Max number of registrations from same OSX install disks

I have setup an external drive with a a bootable volume to install OSX 10.5 from the install disks that came with the computer. I have to register the OS again I guess to receive software updates. Is it possible to register the same copy of the OS (from the install disks) more than once ? The internal drive still has the original OSX 10.5 on it.

If you are booted from the second installation, so it can look for its
own Software Update online, it should be able to find them. Also,
you could re-install stand-alone downloads of the updates, offline.
{You may have to be booted from the OS X restore/install DVD
for the computer, in order to have it choose an external drive
choice, but you should also be able to choose a destination drive;
perhaps with different rules depending on where a 2nd HDD is.}
The 'registration' of an OS X version, if you have no internet, or
use offline update downloads of the necessary files; isn't needed.
So, you do not need to actually 're-register' but you do need to
run the Setup Assistant and personalize the computer, even offline.
(However, you would have to *personalize a new installation* and
that setup is where you get into a 'registration-like' mode. You
can choose to not go online, if you already have all the files on
DVD or CD from a previous standalone download of each.)
While a single-user OS X retail install (and the machine-specific
computer restore/install disc system) is licensed for one-install,
you can make a Clone of the system and use it for backup; this
also helps when you can boot from the Clone in a supported 2nd
hard disk drive and use one system to help fix another.
You do not have to register an OS X system for it to function. It
can be used offline all of its life, and do so just fine. You can go
elsewhere and get the stand-alone update files from the internet
and save them to a USB thumbdrive or other portable storage,
then apply them with the main computer offline, over & over.
So, I guess I don't understand the question. I make and use full
clones of everything in my computers, so essentially I have two
boot systems for each one installation; one is a complete copy.
For making a Clone, my preference (due to experience) has been
to get and use Carbon Copy Cloner from Bombich Software online.
It runs free, though is a donationware; and info is on their web site.
A clone is nice, if you can make more than one; an initial clone at
the point you first install a new system and update it; then a later
clone with your Mac's current complete hard disk drive, in use.
Then, you can be in a position to repair/replace and other tech
tasks with your computer, and not have to re-install. Just clone
or boot from an external clone. (Disk Utility can make/move .dmg
files and disk images of your installation can be re-used.)
Good luck & happy computing!
{edited}

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