Burn a .dmg file on a pc, have it bootable on my g3

I recently purchased OS X Tiger. I backed up the CDs on my PC, now is there anyway i can burn the .dmg files to a disk and make them bootable on my Mac G3?
Thanks
Jeff

I guess that means they are not going to work as copies of the installer CDs.
Do you have the facility to make the copies on a Mac? That would be your best bet. You can make copies on a Mac as follows:
Duplicate a CD or DVD
1. Insert the DVD/CD;
2. Open Disk Utility, and select the DVD/CD from the left side list (select the DVD/CD icon on top);
3. from the DU File menu select New | Disk Image from Disk 1;
4. Choose to format the disk image as DVD/CD Master, name the disk image and click Save;
5. When the .cdr file is finished select it with mouse and press COMMAND-I to open the Get Info and check the box to lock the file;
6. Choose the .cdr file from the left side list, click Burn, and insert a new, blank DVD or CD.

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.DMG files on a PC

Is there anyway to burn a .dmg file on a CD so that a PC can read it. I just tried it and it didn't work. The PC couldn't read the CD.

Hi, Abe.
Is it that the PC could not read the CD or the disk image?
CDs burned in Finder are compatible with Macs or PCs running Windows. See "Mac OS X 10.4: Creating a CD Formatted for MS-DOS (Windows)."
However, while "Disk Utility 10.5 Help: Formatting a disk for Windows computers" states:"When you create a disk image you can erase it and change its volume format so that other computers, such as MS-DOS for Windows computers or UNIX file system computers, can read it."Under Tiger, I've not found a way using Disk Utility to create or change a disk image with a Mac volume format to one formatted with the MS-DOS file system. Hence, a disk image created on a Mac using Disk Utility won't be readable on a PC unless the PC is running an application like Mediafour's MacDrive for Windows.
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I tried the Open with (Openen met in Dutch) function, but I don't know which program I have to choose. When I have this problem on a Windows PC I just select explorer.exe. Which file do I have to choose on my Mac? Or is there another way to solve this?
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and
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~/Library/Logs/DiscRecording.log
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Erasable:    Yes
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