Newbe and external HDD install not booting...

[poopboypat]

*EDIT*

 

Ok I can now boot from the external HDD, new problem I boot the first time into leopard and I get a message that I need to restart the computer. I did this 6 times. Any help?

 

Fixed with: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=86593

 

 

 

*OLD PROBLEM*

 

Ok I installed using Kalway disk and installed to a external HDD Disk ID: disk2s1

 

I reboot and I just got the letter H thats it nothing else. So I searched and did this:

 

 

fdisk -e /dev/rdisk2s1 (hit Enter)

update (hit Enter) ( updates the MBR )

f 1 (hit Enter) (Makes the partition active - USE the ACTUAL partition number (see above))

w (hit Enter) (writes the MBR to the activated partition from above)

q (hit Enter) (quits the fdisk utility, saving changes)

reboot (ya, hit Enter...) (what do you think this does...)

 

Pull the DVD and, if everything went properly above, it should now boot off the HD...

 

 

Well nothing happened. The external HDD started to work and then it just stoped. So the system is trying to boot from the external, but nothing is happening. Instead of an H i get just nothing a _

 

Any tips or anything at all would be very helpfull.