the PowerBook.

I was also actually able to boot the DVD using the firewire drive. Like I said above, it takes about 20 minutes to boot, but works fine once running.

Cheers :)

Hugh
 
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Hughmac said:
Leopard slipstream DVD successfully copied, using my firewire DVD writer on the PowerBook.

I was also actually able to boot the DVD using the firewire drive. Like I said above, it takes about 20 minutes to boot, but works fine once running.

Cheers :)

Hugh
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Hi Hugh, that sounds great. If you could send it to me that would be great. Tell me how much I ow you and how I can transfer it.
 
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Got that thanks, will post tomorrow.
I would delete your details as soon as you can - this is a public forum ;)

Cheers :)

Hugh
 
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