Betty, Since no one's responded... I did this, but with Firewire to an icebook. It worked just fine for the short while I played with it. USB is probably a different story altogether. So yes it will run (a partial answer, at least), but whether comfortably I don't know. Jeff >happy new year everyone, > >I would like opinions on the feasibility of installing jaguar on an 30gb >external usb/firewire hard drive which is connected to my clamshell iBook >(usb only). Will this work? i.e. can I boot up from the external hard drive >and comfortably run jaguar? or would it just be too slow? > >thanks, > >betty -- Jeff Newman LawProse, Inc. The White Oak Independent <http://www.lawprose.org> <newman at longview.net> <newman5608 at earthlink.net>