Mac pro booting from older OS

Does anyone know if I can boot a new Mac pro from an external drive running OS 8.6. I don't want to give up on iWeb.
Thank you.

Apple documentation does not yet reflect that version. Let's hope it contains some [working] special sauce that will fix lots of subtle problems, and will soon be propagated to the existing Mac Pros.
This is the "latest" versions reflected in documentation:
Mac Pro
Mac Pro (Late 2013)
MacPro6,1
MP61.0116.B04 (EFI 2.0)
2.20f18 (SMC 2.0)
Mac Pro (Mid 2010)
MacPro5,1
MP51.007F.B03 (EFI 1.5)
Mac Pro (Early 2009)
MacPro4,1
MP41.0081.B07 (EFI 1.4)
Mac Pro (Early 2008)
MacPro3,1
MP31.006C.B05 (EFI 1.3)
Mac Pro (8-core)
MacPro2,1
MP21.007F.B06 (EFI 1.2)
1.15f3 (SMC 1.1)
Mac Pro (Original)
MacPro1,1
MP11.005C.B08 (EFI 1.2)
1.7f10 (SMC 1.1)
from:
EFI and SMC firmware updates for Intel-based Macs - Apple Support

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