Compatibility issues with backing up Tiger onto a LaCie

I bought a LaCie 9231 external hard drive to back up my boss's 2 laptops. I didn't realize they had different operating systems, one is a MacBook with Leopard 10.5.8 and the other is PowerBook with, Tiger 10.4.11. The LaCie isn't compatible with Tiger.
1. Is there some way around the compatibility issue between the LaCie and the PowerBook?
2. Is it possible to have files from two different operating systems on one hard drive?
I've already backed up MacBookPro and I'd prefer to have the two computers backed up to one hard drive.  We have back ups of both computers, but we wanted to put them both on one hard drive and put the hard drive in a safe deposit box.

Hello,
1. Depending on what PowerBook you own, as some do not come with USB 2.0 ports and it wont be compatible with that external drive, however if it's just Mac OS X 10.4 which is preventing you from using it on your PowerBook then upgrade to Leopard Mac OS X 10.5  (Providing it meets the system requirements of 512 Meg memory and above 867Mhz processor)
2. You can store files from multiple operating systems on one single drive, however you can't use the Time Machine feature for the same drive on two different machines. Other backup software may have the same pintables. If it's just copying files to a folder to back up, then yes you can use the same drive.
Hope this helps.

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