HD is way to small to use as a source to import a ton of video

My original HD is way to small to use as a source to import a ton of video.
I went out and purchased a Western Digital FireWire MyBook 400 GB HD and hooked it up. I tried to import video directly to the external HD but if doesn't appear I can do this.Is it too slow? I connect my camera to the computer and the HD is connected through the other Firewire port.
Should I install the Mac OS and Final Cut Pro on the new Western Digital HD? Maybe
Should I buy a new internal HD and just install that.
If I buy a new HD do I need to install the OS and and FCP on the new HD.
Will I be able to burn a DVD effectively or should I move everything back to the main HD before I burn
Can I set the new HD as the new default HD and use my old one as the backup HD
Basically, I need a ton of help and would really appreciate any help you can offer

What are you capturing from?
Canon GL2. Plugged into my compute via FireWire Cable
Has the drive been formatted MAC OS EXTENDED.
No, how do you do this. I just took it out of the box and plugged it in.
Even though you have multiple FW ports, they run off the same bus. running multiple devices on one bus can cause problems (do a search here on the topic for all the reasons) The solution to this is to install a FW card giving you another bus, one for the HD and one for the capture device.
This doesn't sound like fun. I hope I don't need to do this
If this is your problem you might try to get around it by looping the camera through the drive (drive to computer, camera into drive) Sometimes helps.
SO connect the camera to the external HD and try to capture the video this way?
As a work around you could also try to capture to the boot drive (not recommended, but if your really stuck...) then transfer the footage to the FW drive for edit
IF I move the files will I need to pay particular attention to the audio and viedo when I import them into FCP or will they remain connected?
You won't need to install FCP or the mac OS on the external drive.
that's good
What kind of video are you trying to capture?
Standard DV from a Canon GL2 connected via firewire port to my computer.
Did you set up the new drive as your capture drive?
What kind of issues did you have when trying to capture/edit?
What happens when you try to capture to the external FW drive? eg dropped frames, error messages etc.
I went under FCP settings and set the capture location to be on the new FireWire HD. This is where I have an issue. It doesn't pop up on the screen when I attempt to import it. Unlike when I import directly to my internal drive, where it pops up on my monitor and I can actually witness it importing. With the FireWire external HD it just stays black on the import window.
thanks for all your help

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