On Apr 12, 2010, at 1:10 PM, nestamicky wrote:
I got this idea while reading the "my darling Pismo..." Here's the idea. In Linux, you can make a live CD/DVD that you can later install on another machine or the same machine if it crashed of your current installation, along with all your data. Can this be done with OSX?
No. If your entire System is small enough to fit onto a dual-layer DVD you can make an image for restore, but that image won't produce a bootable "live" DVD.
Producing a "live" DVD is not simple because the media is Read-only. A live DVD isn't a clone, it's a completely different animal. It has to create a RAM Disk and other non-standard System boot modifications so that it "appears" to be a Read/Write device rather than a Read-only device.
If you need a bootable copy of your own System, depending upon the Mac, you're better off with a USB or Firewire external HD. For a Pismo, an external Firewire HD is the best alternative.
If you want an OS X "live" DVD, these have been made, but they're not a clone of your own System, they're a fixed "live" DVD System. The best known is the iPC Live DVD which boots/installs a 10.5.6 System on hackintosh PCs. I don't think the iPC Live DVD will boot on older PPC Macs.
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