Installing Classic onto a disk image

Hi.
I have a Classic 'System Folder', together with a few legacy classic apps, on an external hard drive. I would much rather have them bundled together nicely in one single disk image which I could mount as and when I require classic -- which is very rarely, but I can't quite take the chance of getting rid completely yet.
I tried copying the system folder and the apps into a Sparse Disk Image and at first the Classic preference pane recognised the system folder and would launch Classic from it. But once I quit Classic and un-mounted the disk image, further attempt to launch Classic from the (re-mounted) disk Image proved fruitless. The Classic prefs pane would not see the System Folder on the disk image.
As far as I can see, drag and drop is the only way to get the System Folder onto the disk image because installing Classic direct from the Tiger Installer disc will mean booting from the installer disc, and I don't think that one can create or mount disk images whilst in that state.
Is what I am trying to do impossible? It seems to me that it should be possible to treat a Classic system folder located on a disk image just the same as a system folder located on a physical external drive, provided that the disk image is mounted as a volume.
BTW, the obvious question, I guess, is "Why don't you just leave your working System Folder where it is and stop all this dicking about with disk images. The answer is simply that I like to have as few 'things' about as possible, and having the Classic System Folder and the OS9 Apps nicely out of the way on a disk image just seems like a tidier option, if it can be done. I'm just finicky, I guess.
Help, anyone?

Cool, thanks, I was kind of thinking along those lines, but couldn't quite put my finger on it/figure it out, that makes sense, appreciate it.
Thanks again for quick reply,
Stuart

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