> I'm new to the Mac, and I bought an external hard disk for > my G4 for backup purposes. I formatted this disk using the > Disk Utility programme. The icon for this external hard > disk now appears in the Finder below the icon for the > internal hard disk, but when I try to install Mac OS 10.2 > on the external disk I get a warning from the installer > that it cannot be installed on that disk. I copied all the > files (including the System Folder) on the internal hard > drive to the external hard disk, but when I try to set this > disk as the start-up disk the icon doesn't appear in the > list of drives that can be designated as the start-up disk. > > So, my question is - how can I make the external drive > bootable? Hope someone can help. Thanks.
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