Add an Admin user to external boot drive?

I installed Mavericks to an external drive; all went well except when I booted from it and tried to add printer drivers it appears I only have a "Standard"-level user account and nothing else (Guest not enabled). I've never seen anything like this before. So, can I somehow add an Admin-level account to this system or should I rip out the carpeting and reinstall? If the latter, what should I do to avoid the same result? I installed using an App Store-downloaded standalone installer from the internal boot drive on my 2009 Mac Mini. Any suggestions most appreciated!

Update: I tried installing Mavericks on the same drive using a USB install drive (using createinstallmedia via Terminal). Same result--no admin user created. Then it occured to me I was trying all this running 10.8 on my MacMini. I'll assume that's the problem, but anyone with further insights, fire away!

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Normally it is /Users/home_account
But you can unlock and change the Account control panel (Advanced option by control click on account) to any location with 'browse' on path field to...
/Volumes/volname/Users/homeaccount
and use the same prefs (like desktop but also email etc)
That would allow you to use carry your home account and always use the same email and such wherever you are.
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the ldap* utilities) is discouraged. In most cases, it is preferable
to use the dedicated administrative command-line utilities to access
these suffixes.
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