Does G5 1.8 GHz write to dual layer DVDs?

I have large picture library that's more than a normal DVD can hold, but will fit on a dual layer DVD. When I put the DL disk in, my Mac just spits it out. It won't even recognize it. G5, machine model PowerMac9,1, PowerPC g5 (3.0). Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-117D - all from System Profiler.
Thanks, Josh

The Pioneer DVR-117D is in reality a DVR-108 that Apple has modified (read: crippled) the firmware on. One of the features that was removed was the ability to burn DVD+R DL discs (it will not write to DVD-R DL discs).
If you want to bring back the DL write capability, you'll need to force flash the drive with the firmware for a DVR-108. See this post here on Discussions with instructions on how to do the flash. Make sure that you use the links from my post in that thread to the flashing program and to the firmware files. The original article that's linked to in that thread references outdated files.

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