Starting up from External Drive

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Hey all,
I have an emac with a nearly kaput hard drive. I bought a 500gb Western Digital external with the intention of using it to startup, bypassing the damaged internal. I get this from the 10.4 install disk: 'You cannot install Mac OSX on this volume, Mac OSX cannot startup from this volume.'
Now I formatted the external with disk utility to partian it as a Mac volume, but no soap. Why the dickens not? Never had this problem installing the system and starting up on an external before.

Dave
 
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Is the external USB or FireWire?
 
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Margaritaville
Your Mac's Specs
3.4 Ghz i7 MacBook Pro (2015), iPad Pro (2014), iPhone Xs Max. Apple TV 4K
Is it USB 2 or USB 1.1?
 

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