Not able to boot after updating to 10.5.1

Hi all,
Have been running 10.5 on an external disk having left Tiger on the internal.
After updating to 10.5.1 the system doesn't boot at all. I get the grey screen with the apple symbol and NO spinning "wheel". I have to re-boot from the install DVD to be able to change the start volume to 10.4.11. From Tiger I have tried to change the start-up volume to 10.5.1 again but still the same problem, in some cases it goes back and starts Tiger even if I set the volume to Leopard.
Re-installing 10.5 doesn't change anything, the older version behaves in the same way.
I suspect it must have something to do with booting sequence.
Any suggestions ?????

If you're comfortable with opening things up you could take the drive out of its case and plug it into the ide cable inside the G4 along with your existing system drive. (Assuming this is a G4 tower)
To be on the safe side you could just swap it with your current internal disk and see if it boots as well.

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