How to Install OS Tiger on USB Drive

Hi,
I tried to install Mac OS X Tiger on the newly purchased USB HDD. When I try to run the install from within Leopard, the setup will prompt me with destination hard drive. It doesn't allow me to select the USB drive and says "It cannot install on external drive because it cannot boot from this volume".
How can I install on the external drive?
Thanks, Pj

I need some help. I backed up my wife's iMac to an external USB drive using Superduper. It said it created a bootable clone. However, when I go to startup disk in the Preferences, the disk does not show up.
I see people talking about whether it's GUID, and I don't believe I set it up as that. Didn't know I needed to. I can't believe you simply can't boot from a USB 2.0 external like a Firewire.
Anyway, there's very little space left on this external, and I need it to be bootable. Can anyone help?
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