Hey, I have partitioned my external drive into three parts. I want one of them bootable, and the other two just for keeping files in. How should I go about doing this?
1.6 ghz powermac G5 ( 1.25 gb ram ),
Mac OS X (10.4.8)
It's pretty simple - reboot from your installation disk, and do a fresh install of OS X on the partition you want. Then reboot from that partition (hold down the Opt key as you boot), and run any updates or particular setups you want.
You can set your Startup Disk from System Preferences, or use the Opt key while rebooting to temporarily switch the startup disk.
When i go to install tiger on my external drive it says i can't because i can't boot from the selected disc. Is it because my external drive is usb and not firewire?
Apparently, some of the Intel Macs will boot ok from USB; if you do a search at the Discussions top level on "boot from usb" or something similar, you may find guidance on how to do it for non-Intel. But you may wish to invest in a firewire drive for reliable booting - and keep the USB for storage.