At 6:55 AM -0400 27/9/06, Mark Kippert wrote: > >The "C" key tells the computer to start up the internal optical drive. This >doesn't work with an external device. > >Try holding down the Option key at startup. You'll come to a screen that >will allow you to select from any available bootable volume (internal or >FireWire external). At that screen click the volume's icon you want to boot >from and click the continue arrow. I knew that :-[ :-D . Must be how I got it to work before. My Alzheimer's must be kicking in again. Many thanks, Mark! It worked splendidly. Fred