Capture Issue

Hi.
I'm running an iMac with FCP with a 500 gig internal drive and have a Lacie 300 gig hard drive connected via firewire.
I can capture video from my XL2 to my internal iMac drive via firewire and have no problem capturing. However, when trying to capture video to my external drive (connected via firewire), the system freezes. Also, when theexternal hard drive is turned on, I can't see my preview video even when capturing to the internal drive.
1) Is this a firewire conflict?
2) What can I do to capture to my external drive? And, is it even necessary to capture to that drive. I do have a firewire connector to my external drive. However, of course, I won't be able to go through FCP.
My concern is I'm under the impression that I cannot, or at least should not, edit and capture video on the same drives as this could cause a crash.
Am I correct on this? Or, is it that I can capture on the internal drive, but have to save the project on another drive?
iMac Mac OS X (10.4.8)

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3299225&#3299225
In your situation it may be best to capture to the system drive then close FCP. Move the captured files to the external drive then launch FCP and reconnect the media at it's new location.
-DH

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