Do I have to install OS-X on my EHD partition to Boot?

I have a 500GB EHD and just partitioned it to back-up/clone my MBP, and use the other partition to hold my video footage. I understand I will use SuperDuper to clone the MBP HD, however, in the rare case I need to boot from the EHD, do I need to install the OS-X CD?
Any help is appreciated!

If you clone using a tool like SuperDuper! then installing anything to boot from it is not required. It should be as it is described, a clone, so if you can boot from the original drive you can boot from the clone. I would however…
1) Make sure the drive uses the GUID Partition Table for it's partitioning scheme. It is recommended for Intel system. You can check/change this in Disk Utility ? partition > Options….
2) Repair disk permissions of the clone drive after you make a clone and check that it does actually boots every now and then. It would be sad to need it and then find out that it won't boot.

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