i have been burning on the lowest possible speed that i can whether it be 3x or 4x but either one i use i get the same error. i don't know about trying another burn because i have way too many DVD+R and DVD-DL coasters sitting around my room right now.

i really want to try booting from a USB drive. i am able to get my computer to boot from my 4GB memory stick. this gives me the hope that, if i can find a cheap 16GB stick, i can mount and install the image without burning. that woudl completely eliminate the broblem of having a drive that can't write for shit. i realize that 8GB would do in most cases but i would like to err on the side of caution since i want to do a retail install and that iso is about 8GB.

if anyone has any helpful advice on doing this, please, PLEASE, please help me out.

i would also like to say that i still need some help in finding the kexts and that other various whatnot to make my own personalized BOOT-132 disk using the slimbuild method. from what i understand this would be best because it would be using the kexts and kernels for my computer specifically. this would help eliminate the BOOT-132 disk for being at fault for a faulty installation.

I would use a dvd-r. I've put osx on an external hard drive and installed from it. The only way I know how to do it though is with osx disk utility and I used a retail leopard and installed it on a real mac. Just restore your disk image to the drive and it has to be a GUID partition table and I used like a 12 gig partition

any way to mount the image to a partition of the internal HDD in my computer and install it from there?

I'm sure there is a way to do it by using a linux boot disk but it was slightly overwhelming so I read about it and never tried it