Leopard Boot Drive -- Clean Final Cut Installation

Hi Editors (who are hinging on Leopard).
I'd like to put a drive in my 4th bay on the Mac Pro and do clean install of Leopard (then subsequently do a clean install of FCS2) on this drive.
The goal is to have this Leopard drive be a testing drive without compromising my existing setup (and not compromising any projects).
Questions:
1. Installing a clean Leopard on my 4th bay. Will this compromise anything on bay 1 (my current boot drive)
2. Installing FCS2 on this 4th Bay Drive (with Leopard). Will this conflict with any resources on bay 1 (my current boot drive).
There was a Leopard (bay 4) installation at a demo at my user group meeting tonite, but I failed to ask the FCS2 question.
My thanks in advance to anyone who is testing this way.
cheers

1. Installing a clean Leopard on my 4th bay. Will this compromise anything on bay 1 (my current boot drive)
Nope...not at all. Completely separate drives.
2. Installing FCS2 on this 4th Bay Drive (with Leopard). Will this conflict with any resources on bay 1 (my current boot drive)..
Nope, see above. The OS on one drive will not access system resources on another drive.
There was a Leopard (bay 4) installation at a demo at my user group meeting tonite, but I failed to ask the FCS2 question.
This is sketchy. Works for some, not for others. Personally I wouldn't do it and rely on it to make a living.
Shane

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