I have a macbook 1.1 (1.83 GHz, 60 Gb, 2x256 Mb, Combo drive) I'm preparing to give away. It had OS X 10.4.11 installed previously. I couldn't find my OS X disk, so I called Apple and ordered a replacement. I used a friend's to launch disk utility and wipe the hard drive. The disk Apple sent me says "Mac OS X Tiger, Includes Xcode 2, Install DVD, Replacement DVD, Not for Resale." The order form said it was version 10.4.6.
I put the disk in, turned on the computer, help down "c", and all I get is a flashing question mark icon. Next, I tried going to startup manager, but it never showed the disk as an option to boot. I tried the disk in my Windows desktop drive. It recognizes there is a DVD-ROM in the drive, but it appears to be blank. Looking at the disk visually, it's clearly been written to, but nothing seems to be able to read it.
So I called Apple, and they sent another disk. This one had the same label, but the order form said version 10.4.3. Same result. Macbook and Windows PC can't read the disk at all. If I launch startup manager and put in a different bootable disk, it pops up as a boot option, but not the disks they sent. Only thing I could think to do was update firmware, but the Macbook has the latest version already.
Am I doing something wrong or are the disks they sending me bad? I wouldn't mind buying a retail disk, but it would have to be Tiger or Leopard cause I only have 512 Mb ram. For whatever reason, those versions are expensive in retail.
I put the disk in, turned on the computer, help down "c", and all I get is a flashing question mark icon. Next, I tried going to startup manager, but it never showed the disk as an option to boot. I tried the disk in my Windows desktop drive. It recognizes there is a DVD-ROM in the drive, but it appears to be blank. Looking at the disk visually, it's clearly been written to, but nothing seems to be able to read it.
So I called Apple, and they sent another disk. This one had the same label, but the order form said version 10.4.3. Same result. Macbook and Windows PC can't read the disk at all. If I launch startup manager and put in a different bootable disk, it pops up as a boot option, but not the disks they sent. Only thing I could think to do was update firmware, but the Macbook has the latest version already.
Am I doing something wrong or are the disks they sending me bad? I wouldn't mind buying a retail disk, but it would have to be Tiger or Leopard cause I only have 512 Mb ram. For whatever reason, those versions are expensive in retail.