External usb drive for "bootable backup"? Thanks to all for the great advice regarding my G4 Tower (AGP Graphics) partitioning/backup questions. I am planning to move from Panther to Tiger on the G4. Have found a very informative source regarding formatting and partitioning hard drives (Tiger and Leopard). It's on Ken Stone's Final Cut Pro website and has lots of screen shots and explanations. http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/partitioning_tiger.html Stone refers to firewire drives in his instructions. However, I have been using a used external usb 2, 120 GB (Western Digital) drive with no difficulty for the past one and a half years. I use it for weekly backups ofdocuments (I use thumbs and CDs for daily backups). The 120 GB external came with two partitions--one about 80 GB and the other about 40 GB). As an alternative to installing a second "slave" drive in my G4, I suppose I could also look at erasing this external, installing Tiger and then using it as the "bootable backup." My only concern is that it's a usb external and Stone refers to firewire. I have a firewire port but I use it for my CD burner. Do you think the usb external is an OK alternative? Please advise. Thanks. Leith --- MUGLO information at <http://www.freewebs.com/muglo> Manage your account options at <//www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi>