I want to install Leopard to external FW HD

Hi I posted this question at this link but I tried what was said but to no avail.
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=5679181#5679181
What I want to do is basically do what this link: http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20071025100548752 used to tell me. But now it's for paying members only. Now I want to know step by step how to install the disc onto a partition then boot from the partition on my FW HD into the 2nd partition on my FW HD and install Leopard onto the 2nd partition. Any help

Can I do this?
Only if your computer shipped with Mac OS X 10.4. Use the 10.4 package that shipped with it.
How?
Install it normally, considering the point above.
Snow Leopard won't let me install an older version of OS.
It's not Snow Leopard that won't let you. It's the computer itself.
(52089)

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