Formatting new Seagate FA GoFlex Desk Media for Mac

I purchased a 2 TB external hard drive, which needs to be formatted for Mac. See details below:
Name : Seagate FA GoFlex Desk Media
Type : Disk
Disk Identifier : disk1
Media Name : Seagate FA GoFlex Desk Media
Media Type : Generic
Connection Bus : USB
Connection Type : External
Writable : Yes
Ejectable : Yes
Mac OS 9 Drivers Installed : No
Location : External
Total Capacity : 1.8 TB (2,000,398,933,504 Bytes)
S.M.A.R.T. Status : Not Supported
Disk Number : 1
Partition Number : 0
I clicked on the icon, went to "Partition" and selected "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)". I clicked "Partition", which it did quickly, but now everything is ghosted. The icon also does not appear on the desktop.
Several questions:
1) Do I need to select the "volume scheme" - I did this once and it remained on "Creating Partition Map" for several hours
2) Do I choose "GUID Partition Table" or "Apple Partition Map?"
Thank you much...
Message was edited by: pacobell73

Actually, I just checked some more details of my iMac:
Machine Name: iMac
Machine Model: PowerMac4,2
CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (2.1)
Number Of CPUs: 1
CPU Speed: 800 MHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 256 KB
Memory: 256 MB
Bus Speed: 100 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 4.3.4f2
So with a PowerMac, will I have booting problems with a USB-connected external hard drive vs. a Firewire? From what I can tell, USB moves far slower than Firewire
The USB external drives (Maxtor, Seagate) are "Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec" while the Firewire (WD) is "Connection Speed: Up to 400 Mb/sec." That is bad...
Pls. advise...
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