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How do I clone Install Disks to TM drive?
Authored by: cdarsey on Sat, Feb 2 2008 at 7:38PM PST

I've read over the comments here and the referenced hint, yet both seem to assume one Install disk, not two. If it were one, I could see it simply easy to restore/copy the Install disk to the new drive. My assumption is that restoring the 2nd Install disk would destroy the contents of the 1st disk on the new drive. Am I wrong here? I confess I haven't checked the 2nd DVD to see if the contents are in separate directories. I would prefer to use the Disk Utility, though I have SuperDuper, also.

A follow-up question would be whether I need to manually create a boot block (make bootable) on the new drive after I've restored the Install disks to it?

Thanks.