Creating and Booting From Backup OS X Tiger Disk 1

I work on two MacBook Pros (one running OS X 10.4, and one running OS X 10.5), and recently purchased a 2003 imac 1.25Ghz 17 inch model in great condition. It came with 10.3 installed, but also had the retail disks for OS X 10.4 Tiger with it.
The Disk 1 installer for Tiger won't boot-up the iMac, and it won't even mount on the iMac. The Disk 2 does at least mount. Tiger's Disk 1 will mount on my MacBook Pro's, so I used Disk Utility to create an image. I created one using Master DVD/CD, but this made a .cdr file that was over 5GB. I was able to burn a DVD+R DL for that, but that doesn't work in the iMac.
I then created a compressed disk image .dmg file which made the size right at 4.4GB. It is just a hair larger than I can burn with either the Disk Utility or Toast v. 6.0.1. No matter what I do I can't seem to make backup copy of the Disk 1 Installer to fit on a single DVD. I tried using Toast to just make a copy of the DVD, but when I insert a single-sided DVD, it still tells me there is not enough room on the DVD. Help!
Thanks.

Disk 1 and Disk 2 retail Tiger install discs?
What color are the labels, and what do they say on them? The retail version of Tiger is generally a single DVD with a black label. There were also a small number of retail Tiger CD sets made, with I believe 4 CDs. I'm not aware of a Tiger retail version that consists of two install DVDs.<<
The labels are both gray in color. Disk 1 says iMac Mac OS X Install Disc 1 (version 10.4.10). The 2nd disk just says Mac OS X Install Disc 2 (no iMac). Both say they are part of a hardware bundle purchase - not to be sold separately. With an iMac this old, would they have come with this iMac originally?

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