[Ti] FireWire Startup Disk Problem

[Kynan Shook]

Here are some links to steps to take to solve this sort of problem, 
courtesy of Apple's Knowledgebase:
<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106805>
<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106464>


"Leo D. Venezuela" <levenezu at myrealbox.com> writes:
> I wanted to make the FireWire drive into an OS X startup disk. I
> installed OS X 10.2 on the FireWire drive and upgraded the
> installation to 10.2.6. I then selected the FireWire drive as the
> startup disk in the Startup Disk option in System Preferences. My
> TiBook then restarted. However, after the startup gray apple
> disappeared, it was replaced with a gray "forbidden" sign and the
> startup process wouldn't continue further. I also tried to boot from
> the FireWire drive by pressing the Alt/Option key during the startup
> process and selecting the FireWire drive. But after selecting it, I
> also get the "forbidden" sign and the process wouldn't proceed
> further. I've already installed the PowerBook Firmware Update 4.1.8
> but the problem persists.


Kynan Shook
kshook at mac.com
http://homepage.mac.com/kshook/index.html