Mac Mini Startup Disk

Hi,
I have just got a Mac Mini, Dual Core and am trying to startup from a firewire HDD just as I seem able to do on my Powerbook G4 1.5 GHz and Powermac G4 533 MHz. I have OS 10.4.8 installed on the Firewire HDD yet when I select 'Startup Disk' from System Preferences I do not see the OS on the firewire dirve as an option. Any help/suggestions would be very gratefully received. Thanks very much.
Mac Mini 1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Hello! Your issue probably is related to the version of OSX you're trying to boot from. If the external is the exact same OS that's on the Mini it will work but if the OS is one for the PB or the G4 it's not likely to work. Take the Mini disk and do a new install on an external drive and you should have no problems or if you like you can "clone" the Mini drive to the external and it will work also. Tom

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