How do I duplicate the Apple discs?

I have two DVDs that came with my son's black MacBook. he is going off to college and I would like to give him a copy of the Apple Install Discs rather than the originals.
I made a disc image of both discs but I get a message that they are too big to fit on a DVD. Do I need double layer DVDs to copy them?
Thanks,
David

You can use the external drive but rather than waste space on it for copies of the discs you should instead clone the working system to the external drive.  This can be done using the Restore option in Disk Utility.
First be sure to properly prep the drive:
1.  Boot from your Tiger DVD. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button, then select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu.
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Set the number of partitions from the dropdown menu (use 1 partition unless you wish to make more.) Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the volume(s) mount on the Desktop.
4. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
5. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
6. Click on the Erase button. The format process will take 30 minutes to an hour or more depending upon the drive size.
Now clone the drive as follows:
1. Select the startup volume from the left side list. 
2. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window. 
3. Drag the startup volume to the Source entry field. 
4. Select the backup volume from the leftside list and drag it to the Destination entry field.
5. Check the box to Erase Destination.  Skip this step if you've already formatted the drive.
6. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
If you do plan to put the disc images onto the external drive, the only way they will do him any good is to partition the drive and clone the contents of each disc to a separate partition.  This way he can boot from them by using OPTION booting.  Otherwise you should get a dual-layer disc for the second DVD.

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