Trying to test a superduper bootable disk backup

Running OSX 10.5.8
Followed Superduper instructions , first partitioning a new 1TB external (lacie USB) using GUID and extended journaled format, then doing earase and copy all application of superduper.
But when i try to use the external to boot I get error message panic "unable to find drive for this platform\ACPI\...."
What am i doing wrong?

Duh... missed the USB completely, but if possible...
You need a USB2 drive with an OS X system installed (I am using 10.4.3, though any I think will work as far as what the machine can boot). As you know, there are many different ways of getting a system on a USB drive; contact me if you have any questions on how to do that, or search macosxhints.com for that information.
Connect the drive to your machine, and find out which partition the OS X system is installed on. I usually find this by going to Disk Utility and looking at the info for the partition on the USB disk with OS X. That is, disk2s3 is usually for a USB disk with no OS 9 drivers installed that is the second disk disk. disk3s9 might be a USB disk with OS 9 drivers that is considered the third disk. There are other ways of finding this out, but in my case, my disk is disk2s3 (the 3 on the end will come into play soon).
Start up the machine in Open Firmware (this is the fun part). Hold Command-Option-F-F right after the machine is turned on.
Here is the moment of truth. If this step does not work, I have had very limited success getting a machine to boot off USB2. In Open Firmware, type devalias, and you should get a list as output. In this list, look for ud, usually below where you see hd (ud is "USB Disk," I presume). If found, it will usually have beside it /pci@f2000000/usb@1/disk1, or something similar. Again, if you see this, I have not had this fail yet.
Now type printenv boot-device, which will usually get you output of boot-device hd:,\\:tbxi. (See where this is going yet?)
Type setenv boot-device ud:3,\\:tbxi where the number after the colon corresponds to that partition number we found in step two. You should get an ok back.
Type printenv boot-device, and you should see the change displayed already. Something like:
boot-device ud:3,\\:tbxi hd:,\\:tbxi"
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20060301112336384
The Partition# being important for ud:, not the Disk #.

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You're very welcome.
I do not see any CQ42-117TX notebooks.
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I found this on PC world. I have everything downloaded i need, i hope. I haven't tried to build the disk yet. I got to have some rest and sleep. Stay tuned for futher develonents. here is the link http://www.pcworld.com/article/2364269/how-to-reinstall-windows-like-a-pro.html?page=2
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My hardisk had some issues so got a replacement hardisk from HP. i installed the new hardisk sucessfully. however when i start my laptop it shows No bootable disk insert boot disc.
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