Installing Intel Based Mac OS 10.4.5 on External Hard Drive

I have a MacBook Pro. How do I install Mac OS X 10.4.5 that came with my unit onto a third party firewire hardwire so that I could boot from the external drive?

Have you tried starting up from your installer disk(s) & selecting the FW-connected drive as the installation target? You will probably have to format the external drive with the GUID partition scheme first (Disk Utility -> Partition tab -> Options button).

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