Tiger disk image - help please!

I bought an iBook G3 from craigslist.org installed with Tiger. I didn't get a Tiger disk, but I did get a disk image on a partition with the following files:
1. Welcome to Tiger and Read Before You Install PDFs
2. Install Mac OS X that gives me a restart button
3. Xcode Tools folder
4. Optional Installs .pkg
5.Application, Library, System, Volumes, bin, dev, private, sbin, usr, Japanese folders
6. etc, tmp, var aliases
7. mach_kernel file
Is this what is usually on a Tiger DVD?
My iBook has only a CD-ROM drive and I want to make a Tiger CD. Which of the listed things can I exclude to fit onto a CD?
I'm a Mac newbie - Thanks in advance for help!

It won't fit on a CD. You need a DVD. Do not remove anything. This is the coomplete Tiger DVD. The dmg need burned, is all. Disk Utility should show the dmg. If it does, insert a blank DVD, select the image, hit the burn icon.
You need a DVD burner, and the dmg might have to be on the internal drive for DU to see it.

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