How do I make a boot disk?

How do I make a boot disk in OSX 10.4 something and have some tools like Disk Warrior on it? I found one program at versiontracker that does this but it doesn't work in .4, oh well ...... or I can just wait for several days til my DiskWarrior CD comes in the mail ....... but who can be without their computer that long in today's day and age? yup, you guessed it, my powerbook won't start up and I've tried lots so far ...... hoping dw will do the trick.

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I had not given the warranty issue any prior thought; thanks for pointing that out. Is there a way around the warranty issue; such as a "factory authorized" way to install it, that is feasible?
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