Install OS X from a hard drive

MacOSXHints has a short and sweet how-to for creating a hard drive-based installer for OS X. Using a CD/DVD is fine and dandy, but if you're in a hurry or you're working with a machine who's optical drive is less than cooperative, the sheer speed and convenience of a hard drive install can't be beat.

The how-to basically has two steps. The first uses NetRestore Helper to create a Master Image of your Mac OS X install disc for the second step, which is using said image in Disk Utility to apply your install disc to an actual hard drive or partition. A few good considerations are listed at the end of the how-to, and I'd suggest reading the whole thing over if you're going to create a handy tool like this.