External FireWire Drive Can't Install OS 10.4.6 as Startup Drive

I have a QPS 60 GB FireWire Drive shows as non-bootable Drive for OSX. Is this dive upgradeable through Software or Firmware:
Drive Description as follows:
FireWire Bus:
Maximum Speed: Up to 800 Mb/sec
0:
Manufacturer: QPS
Model: 0x340
GUID: 0x80CF0034000CB2
Maximum Speed: Up to 400 Mb/sec
Connection Speed: Up to 400 Mb/sec
Sub-units:
0 Unit:
Unit Software Version: 0x10483
Unit Spec ID: 0x609E
Firmware Revision: 0x424
Product Revision Level: 4.24
Sub-units:
0 SBP-LUN:
Capacity: 57.27 GB
Removable Media: Yes
BSD Name: disk1
OS9 Drivers: No
S.M.A.R.T. status: Not Supported
Information (About This Mac)this Mac was purchased before OSX was released. Could it be not be formatted to Mac OS Extended (Journaled)or possibly some other reason? It has worked well with OS9 and all the versions of OSX through OS 10.4.6 without any difficulty or software upgrades as a storage device.
1.25 GHz Dual G4 Desk Top Mac OS X (10.4.6)

are the install disks that come with the computer limited to that specific computer? We have 2 powerbook G4s (a 15 and a 17 inch) The 15inch is giving me the trouble. It's possible that I grabbed the install disk for the 17inch.
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As an experiment, I inserted the install disk in the 15, then attached the 15 to the 17 as a target. Teh 15 mounted on the 17 with the install disk mounting. I then drilled down through the install files until I go to the os install package and double clicked. It started to install but after about an hour it ended with an error message.

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