Tiger CD not opening on a G4

[Gettyagunnz]

Hello,
no matter what I do I can't get my Tiger CD to open up after restart, the G4 computer won't recognise it at all. I have a DVD drive installed, so does anyone know what's gone wrong?
Thank you.

[macworks]

Is the disk scratched or dirty? Is it an original disk or a copy? Does the G4 boot from an OS 9 CD?

[Gettyagunnz]

Hi,
the disk is a new copy bought from Amazon and isn't scratched or dirty. I'll try re bootong with OS9 later today and let you know how i get on.

[fryke]

"open up after restart" ... hmm... So you _did_ choose to boot from the CD? (Is it a CD or a DVD, btw.?) By holding down the "C" key? Or by starting the installer from the CD/DVD in the first place? Or do you mean that on the desktop it doesn't "open up"?

[Gettyagunnz]

I have tried booting from the DVD by holding down the "C" key and also by starting from the installer in the first place. I have also tried selecting the DVD as the start up disc in Control Panels but nothing works, all I get is a continuing black screen.

[sinclair_tm]

you got stiffed. its a prerelease copy of tiger, for apple retailers to have it installed and ready on demo macs right when it was released. after a certain date it will no longer boot. i had a buddy that had this happen to him, and when we went to a local retailer to find out why this tiger disk wouldn't boot, thats what they said after looking at the disk. bum deal bud.

[macworks]

I have never heard of this "pre-release" deal. While it's entirely possible, all one would have to do is turn back the clock on their computer to make it work.

[sinclair_tm]

only that they "phone home" as soon as the computer is plugged into a network. the guy i bought my g4 from was working at a mom/pop apple shop at the time of tiger's release, and asked him about it, and he comfirms that they had a copy like that.