Won't start from CD

Hello to the mac family,
I am having a problem starting from a CD (Norton's)
I hold down the C key on startup and I also have tried selecting the CD as a start-up disc in the control panel. Neither idea works. I wanted to run Norton. I know DW is probably best but ....$$$$ The CD does open on desktop and appears fine, it just won't boot to it. I zapped and rebuilt using TT lite
Any ideas greatly appreciated.........mGb......Jim
Anyn idea

James,
I'm going to let you in on something. I've never heard of a Mac functioning correctly after installing any sort of Norton security software. I'm warning you, proceed at your own risk. You have a very good chance of losing all of your data. This is not an overexaggeration.
I noticed that you're speaking of the Control Panel. Are you sure you're using an iMac G4? Are you on OS X?
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