Want to make a bootable DVD for Grandson to use.

I picked up a eMac at an auction and want to give it to my Grandson so he will stay off his dad's Powerbook G4. I bought the OSX 10.4 install disks so I can do a legal install. However, I plan on limiting what is installed as a lot is stuff he doesn't need. He is eleven and his dad says he is good at getting into things that can cause the computer to crash. Thus the desire to get him is own computer.
BUT, when he crashes and burns, as I fully expect him to, it would be good if he didn't need to have his dad restore the software. Dad is busy enough with two younger sons, the youngest has SMA which means he can't walk because his legs cannot get strong enough to support him.
The plan is to load the HD with the OS and selected software that he can use for school, etc. Then copy the HD on to a bootable DVD that can be used to restore the HD when needed. I don't expect to have more software than a DVD will hold. He will have to keep his data files on some other storage device, something that his dad said he is already doing after having lost some data in the past.
I remember making a bootable CD but have forgot the details. And the OS was 10.2 as I remember. It required having a bootable CD to get the boot OS from to write on the new CD. Can anyone help me?
Thanks,
Larry

Hi LarryAJ, and a warm welcome to the forums!
Easiest way...
http://www.tri-edre.com/english/clonex.html
Cheapest way...
http://www.tuaw.com/2006/07/21/creating-a-bootable-restore-dvd/

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