cannot read mac cd's on mac book

[zacie58]

i have a mac book
single core processor
trying to install pantha with friends copy of cd
mac book wont load the cd and cannot see the cd.
i have win xp currently installed with limited drivers
i just want to get something working besides linux
already had ubuntu installed and not to keen on the os
so if you know any magic tricks to get the "BIOS" to reconise mac cds that would be great:)

[billbear]

Panther on MacBook? No. Apple switched to intel chips after Tiger was released. So Tiger is the first OS X version that can run on both powerpc and intel CPUs. Panther is PowerPC only. You cannot install it on a MacBook just like you cannot install Windows on PowerPCs.
But why panther? Your MacBook didn't come with a Tiger install disk? You lost it?

[zacie58]

I lost the disk and that was the first one i could find. so you say if i get a tiger cd that should work?
Also i got most of the drivers working for xp except the video card isnt working properly

[zarmanto]

so you say if i get a tiger cd that should work?

As long as the Tiger disk you find came with an IntelMac and not a PPC based machine, it'll work. Also, I don't think that the retail Tiger upgrade disks will do you any good either... since all of the IntelMacs came with Tiger, there would have been no reason for Apple to produce an Intel compatible retail upgrade. (In other words... it'd probably be easier to just look for your original disk.)