Backing up Final Cut Pro projects

I would like to save projects on a portable source such as a DVD. I would like to use the same video on several different work stations. Every way I try seems to save just a "link" to the video stored on my computer, so when I try and load it on another computer it shows the video clips as "offline".
How can I save the actual video clips on a DVD that I can use in Final Cut Pro on another computer?
Thanks for your help

Just to make sure, please don't hit me if you already know this, but...
The Final Cut project files are just "organization and direction" files. They are files that simply contain directions and 'pointers' to the actual video clips saved on your hard drive. They tell Final cut to "use just this section" of the actual captured clip on your hard drive.
The actual captured clips might be stored on your main hard drive in the following folder(s):
documents\Final Cut Pro Documents\Capture Scratch\ (Your project filename folders here)
Again, you can smack me if I'm not getting the gist of your question, but the key would be moving your actual captured clips to an external firewire drive (as the others have suggested) and then moving that to the other machine ALONG with your project files.
that make sense?
FP iMac Mac OS X (10.3.9)

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