[X4U] Installing Leopard from a different machine on a new external HD

[John Masters]

On 18 Oct 2008, at 19:54, David R. Boag, DDS wrote:

> My daughter just killed my external LaCie 500 GB HD because she  
> found the power switch on the surge strip and thought it was neat  
> how the light flashed on and off when she flipped the switch back  
> and forth...while the drive was running.
>
> I still love her.
>
> So I have to replace the drive. It's going to be attached to a Mac  
> Mini right now, so for normal use, FW400 or USB 2.0 will be used.  
> However, I have a MBP 2.5 GHz 15", and I was thinking that I'll go  
> ahead and partition and install OSX on the drive from that machine  
> because it will be faster. Could there be potential problems with  
> doing that? And will using FW800 make much difference in  
> installation time?
>
> Also, I need recommendations for a 500GB external HD. I'd like it to  
> have eSATA and FW800 but it's not mission critical right now, but  
> I'll just bet in the next couple of years we're gonna see eSATA on  
> Macs.
>
> Any and all advice welcome.
>

I've been very happy with the Western Digital MyBook Studio Edition.  
Has eSATA, FW800 & 400 and USB2.
Virtually silent and switches on and off automaticaly as the Mac wakes  
or sleeps.

Mind, my daughter is 43 years old and lives 250 miles away so I'm  
pretty safe there.

Regards, John