mac G4 not booting from system install DVD

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williamsullivan

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I just got a Mac G4 tower from a doctor I work with. He needed me to delete the whole hard drive before I took it. I booted off the OSX tiger DVD and wiped the drive with no problems,( I even booted it off the DVD the next day, to show my friend that the drive was wiped), but now that I have it home I am unable to boot from the OSX DVD. It shows the apple screen with the apple logo and the spinning... whatever you call it..... but then the screen just goes black after a minute or two. Have ejected the DVD, and retried, Zapped the PRAM by using control opt P+R and by unplugging the G4 and pushing the PMU button next to the battery.
Any Ideas on what to do?
 
Are you positive its trying to boot the DVD when this happens? Its sounds like its trying to boot from an improperly wiped HD. Just to be sure boot holding the option key and when the boot manager comes up, make sure you select the DVD to boot from and then hot the -> button.
 
Ok did that, but still the same thing. Nothing. But, however, I did not know about the Option key when booting up. Thanks for that info! Could the DVD drive have crapped out in transport? I can hear the DVD drive trying to read the disk but then stops.
 
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