Burning disk from Intel or PPC, is there a difference when booting?

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Burning disk from Intel or PPC, is there a difference when booting?

Hi,

I have a Intel iMac and a PPC PowerBook G4.

I have an .iso of my OS X Leopard 10.5 DVD (backup copy) that I want to burn using Disk Utility on a DL DVD, then use it to install Leopard on the PowerBook G4.

I already have done a .iso file from the disk.

OS X Leopard 10.5 is Intel and PPC compatible, from the same disk.

Question:

-If I do the process of burning the .iso to a DL DVD from a Intel iMac, will it only boot from an Intel Machine?

-If I burn the .iso from the PowerBook G4 under 10.4, will it boot on the PowerPC?

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Burn ISO’s using Disk Utility

Insert a blank disc.
Start Disk Utility (/Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app)
From the File menu, choose “Open Disk Image” and select the ISO you want to burn
In the list of volumes, select ISO file.
Click the Burn button and follow the instructions.

Thanks,

20-inch iMac 2.4GHz (MB323LL/A), Mac OS X (10.6.7), PowerBook G4 Ti Ethernet

Posted on Jun 15, 2011 10:13 AM

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Answer 1

Klaus1

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Jun 15, 2011 10:25 AM in response to brun

If that is your original install DVD then it won't work, as they are machine specific.

In any case you do not have a license to use it on more than one computer.

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brun Author

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Jun 15, 2011 3:05 PM in response to Klaus1

This is a retail version (Universal) for both Intel and PowerPC.

My question is regarding the fact if Disk Utility burns hardware specific when it creates the bootable iso copy on the disk.

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Klaus1

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Jun 15, 2011 3:10 PM in response to brun

This is a retail version (Universal) for both Intel and PowerPC.

Then why do you need a copy?

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brun Author

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Jun 15, 2011 4:36 PM in response to Klaus1

The point is not regarding whether I should have a backup of my OS X disk, but rather to understand how boot disk are made with regards to the Intel PowerPC nuance.

This applies also if I wanted a boot disk to run some utilities. I would like to burn it and make sure the disk boot on the correct hardware.

I would like to understand if it matters on which machine (Intel) you burn the disk, if it will be used on the different hardware (PowerPC).

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Klaus1

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Jun 16, 2011 10:54 AM in response to brun

I don't think the platform will make a diference. Making a digital copy of a digital original will always give you a 1:1 copy.

What would make a difference is if you tried to copy Apple software on a Windows PC. That might not work.

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