Booting from External FW drive?

[srexy]

I've scoured my google results to no avail.

I've done it before to verify a backup but for the life of me can't remember the key sequence to do this...

How do I boot from my external firewire drive?!

System is Macbook Pro 2.33ghz Intel core 2 duo w/3gb ram.

Thanks in advance

 

[Eidorian]

Hold down option after the boot tone and select it from the boot loader?

 

[lee.anderson]

if you want to make a drive bootable, you have to open disk utility, which is in applications >utilities> disk utility

once open:
select the disk you want to make bootable >
go to the partition tab >
change the volume scheme to 1 partition >
select options and chose GUID partition table
and then select apply. But it will also delete all your data on that disk... i think.

This makes your disk bootable for os x. but you will need to install os x on this disk as well (insert the os x cd, reboot and hold C . Chose the external disk and install onto it)

 

[srexy]

if you want to make a drive bootable, you have to open disk utility, which is in applications >utilities> disk utility

once open:
select the disk you want to make bootable >
go to the partition tab >
change the volume scheme to 1 partition >
select options and chose GUID partition table
and then select apply. But it will also delete all your data on that disk... i think.

This makes your disk bootable for os x. but you will need to install os x on this disk as well (insert the os x cd, reboot and hold C . Chose the external disk and install onto it)

I'm using SuperDuper to backup and one of the options is to make the disk bootable.

So the sequence is -> Power on ->after chime/startup tone press and hold down option key? - Is this correct?

Thanks.

 

[Eidorian]

I'm using SuperDuper to backup and one of the options is to make the disk bootable.

So the sequence is -> Power on ->after chime/startup tone press and hold down option key? - Is this correct?

Thanks.

That is correct. I had a feeling you had used Super Duper! or CCC.