Can I Install On A Different Computer?

I have OS X Server 10.4 on a Mac mini running as a web and email server in a remote data centre about 100 miles away.
I want to add a FW external HD with a fresh installation of OS X Server that I will copy (Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper) on the boot drive - and then clone them regularly so I have a second bootable drive should the main one fall over.
Because it's not practical for me to get access to the machine (I have to courier the HD to the provider) I want to install OS X Server onto the firewire drive here, either via my iBook or G5. If I do this will I have any problems when the drive gets to the Mac mini?
Thanks.

Yes this will work but I would suggest a another solution
Get FW drive hooked up to mini, install PsyncX and setup a snapshot from boot drive to FW drive every night to get a bootable backup.
Then you will have all your user/configs ready to go if the main drive fails, you will need -
PsyncX http://sourceforge.net/projects/psyncx
Remote access to machine to setup snapshot
Do you have remote access?
Ed

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