image dvd not readable in win and seen as blank on mac

[shmoe]

hi everyone,

 

I'v been running into a problem while trying to boot / install win 7 x64 on my mac pro 1.1.

 

The story is that while trying to install win 7 x64 0n a presumably "unsupported" mac pro 1.1, I'v created an bootable image dvd with imgburn following the instructions given here:

 

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2207855&start=15&tstart=0

 

The known issue is that with the official win 7 x64 install CD, the mac ends up showing a black screen with a "choose dvd boot type" command and freezes.

 

now, eneryone seems to have this working just fine. In my case, the finished dvd is not readable in win XP SP2, and seen as blank in mac OSX 10.6.4

hence I cannot boot from it. i've repeated the process 3 times, burned 3 dvd with the same result. I am not much of a computer expert when it comes to a deeper understanding of all these procedures and terminologies, so I'd be grateful for any help..

Is there any known solution to this?

 

Many thanks!

Edited August 22, 2010 by shmoe

[LIGHTNING UK!]

Post the log showing you burning + verifying the disc.

[shmoe]

sorry, I had overlooked the hint to post the logs. here goes:

 

//****************************************\\

; ImgBurn Version 2.5.1.0 - Log

; Saturday, 21 August 2010, 18:03:31

; \\****************************************//

;

;

I 17:53:05 ImgBurn Version 2.5.1.0 started!

I 17:53:05 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2)

I 17:53:05 Total Physical Memory: 2,091,216 KB - Available: 1,739,536 KB

W 17:53:05 Drive D:\ (FAT32) does not support single files > 4 GB in size.

I 17:53:05 Initialising SPTI...

I 17:53:05 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...

I 17:53:05 -> Drive 1 - Info: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-112D AC08 (E:) (ATA)

I 17:53:05 -> Drive 2 - Info: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-E40L SE02 (H:) (USB)

I 17:53:05 Found 1 DVD±RW and 1 DVD±RW/RAM!

I 17:54:05 Operation Started!

I 17:54:05 Source File: C:\windows7x64.iso

I 17:54:05 Source File Sectors: 1,582,577 (MODE1/2048)

I 17:54:05 Source File Size: 3,241,117,696 bytes

I 17:54:05 Source File File System(s): None

I 17:54:05 Destination Device: [0:0:0] HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-E40L SE02 (H:) (USB)

I 17:54:05 Destination Media Type: DVD-R (Disc ID: CMC MAG. AM3) (Speeds: 4x, 8x, 16x)

I 17:54:05 Destination Media Sectors: 2,297,888

I 17:54:05 Write Mode: DVD

I 17:54:05 Write Type: DAO

I 17:54:05 Write Speed: MAX

I 17:54:05 Link Size: Auto

I 17:54:05 Lock Volume: Yes

I 17:54:05 Test Mode: No

I 17:54:05 OPC: No

I 17:54:05 BURN-Proof: Enabled

I 17:54:05 Write Speed Successfully Set! - Effective: 22,159 KB/s (16x)

I 17:54:05 Filling Buffer... (40 MB)

I 17:54:05 Writing LeadIn...

I 17:54:49 Writing Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 1582576)

I 17:54:49 Writing Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 1582576)

I 17:58:30 Synchronising Cache...

I 17:58:41 Exporting Graph Data...

I 17:58:41 Graph Data File: C:\Documents and Settings\plop\Application Data\ImgBurn\Graph Data Files\HL-DT-ST_DVDRAM_GSA-E40L_SE02_SATURDAY-AUGUST-21-2010_17-54_CMC_MAG._AM3_MAX.ibg

I 17:58:41 Export Successfully Completed!

I 17:58:41 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:04:35

I 17:58:41 Average Write Rate: 14,387 KB/s (10.4x) - Maximum Write Rate: 19,369 KB/s (14.0x)

I 17:58:41 Cycling Tray before Verify...

W 17:58:51 Waiting for device to become ready...

I 17:59:07 Device Ready!

I 17:59:09 Operation Started!

I 17:59:09 Source Device: [0:0:0] HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-E40L SE02 (H:) (USB)

I 17:59:09 Source Media Type: DVD-R (Book Type: DVD-R) (Disc ID: CMC MAG. AM3) (Speeds: 4x, 8x, 16x)

I 17:59:09 Image File: C:\windows7x64.iso

I 17:59:09 Image File Sectors: 1,582,577 (MODE1/2048)

I 17:59:09 Image File Size: 3,241,117,696 bytes

I 17:59:09 Image File File System(s): None

I 17:59:09 Read Speed (Data/Audio): MAX / MAX

I 17:59:09 Verifying Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 1582576)

I 17:59:09 Verifying Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 1582576)

I 18:02:52 Exporting Graph Data...

I 18:02:52 Graph Data File: C:\Documents and Settings\plop\Application Data\ImgBurn\Graph Data Files\HL-DT-ST_DVDRAM_GSA-E40L_SE02_SATURDAY-AUGUST-21-2010_17-54_CMC_MAG._AM3_MAX.ibg

I 18:02:52 Export Successfully Completed!

I 18:02:52 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:03:43

I 18:02:52 Average Verify Rate: 14,257 KB/s (10.3x) - Maximum Verify Rate: 19,639 KB/s (14.2x)

I 18:03:31 Close Request Acknowledged

I 18:03:31 Closing Down...

I 18:03:31 Shutting down SPTI...

I 18:03:31 ImgBurn closed!

[LIGHTNING UK!]

That image doesn't have a valid file system, make it again.

[shmoe]

That image doesn't have a valid file system, make it again.

 

 

hi,

thanks for the info - one step closer to a solution.

I already repeated the image making procedure - same result. I have no idea why and where the image creation goes wrong. I just exactly followed the procedure of the above link.

[LIGHTNING UK!]

Use ImgBurn to make the image instead then. There's a guide for it in the Guides forum (Windows 7 Operating System Installation Disc)

[shmoe]

Use ImgBurn to make the image instead then. There's a guide for it in the Guides forum (Windows 7 Operating System Installation Disc)

 

 

THANKS big time lightning uk!!

 

After 2 days of nerve wrecking search, your link did solve the issue!

The install went smoothly and so far no issues.

 

Thanks again!