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Current version by mgaffney,

Title:

re-booting from an external HD?

Text:

My iBook G4 has been set to Network start

up for some time because of a faulty motherboard. Since the HD is full I`ve bought a replacement 320 GB internal HD & because Leopard is no longer available I`ve cloned the original HD to my Lacie 500 GB external HD. An old iFixit manual suggests holding down Option whilst re-starting to bring up the "Boot" menu. I`ve been trying to test boot up from the Lacie unsuccessfully. Holding the option key I`m been taken to the blue screen with the curly arrow & straight one & a symbol of the iBook`s HD but no sign of the Lacie either here or in the start-up section. The Lacie is a USB HD..Can anyone tell me how to re-boot from the Lacie??

Device:

iBook G4 12" 1.33 GHz

Status:

open

Accepted Answer:

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Original post by mgaffney,

Title:

re-booting from an external HD?

Text:

My iBook G4 has been set to Network start

up for some time because of a faulty motherboard. Since the HD is full I`ve bought a replacement 320 GB internal HD & because Leopard is no longer available I`ve cloned the original HD to my Lacie 500 GB external HD. An old iFixit manual suggests holding down Option whilst re-starting to bring up the "Boot" menu. I`ve been trying to test boot up from the Lacie unsuccessfully. Holding the option key I`m been taken to the blue screen with the curly arrow & straight one & a symbol of the iBook`s HD but no sign of the Lacie either here or in the start-up section. The Lacie is a USB HD..Can anyone tell me how to re-boot from the Lacie??

Device:

iBook G4 12" 1.33 GHz

Status:

open