Burn ISO image not boot

Does any one have this experience? I tried to download PowerPC version Linux and FreeBSD ISO image to burn a CD or DVD disc in my MacBook Pro, using Disk Utility. But the disc cannot boot on my old iBook. I tried many disc including DVD-R, CD-R and CD-RW. All are not work. After that, I tried to use Toast to do it. That's OK. I am sure that the download ISO is correct with checksum. But I am not sure it is problem of MacBook Pro or Mac OS X 10.4.5. Any experience.
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.5)

I have had a similar problem: burned iso images refuse to boot on my old iMac 333MHz machine. Occasionally I have gotten lucky, and my burned disc boots. Usually, it spins up several times and then the computer gives up and boots to the default system.
The problem, I believe, is that my system was put out before cd writers were common on apple hardware and so it doesn't recognise burned discs unless I follow very strict ISO9660 rules: I think Toast is better about following these rules.
iMac g3 333MHz

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(2) I can burn it from the command line (growisofs etc.)
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I would really appreciate some guidance.
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He already stated thet he is re-formated teh disk
@myrlin
as far as i can see, problem is with
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Last edited by cybertorture (2011-11-30 18:13:28)

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