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Is it possible to make a copy of OS X DVD?

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c073186

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I have the family version of 10.5 and I want to install it on my sister's computer. The thing is, she does not live near me and I would want her to have a DVD in case something happens. Is there a way I can make a copy of it?
 
To ease your mind a little, there's virtually no reason to ever reinstall OS X. You can fix just about any problem with a few terminal commands or freeware utility apps.
 
hodgjy said:
To ease your mind a little, there's virtually no reason to ever reinstall OS X. You can fix just about any problem with a few terminal commands or freeware utility apps.
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That's great! Then I'm sure you won't mind giving OP your DVD copy of the OS X since you'll never use it ever anyway.:rolleyes:
 
c073186 said:
I have the family version of 10.5 and I want to install it on my sister's computer. The thing is, she does not live near me and I would want her to have a DVD in case something happens. Is there a way I can make a copy of it?
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Is your sister a student?

Family Pack. If you have purchased a Mac OS X Family Pack, this License allows you to install and use one (1) copy of the Apple Software on up to a maximum of five (5)
Apple-labeled computers at a time as long as those computers are located in the same household and used by persons who occupy that same household. By "household"
we mean a person or persons who share the same housing unit such as a home, apartment, mobile home or condominium, but shall also extend to student members who
are primary residents of that household but residing at a separate on-campus location. The Family Pack License does not extend to business or commercial users
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c073186 said:
I have the family version of 10.5 and I want to install it on my sister's computer. The thing is, she does not live near me and I would want her to have a DVD in case something happens. Is there a way I can make a copy of it?
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You can make a disk image with the Disk utility.

Then you can use the same Disk utility tu burn this disk image to a new Dual layer DVD. (Single layer just 4Go, Double layers is twice the capacity, and OSX is a Dual Layer DVD, so...)
 
I've made a copy of mine. The computer sees the disk and can read it from Finder. However, the computer would not boot from the disk. I've tried 3 different disks; none would work. I wasted $12 testing that crap!

What did work, however, was copying the disk as a .sparseimage or .dmg, and then burning it onto a partition on an external HDD. I burned mine onto an 8GB USB HDD, and it does boot and install and WORK :D
 
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