HT2087: Burning a disk image file on a CD or DVD in Mac OS X

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Q: I have many iBook G4's to wipe. How can I put Disk Utility on a cd to wipe many at a time? Is there a way to do this?

I have 350 iBook G4's that i need to zero out the data. What is the best way to accomplish this? Right now i have leopard on 2 externals and using firewire cables i can only do 2 at a time. Is there a way i can put the Disk utility program on a Cd and boot it somehow just to erase the hard drives?

Posted on Feb 11, 2015 1:25 PM

by BDAqua,Solvedanswer
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A:

Hi there,

 

You'd need copies of either the original Install Discs, or a bunch of Retail copies of 10.4 or 10.5

 

Disc Utility will only work with a Bootable OS.

 

There is probably some PPC Linux Live CDs that could do this.

Posted on Feb 11, 2015 2:53 PM

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