<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On May 21, 2005, John Azevedo wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">How can I install Tiger on an external Firewire drive. When I open <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">open the install DVD it asks me to restart.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV>Go ahead and restart like the installer wants. When the machine restarts follow the same procedure that you would to install to an internal drive but choose the external drive. Some users have reported problems with recent OS updates and installing with firewire drives connected but these seem to have occurred when installing onto the internal drive.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>If you already have a good working install on your drive you might want to "clone" the installation to the external drive. I would use the restore option in Disk Utility to do this/ Some other cloning utilities have not been updated. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Whatever method you choose have Disk Utility check the external drive first by running verify disk and clearing up any problems. After the installation is complete don't forget to run verify permissions as well. I know these steps take time but they are well worth it.<BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>