how do I copy a dvd?

[macgig]

I think my Tiger install disc 1 is going bad. want to copy it while its "sometimes" still loading in the finder. how do I do that in disk utility?

tried this but its not working

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[pm-r]

Try using a copy of Burn if you can find an earlier version that will run on your Mac OS System

Burn - News

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- Patrick
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[chscag]

Take note that the Tiger, Leopard, and Snow Leopard original DVDs that shipped with a particular Mac are double sided DVDs and will not copy to a normal DVD.

You need the correct media to do the copying. I'm not sure about "Burn" but I do know that there are programs that are able to do double sided copying. Do a search.

 

[krs]

I think my Tiger install disc 1 is going bad. want to copy it while its "sometimes" still loading in the finder. how do I do that in disk utility?

Install disk 1?

Does that mean you have two disks, disk 1 and disk 2?

If that is the case it's probably just a regular DVD.
My Tiger install disk (not machine specific) is just a single disk - probably a dual-layer DVD as Charlie mentioned.

I wonder - could you not create an install flash drive? Or maybe two since flash drives aren't that reliable either.
Or is that not possible for the older macOSs?

 

[pm-r]

I wonder - could you not create an install flash drive? Or maybe two since flash drives aren't that reliable either.
Or is that not possible for the older macOSs?

This seems like a good idea, but weren't some older Macs restricted from booting from a USB volume or was that an early Mac OS X restriction thing???



- Patrick
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[ferrarr]

This seems like a good idea, but weren't some older Macs restricted from booting from a USB volume or was that an early Mac OS X restriction thing???



- Patrick
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I believe that only applied to PowerPC Macs. I believe all intel Macs were bootable from USB.

 

[pm-r]

I believe that only applied to PowerPC Macs. I believe all intel Macs were bootable from USB.

That could be true... time travels so fast these days my old brain can't remember all the details...

EDIT:
According to google:

Short Answer

Any Intel Mac capable of running Mac OS X Tiger 10.4.5 is capable of booting from USB (so long as the version of Mac OS X on that USB is at least Mac OS X Tiger 10.4.5.

Since all MacBook models are Intel Macs, the model year is irrelevant aince all Intel Macs are capable of booting from USB so long as they're running Mac OS X 10.4.5 or later. For the record though, Apple started producing MacBooks in 2006 and the original MacBook Pro (January 2006) came pre-installed with Mac OS X Tiger 10.4.5.

What are the 1st macbook models(year) that support booting from usb?

So it appears there are a lot of questions requesting the ability to boot from usb on a Macbook. Example and here Now I believe these questions are missing 1 important point and that is that I be...

apple.stackexchange.com

- Patrick
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[chscag]

I remember reading that some folks with a G5 were able to boot from USB via the firewire connection. But otherwise Patrick is correct.

 

[pm-r]

I remember reading that some folks with a G5 were able to boot from USB via the firewire connection. But otherwise Patrick is correct.

I had an Iogear external USB Hard drive that I used with an old Mac and it could boot that Mac quite easily even though everything said it was impossible. I don't even remember it being excessively slow either and that would have been back in the days of early USB speeds. Not exactly speedy.



- Patrick
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[macgig]

I noticed this. lol. thanks. I have a single sided DVD so it's not going to work with those.

Take note that the Tiger, Leopard, and Snow Leopard original DVDs that shipped with a particular Mac are double sided DVDs and will not copy to a normal DVD.

 

[pm-r]

I noticed this. lol. thanks. I have a single sided DVD so it's not going to work with those.

Maybe I am not understanding something here, but this does not make any sense to me and data is data, just be aware of the various capacities of what you have:

DVD Capacity:
4.7 GB (single-sided, single-layer – common)
8.5 GB (single-sided, double-layer)
9.4 GB (double-sided, single-layer)
17.08 GB (double-sided, double-layer)

- Patrick
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[Slydude]

What doesn't make sense?

 

[krs]

DVD Capacity:
4.7 GB (single-sided, single-layer – common)
8.5 GB (single-sided, double-layer)
9.4 GB (double-sided, single-layer)
17.08 GB (double-sided, double-layer)

The only DVD sizes I have ever actually come across are single-sided, single-layer and single-sided, double-layer.
That is what the Tiger macOS software DVD would be - either one double-layer DVD or two single-layer DVD

 

[Slydude]

I'm pretty sure I've seen everything up to 9,4 GB size, I don't remember seeing the 17 GB variety. To complicate matters further when I first started to burn DVDs I had to pay attention to whether the discs were DVD+R or DVD-R. Not all burners supported the DVD+R variant.

 

[macgig]

the tiger DVDs that came with my old iMac are 5.xGB.... so the 4.7GB dvd blanks I have are not big enough.

 

[pm-r]

the tiger DVDs that came with my old iMac are 5.xGB.... so the 4.7GB dvd blanks I have are not big enough.

It shouldn't be too difficult to purchase some larger capacity DVD Recordable blank disks, or what about the suggestion someone made about copying the DVD data to an adequate size and properly formatted flash drive???


- Patrick
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