Create a new Install Disk?

Hello everybody!
I've got an iMac 233 with OS 9 on it, but it has no install disks. I'm wondering if I could make one.
I know that it can't burn discs, but I've got a Mac mini as well. The optical drive doesn't work too well, so could I install from a flash drive or an external HDD?
Any help is appreciated!

Hi, Shake 'n' Bake -
I meant could you walk me through making an install disk....
If you want to make your own bootable disk with an installer app on it, your own version of an OS 9 Install CD, that would be extremely difficult. Making a bootable CD is not too hard; the prblem is, where would you get the installer app and the resource files it needs? The only source I know of for those would be an OS 9 Instal CD - and, if you have that, you don't need to make one. There is no complete OS 9 install available for download from Apple; the only downloads available are updaters, which require a pre-exisitng earlier version of OS 9 to be present.
As I said, making a bootable CD is not too difficult; you could do that, and place a copy of your exisitng System Folder on it in a disk image along with other things such as Disk First Aid, Drive Setup, etc. Since OS 9 can be successfully copied via drag and drop, you could use this disk to wipe the drive if needed, and then copy the duplicated System Folder back onto the hard drive.
To make a bootable CD you will need to use Toast - Apple's Disc Burner program can not create a bootable CD. The instructions for doing that come with Toast. I believe the last version of Toast that is usable in OS 9 is version 5.
As far as the additional files to place on the CD, make a disk image (a self-mounting one) and copy your existing System Folder and any other files you want to be able to replace on the hard drive into that. Make a separate folder (not in the disk image) named Utilities; in that folder place copies of Drive Setup, Disk Copy, and Disk First Aid - these are apps you may need to use while booted to the CD.
Frankly, I think you would be better off purchasing a retail OS 9 Install CD. They're not cheap, unless you can find one at a good price on EBay (be careful to get only a retail disk; those have a white label), but such a disk will do what you want with no bother or fuss.
One of the disadvantages of creating your own bootable disk with a copy of your existing System Folder on it is that if there is a problem with that OS, if it is damaged, copying it will also copy the problem or damage.
A 'real' OS 9 Install CD guarantees undamaged files.

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