Installing OS X on External 2.5 SATA

[Thelamesauce]

Is there a way to do this without running into problems? I'm trying to install Leopard onto an external hard drive taken out of a macbook white with intent to reinstall it once the OS is on. But I can't seem to get anything I've tried to work. I downloaded, burned and attempted to install iATKOS_v1.0ir2.iso, but the installation failed halfway through with nothing but the most generic error message " Installation failed, try restarting". Has anyone tried this before?
Oh and before you suggest it, yes I tried installing a retail version of Leopard from the macbook itself, but the startup promps (c, n etc) seem to be disabled so it goes straight to a blinking file with a question mark over it without ever reading the DVD.
Thanks in advance.
-Josh

[thorazine74]

Disk location or size should not matter for installation as long as you have support for the SATA disk controller. Try a more recent 10.5.6 distro, I'm not even sure whats that iAtkos 1.0ir2...
You can see the full installation log in the menubar.
You cant boot a retail disk on a PC straight, you need a bootloader like boot132 or chameleon2, either on a CD or on a USB Drive.

[Thelamesauce]

Well, I think I'm coming to the conclusion that there is absolutely no simple way to do this, so I'm just going to borrow someone else's macbook to install it from.

[xXrkidXx]

or if u already have it installed on your computer, try going into the utilities folder and click Remote Install Mac OS X(get a retail DVD for this if your installing on an accuall Mac) and just do what it tells you to. problem solved.