Mac OS-X Bootable CD?

[hatemacOSX]

I think I have the problem licked with OS 9 and not being able to print when I boot off from a CD, I had to setup the laserwriter before I burnt the CD and disabled backround printing aswell to trick it into not using a spool file.

Now as an test, can a bootable MacOSX CD be made and setup to print from? A network boot is not an option, nor is any hard drive. This is becoming a pain in my *** assignment!

 

[Rastor]

A fully functional boot OS X CD Rom is not possible. Most OS X boot disks only perform Apple System Restore to a local drive. You can create/install OS X on a Firewire or USB Drive. You might find some other Apple "workarounds" if you check the Support Discussions at Apple's website.....

 

[jimoblak]

Check versiontracker.com for 'bootcd' on OSX. It allows you to put OSX on a CD along with a disk utility to do emergency repairs. As Rastor notes, a fully functional OSX CD is not possible so I doubt printing would be possible. You will also find that booting OSX from a CD is unbearably slow.

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