Need help connecting to my external drive

I have an EXTERNAL drive connected to my iMac G5 running 10.4.11. I can not access this drive via the network from my MacBook running 10.5.7. I've check file sharing on both machines prefs.
I can connect to the iMac's HD from my MacBook via my network, but just can't seem to locate the EXTERNAL thats connected to it. I downloaded Sharepoint and still can not get my remote computer to find the external drive.

Great news, thanks!
Leopard will be the last OS for PPC Macs, so eventually you'll have to, but I'm thinking Tiger should be compatible for another year or two, but in a couple of years Leopard may no longer be sold by Apple, I'm seeing Tiger Install discs go for $200+ nowadays.

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