Using MacBook as external DVD drive?

Is it possible to use my MacBook as an external DVD drive so I can load programs onto my old iMac (it only has a CD drive). Any assistance appreciated. Thanks all.

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No, but you can do the opposite. It is possible to reboot your old iMac as an external hard drive so the MacBook can install onto it. Reboot the iMac while holding down the "T" key on the iMac's keyboard. When the FireWire symbol pops up on the iMac's screen plug a FireWire cable into it's FireWire port and the other end of the cable into your MacBook's FireWire port. Then put the install DVD into your MacBook. At some stage of the install it will ask what location to install into (or drive if the installer is from Apple). Just make sure that your iMac is selected and not your MacBook (and no, it can't do both).
Hope this helps,
Alex

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