Friend burned a Dual Layer DVD-R(+) of the retail version of leopard. Turns out mac combo drives can't read DVD-R(+)

So now I'm trying to convert the entire disk to a DMG which I can run as a bootable partition on an external hard drive. WTF

12/1/2007 10:21:51 PM

Try using the original DVD or heck, even buying a copy.

12/1/2007 11:10:39 PM

external enclosure?

12/1/2007 11:11:50 PM

Try using the original DVD or heck, even buying a copy.

12/2/2007 12:46:57 AM

Nope, my method worked just fine.

Thanks for your productive help

12/2/2007 12:57:25 AM

WTF is a DVD-R(+) Do you mean DVD+R ?

12/2/2007 1:03:45 AM

thats what i assumed

12/2/2007 1:15:51 AM

Try using the original DVD or heck, even buying a copy.


this thread has been reported to the proper authorities.

12/2/2007 1:52:44 AM

^lol, at no point did I say I was using some 'pirated' copy or that I haven't bought a copy. Merely that I noticed that a legitimate backup on a Dual Layer DVD doesn't work on combo drives.

SOME people might find this info and a solution to it useful

12/2/2007 3:11:11 AM

Did he get one of the very first MacBooks? Every release since can read DVD+R double-layer media 

12/2/2007 3:31:04 AM

I burned a Dual Layer DVD of Leopard to give to a friend to install on has G4 which has a combo drive, read it just fine.

12/2/2007 7:59:56 AM

Quote :

"Friend burned a Dual Layer DVD-R(+) of the retail version of leopard. Turns out mac combo drives can't read DVD-R(+) So now I'm trying to convert the entire disk to a DMG which I can run as a bootable partition on an external hard drive. WTF"

this is the definition of piracy, sir

12/2/2007 8:11:00 AM

^go find a bridge, troll

12/2/2007 11:35:37 AM

pirates will not be tolerated. Your ip address has been logged. Expect a notice shortly.

12/2/2007 12:06:22 PM

^Lol. are you cognitively disabled or something? Find someone else to annoy, you're more obnoxious than Gary the preacher

12/2/2007 2:35:00 PM