How to ADD a second external Hard Disk ?

Hi,
I'm using an iMac 1,42 GHZ PowerPC G4 mini.
With an external 250 GB hard disk.
Can I ADD an extra external hard disk ?
And HOW ?
Thanks very much for an answer !
John

Welcome to the Apple discussions.
You probably have a Mac mini, as an iMac is a different system.
Using firewire connections, you can daisy chain drives together. So, you hook one into the mini, then hook the next into a firewire port on the external hard drive connected to the mini. If your current hard drive is connected via firewire, you should be able to add another firewire drive by plugging into your existing external hard drive.
If you're using a USB drive, you can buy a USB hub that will allow you to connect more than one USB device.

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