Can I install my OS on new external dvd/cd drive

My hard drive died at the same time as my internal cd DVD drive. So I'm thinking of buying the OWC Mercury Pro Dual Layer DVD+/-RW Pioneer DVR-218L
External DVD/CD Writer (http://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/MRF82SD22B/) but need to know if it's going to work automatically. Obviously I can't install it if my OS isn't even installed!

You can't boot the computer from a external DVD drive.
If you can find another model Mac just like yours, then c boot off your installer disk and HFS+ format a external drive and install OS X onto it, you can take that and hold option boot the sick Mac from.
Also once you get the internal drive replaced, you can use that external drive to Carbon Copy Clone the OS right onto the internal drive, no need for a internal DVD drive replacement, then you can use the external DVD drive.

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