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No, not "wrong." The operative verb here is "think," not "do." That OS X doesn't do IP over FW is indeed what I thought at the time. Now that I have taken the time to look into it, I think otherwise. If you are going to get in a trolling pissing match, then at least take the time to correctly...

The iBook G4 has two built-in networking options (I don't think OS X does IP over FW): 10/100 and 802.11g, both of which should theoretically be slower than a gig USB NIC even given the throughput constraints of USB. Tell you what I'll do; once/if I get this POS working again I'll install...

I've zapped the PRAM, but only once, not three times. I'll try that. As for why a gigabit USB adapter makes sense; Assuming maximum theoretical throughput, USB v2.0 is 4.8 times faster than the iBook's built-in 10/100 Mbit Ethernet, and ~8 times faster than the 802.11g. Plus, I'm spoiled...

What tool can one use to determine if a disc is bootable, besides the Mac's firmware.

Is there a reliable tool, besides the Mac's firmware at boot time, that one can use to determine if an optical disc (CD/DVD) is bootable? Hard Disk Utility is unreliable, as I've had it tell me a disc was bootable when it patently was not.

No, it's a full retail install disc. It's the same disc I originally used to install 10.5.6 on this G4 before it blew up. In any case, being able to install isn't the real issue. The real issue is that neither Disk Utils nor System Profiler see the disk, while my Ubuntu install DVD does, and...

Edit: By drive, I mean physical hard disk, not partition. I have a iBook G4 14" 1Ghz that I was recently given. I decided to reinstall 10.5 onto the system. No problem. A couple of days later the thing became unresponsive after inserting a USB gigabit nic (AX88178-based, driver comes with...