Boot / install os from another machine rather than cd drive?

Hi,
My powerbook's CD/DVD drive has stopped working. I have an external CD/DVD reader/writer so I don't want to replace the broken internal CD/DVD module. But what happens when I need to install a new OS or I get drive problems and need to boot from another system?
Is it possible to use another computer instead of buying a new CD/DVD drive and somehow be able to do the same sort of thing that you can do when you boot up from a CD?
TIA, John.

Some external CD/DVD reader/writer are capable of booting the computer from an OS X install disc. Although there is alternative method for doing so, you need to be able to boot from your current OS X install disc in order to run Disk First Aid repair on the hard drive.
If your external CD/DVD reader/writer does not support booting your Mac from an OS X install disc and your Mac has Firewire ports and supports Firewire Target Disk mode, you can connnect another Mac with a Firewire port that includes a working CD/DVD module and also supports Firewire Target Disk mode and install a new OS on your Mac from this Mac.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58583

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