What FireWire hard drive works with 10.4.1?

I'm trying to back up my Tiger OS system and need a compatible external drive to use the downloadable back up software.
Can't seem to find what will work online. Help!

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  Model Name:          iMac
  Model Identifier:          iMac7,1
  Processor Name:          Intel Core 2 Duo
  Processor Speed:          2 GHz
  Number Of Processors:          1
  Total Number Of Cores:          2
  L2 Cache (per processor):          4 MB
  Memory:          1 GB
  Bus Speed:          800 MHz
  Boot ROM Version:          IM71.007A.B03
  SMC Version:          1.20f4
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