Can a superdrive on a second Macbook be used to reinstall operating system?

My Macbook superdrive is giving me trouble and needs some repair. In the mean time I need to reinstall the operating system from the disks that came with the computer. Can I use a second Macbook as an external cd/dvd. I understand the Firewire mode but this is not using a second one as an external hard drive but an external superdrive.
Any help appreciated.

Yes, given these constraints:
http://discussions.apple.com/click.jspa?searchID=-1&messageID=6031855

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