bootable CD

with toast 4 or 5

choose Mac Os CD ( not > Mac OS Extended = not bootable )

data, starting with the image file or the content of your system folder

perhaps you can write a CD in OS X with the image file you created

(never tried)

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with OS 9.1 or later :

create a 'blessed' system folder

- open the system folder

- move the 'system' file to the desktop ( move, not copy)

- put the 'system' file back in the system folder

the system folder is 'blessed' and bootable