Can i run and work with OSX 10.3.9 on an external hard drive???

Hi There all,
I'm getting a 250gb External firewire HDD, i want to do this:
I want to install Tiger on my PowerBook's HDD, But everything i've got on it now with Panther is perfect, but some of the software is'nt compatible with Tiger, so i was hoping i could save everything (Panther, Software & files) on to the external HDD and when i want to use panther through the External drive and have tiger on the internal drive, so effectively have to useable OS's, the reason i need to upgrade is to use the latest FCEHD.
Any help much appreciated.
- Mike

Hi Niel,
So say the space used on my PowerBook is 55Gb, if i make a Partition on the External drive that's about 80GB, can i then, use Panther through the External drive and add to it aswell, but keep the rest of the drive for use in tiger, if that makes sense.
thanks for the quick reply
- Mike

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