How exactly do I install OS9 on an external?

I'm pretty Mac- literate, but I've never had an external hard drive before.
I just upgraded to Leopard, realized that I can't use Classic, and still have programs and games (hey, Oregon Trail II is a good time waster) that I want to play.
I have a 40 GB iBook G4. I'm a bit iffy on how to partition the external, but I figure I can blunder through that. Planning on 165 for Time Machine, 10 to 50 for Classic, and then a 250-90 partition for music and movies.
I have my original 10.3 install discs that came with the laptop, and I believe I have my install discs that came with my old grape iMac.
What do I do?

Hi, Jessica -
The disks that came with your old iMac will not be usable for installing OS 9 (Classic) on the external drive, using your iBook G4 to do the work. Primary reason - the installers on all stand-alone OS 9 Install CDs will work only when the machine is booted to OS 9, and your iBook G4 is not OS 9 bootable.
The original disk set that came with your iBook G4 have the ability to install Classic. One or more of these Apple KBase articles (depending on the exact version of OSX that came with it) may help you do that -
Article #106294 - Mac OS X: How to reinstall Mac OS 9
Article #107383 - Mac OS X 10.2, 10.3: How to perform Mac OS 9 clean installation with Restore CDs
Article #42929 - Using Restore Discs with Mac OS X 10.2 through 10.3..3
Article #151871 - Mac OS X 10.3: Installing Classic
Article #301408 - Using Restore discs with computers that ship w/ OSX 10.3.7 or later
Alternative means -
• Connect the external to another Mac which is OS 9 bootable, then install OS 9 on it using that machine and update the install as needed using download updaters. Once finished, connect the external to your iBook - you should then be able to set that install up as Classic.
• Copy a working OS 9.1, 9.2.1, or 9.2.2 System Folder from another machine. This can be done via a drag-and-drop copy process. Once the drive is reconnected to the iBook the copied OS 9 System Folder should be able to be set up as Classic.
Note - since Classic must be OS 9.1 or later (OS's 9.2.1 and 9.2.2 are more compatible in the Classic role), and all OS 9 download updaters will work only when the machine is booted to OS 9, be sure to get the final version of OS 9 you want onto the drive before moving the drive to the iBook.

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