Can't get Leopard to load on my eMac's external drive

After speaking with someone at the Genius Bar last week, we determined that the problem I'm having with my eMac is probably due to the 4-5 year old internal hard drive finally getting ready to give up the ghost. ;-(
I asked if it would make sense to buy an new external drive, load Leopard on that, and boot off that while I save for a new Mac. He suggested that would work. (While the speed might not be ideal over a USB connection, I'm not too concerned with that. As long as the kids can do their homework, and I have a place to store photos it's fine.)
I just got my new external HD, got it partitioned into 3, and am trying to load 10.5.3 on it from my CD so I can make it the boot drive. The problem is that - while all 3 partitions show up on the "list" of places to install, the internal HD is the only one that will let me install on it. The 3 partitions all say that I can't install on them (I have confirmed that the partitions are set up as APT under the Options button).
Any idea why I can't install on the external, and more importantly, can I work around it somehow before my internal drive dies for good?
Thanks,
Tim

Hello Mac user for life ,
Do you have the FreeAgent Pro, which is Firewire as well as USB, because Leopard wants to install over Firewire.
FreeAgent drives
If you do have the firewire enabled drive, connect it with a firewire cable, else see if you can exchange it for the model that has firewire.
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