10.4.2 No Boot w/ FW HDD I Use for Backup

Okay, so I plug in my new iMac 20", RevB and all my accessories. Including me 200GB external Fire Wire HDD. Everything is good. Then, I run Software Update and things are fine. After restarting with the 10.4.2 update, I get the "Please Restart Your System" Error, similar to the Microsuck Blue Screen of Death. What gives? It is a Maxtor HDD that is relatively new and has worked flawlessly with 10.3.9. Any thoughts? Help would be appreciated because I'd like the updates that .2 provides, but I need my external. Thanks a lot.

Did you unplug the FW drive before applying the updates? Sometimes leaving external devices plugged in while doing an update can cause a problem.
I would unplug everything, reapply the full update - not the incremental one - and then try it again. After it is applied, then start plugging in your devices one at a time.

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Archie7 wrote:
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All you people looking here on this dead thread.....
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Use MALWAREBYTES (free download and use for 28 days)
Scan and fix. Mine found over 300 trojans that 2013 Norton 360 could not find.
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SCAN again.
Re-boot and empty the malwarebytes repair files it retains...
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Make a back-up repair disc. Ooooops......no you cant...........at least my laptop can`t.
I don`t know why.....
Tell me tosh..... why does windows x64 refuse to allow me to make a system boot disc (even though the laptop is all driver updated and Windows updated)?
Uninstall MalwareBytes when Norton/McAfee tells you there will be a conflict between the two programs.
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You replace and re-boot....but again you get no bios or boot up.... you think its destroyed the Bios or graphics somehow....youo can hear the hard-drive but you have no clue whats going on..
Around this time you shake the laptop in frustration.....
Calm down.
Switch on and leave FIFTEEN MINUTES....Ten of which will be a Black nothing screen with maybe a single white underscore line in the top left corner.LEAVE IT ALONE.
Make a sunday dinner for ten people....When you go back to the computer it will be up and running.
When you re-boot again, it will be dead black for five minutes...then boots up... you still think it has a problem... LEAVE IT.
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Enjoy.
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1
default 0
timeout 32
gfxmenu (hd0,1)/boot/message
###openSUSE on sda2 - legacy grub
title openSUSE 11.4 - Celadon - gnome
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.37.6-0.7-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/usb-Seagate_FreeAgent_GoFlex_NA0E702X-0:0-part2 resume=/dev/disk/by-id/usb-Seagate_FreeAgent_GoFlex_NA0E702X-0:0-part1 splash=silent quiet showopts nomodeset vga=0x314
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.37.6-0.7-default
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title Failsafe -- openSUSE 11.4 - 2.6.37.6-0.7
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.37.6-0.7-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/usb-Seagate_FreeAgent_GoFlex_NA0E702X-0:0-part2 showopts apm=off noresume nosmp maxcpus=0 edd=off powersaved=off nohz=off highres=off processor.max_cstate=1 nomodeset x11failsafe vga=0x314
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.37.6-0.7-default
###floppy###
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###Fedora on sda5 - legacy grub
title Fedora 15-Lovelock gnome
root (hd0,4)
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title Mint 9 Lucid Lynx gnome
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title Debian 6.0.2.1 squeeze gnome
root (hd0,1)
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initrd /boot/debian/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-686
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title Mandriva 2011 KDE
root (hd0,1)
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initrd /boot/mandriva/initramfs-2.6.38.7-desktop-1mnb2.img
savedefault
boot
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Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072932864 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders, total 625142447 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000c3bbb
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 2048 4208639 2103296 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda2 4208640 46153727 20972544 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 46153728 87113727 20480000 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 87115770 614031755 263457993 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 87115776 128075775 20480000 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 128077824 169037823 20480000 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 169039872 209999871 20480000 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 210001920 250961919 20480000 83 Linux
/dev/sda9 250963968 291923967 20480000 83 Linux
/dev/sda10 291924031 332886015 20480992+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda11 332888064 373848063 20480000 83 Linux
/dev/sda12 373848678 414992383 20571853 83 Linux
/dev/sda13 414994432 435474431 10240000 83 Linux
/dev/sda14 435474495 455956829 10241167+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda15 455958528 578881535 61461504 b W95 FAT32
/dev/sda16 578881599 614031755 17575078+ 83 Linux
Disk /dev/sdb: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders, total 312581808 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x95aa95aa
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 63 294889139 147444538+ 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sdb2 294889140 312576704 8843782+ 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
That's it for now.
Last edited by newbie55 (2011-09-23 22:19:58)

I'm IN! Thanks everyone for your suggestions!
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https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pe … ice_naming
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####arch on sda10 - legacy grub
title ARCH
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/arch/vmlinuz-linux root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/510bb601-13c1-46ec-87c0-a800dd2efb8b ro rootdelay=8 rootfstype=ext4
initrd /boot/arch/initramfs-linux.img
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boot
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2. read further
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- Neb

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Late 2012 Mini won't boot from ext HDD with 10.8

Having just replaced an early 2009 Mini with a later 2012 mini, I tried booting off an external HDD that is a backup with Mountain Lion 10.8 as the OS. I selected it to be the boot drive after holding down the option key, but the boot process never went beyond the white screen/Apple logo, even after waiting for minutes.
The external drive is in a Newer 3.5" enclosure with a FW800 port connected to the Mini via a FW800 cable. After booting from the internal drive I can view and change items in the 10.8 external drive. This drive previously booted fine from my old Mini.
[Note: This is not related to my earlier "Snow Leo won't boot" question.]
Thanks

The problem is the version on the external drive, if created
on the old Mini (infered from ""This drive previously booted
fine from my old Mini.") won't boot on the new Mini because
it lacks drivers that are not available on the general Mountain Lion
updates. Since the new Mini came out after 10.8.2, only the
version on it contains the proper drivers. Also, if the version
on the external drive is earlier than 10.8.2, it will never boot
as no Mac can boot to an OS older than it was shipped with.
Whenever 10.8.3 comes out, it will likely sync all current models again.

10.4.2 No Boot w/ FW HDD I Use for Backup

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