Hi David, Sure you can install Mac os into any partition, but this wouldn't help, since the utilities that come with the actual DVD and can be launched from the installer screen are the only way of restoring a time machine backup, I think. I haven't seen a restore function within the actual Mac os. Robin > -----Original Message----- > From: macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Poehlman > Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 12:25 PM > To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: Other backup solutions for the Mac? > > > you just install it into one of the partitions. > > On Aug 9, 2009, at 10:31 PM, Robin Kipp wrote: > > Hi Ignasi, > interesting! It wouldn't be a problem for me to divide my > external hd > into multiple partitions, but how could I copy the Mac os DVD into > this partition and make that bootable? Well dd under Linux > comes to my > mind, but I'm not even sure if that would work... Would be great if > you could tell me how to do it, message me off list because this is > probably becoming off topic here... > Thanks! > Robin > > > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. > > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com > > > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the > link below. > > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the > > Webinterface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > > > > > > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. > > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com > > > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the > link below. > > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web > > interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > > > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web > interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >