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true that


edit/ though i will add: there are literal 'bootable backups' and there also can be bootable volumes which might happen to contain backup data (e.g., a Time Machine target folder). The former is pretty straightforward, and is usually implemented by cloning. The latter comes about by virtue of the fact that we can render any volume bootable by simply installing OS X on it. Well... doing such was a simple task once upon a time, until Lion came along. Since i don't have Lion, i can't speak from experience as to how easy/possible that tactic remains nowadays.

[almost wish that 10.7 had a separate forum from 10.6 since they are so radically dissimilar.]