Tiger 10.4.11 vs Leopard?

Hi folks,
It seems there are few people talking about this issue. But I am just wondering, if I clone the whole Tiger 10.4.10 to an external HD, then install Leopard. After 10.4.11 is released in the future, does it work if I book my laptop from the external hard drive and do the software upgrade? Will the 10.4.11 be installed to the external hard drive? I am curious this is going to work....
Thanks,
Ray

the only choice is to click "Install" or "Quit". Can you tell me how you "save" it without installing?
Those are the only two buttons on the dialogue box. The other options are in the main Apple menu bar across the top of the screen. Just highlight the items you want to download and choose Download Only from the menu. When the downloads are complete, the folder they went to on your hard drive will automatically open. I then move them to the desktop and close the now empty folder it opened. Close Software Update and run the installer packages whenever you want on as many Macs as you want.
There is one slight drawback to this, but so far it only seems to affect the Pro apps. There are a few updates to Final Cut Studio that will allow you to download the files, but they won't update from your own computer. They can only be properly installed through Software Update. But those are the only ones I've run across that do that. All other OS, QuickTime and security updates update just fine from your own computer.

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