I recently purchased an iMac G3 (http://lowendmac.com/1999/imac-rev-d/) in 
really good shape. It came with the original installation/recovery discs 
but they are in Dutch, and are for Mac OS 8.5.1. The discs still works 
fine, but I'd like to install an English version of 8.6 instead. I have an 
ISO image of the installation CDs for this exact model (8.6 and in 
English), but I am finding it impossible to burn them to a CD.

I have tried:

* Disc Utility on OS X 10.10.2. This was my obvious first choice.
* Toast 5 Titanium on OS X 10.1 (on my Power Mac G4). I used this version 
because it has a "Mac Volume" option, as well as a "Bootable" checkbox.
* Different brands CD-Rs.
* Different ISO images (8.6 Retail, iMac Install, iMac Recovery).
* Burning at low speeds (between 1x and 4x).

But none of them are readable on the iMac. The iMac tried to read the disc 
but tells me it cannot read it and asks me to initialize it. Sometimes the 
disc does show up on the desktop, and I can read it (slowly), but it cannot 
boot from it. The disc is readable on my iBook (original clamshell running 
9.1) although I cannot boot from it there as well.

Any help?

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