FireWire Startup Disk Problem

[Leo D. Venezuela]

Hello.

I recently acquired a FireWire enclosure for my 2.5" 12GB hard disk 
(transferred from a retired PB1400c/G3 250). Installation was a snap 
and upon connecting the drive to my TiBook/400 (running OS X 10.2.6), 
it immediately mounted and transfers to and from the notebook are a 
snap.

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.

Is there anything I missed in the process?

Would appreciate any inputs from the more enlightened members of this list.

Thanks.

Leo
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