Are DVDs Bootable?

dstranathandstranathan
Posted:
in General Discussion edited January 2014
Can I image on OS X boot drive (CC Cloner, etc) to a DVD disk and actually boot OS X from it?

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  • Reply 1 of 3
    the generalthe general Posts: 649member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by dstranathan

    Can I image on OS X boot drive (CC Cloner, etc) to a DVD disk and actually boot OS X from it?



    should be possible, the 17" superdrive imacs come with a bootable dvd.
  • Reply 2 of 3
    aquaticaquatic Posts: 5,602member
    Here is something I haven't seen mentioned. 10.3 should come with a utility to make boot discs, either as a bare bones CD or full-featured DVD.



    I haven't used a boot DVD on a Mac, but the retail OS X CDs are crap for booting with. They don't let you do anything besides install OS X or run Disk Utility. It would be nice if the 10.3 CDs/DVDs let you run applications, so if you have DiskWarrior on an external drive you can plug it in and say run it on your PowerBook and fix the internal drive. I would just feel better if Apple officially supported this you know?
  • Reply 3 of 3
    bartobarto Posts: 2,246member
    All the Mac series with DVD drives (Combo, Super) across the range come with DVD Install CDs.



    And yes, CCC will work.



    Barto
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