Using iPod classic (or any iPod) as OSX startup disc?

hi there
does anybody know whether it is possible to use an iPod classic (i have the 160GB) as a startup disc (emergency startup disc) for any mac computer (ie. mac mini or MBP)?
i already use an external 500 GB disc via USB, which works well, though very very slow. so i thought this should work with an iPod too, once activating the "use as volume" option. true?
thanks and cheers
george

hi niel
thanks for your post. clear. i was actually less thinking about running a mac then from the iPod but just having a better option (with some own system settings) than just a startup CD in case of troubles.
i don't really get though why this should overheat the iPod as when you use it as simple sound player it is also accessing the hard disk constantly. don't see much difference there. however, i have no warranty left and my previous iPod died a few weeks after the warranty expired. murphy's law.
right now i am using the USB 500GB external hard drive as startup disk with a new mac mini because my MPB is broken and i had to send it to repair, so the easiest way which would allow me to use all my data (and the HD in the MBP is a 500 GB, but in the mac mini only 320) was to take the original HD out of the MBP and purchase a case and this way i can use it from any mac. i purchased another 500GB disk and copied all the data on it and placed it in the MBP before i sent it to fix. the problem is most likely hard ware related and i hope to get it back soon to be able to work with speed again...
by the way, the original MBP hard disk which i use now as an external gets way less hot now than it used to be when in the MBP.
this just to explain you why i always like to have one more copy of my settings somewhere and ideally as a startup drive, and since my iPod is not full...
thanks again for your post. highly appreciated.
cheers
george

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