Boot 10.5.5 from firewire 800 on My MacBook Pro

Ok I have been trying to install 10.5.5 on and boot from a WD5000MT external drive. The install portion went fine but trying to boot while hooked up by fw800 eventually times out. The drive also has USB so I tried it from there and it came right up.
Is it just this drive? Are others able to boot from this or other drives by FW800?
Thanks for any help
J

Hi, jbrody, and welcome to Apple Discussions. Western Digital's FireWire drive enclosures tend not to be bootable. They use an inferior bridge chipset or cripple a good one with proprietary firmware, depending on whose claims/information you believe. I've seen far more posts about WD FW drives failing to boot Powerbooks and MB/MBPs than all other external FW drive brands combined. I wouldn't buy one under any circumstances. If you aren't satisfied to connect yours via USB instead of FireWire, return it in exchange for another brand with an Oxford FW bridge chipset or ask for a refund.

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