tibo111 Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 I did a copy of my Macintosh HD in Carbon Copy Cloner on a external harddrive (LACIE) and it was saying that the harddrive was bootable. But when I'm holding the option key on start up it doesn't show up, and in system settings -> Start up disk it shows up but when I klick on it and klick on restart it does not reboot on LACIE, it's rebooting on Macintosh HD. Why? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/145528-cant-reboot-on-my-external-harddrive/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
tibo111 Posted January 9, 2009 Author Share Posted January 9, 2009 No body? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/145528-cant-reboot-on-my-external-harddrive/#findComment-1033846 Share on other sites More sharing options...
peach-os Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 No body? you can´t expect help without posting your specs. first of all you have to make the disk active and you have to apply efi. CCC doesn´t make bootable clones. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/145528-cant-reboot-on-my-external-harddrive/#findComment-1033858 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tibo111 Posted January 10, 2009 Author Share Posted January 10, 2009 I have an Imac intel core Duo 2.4 GHz (2007) Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.6 and the harddrive is an LACIE product (230GB) but i don't know the exactly name of it. It's about three years old. And what do you mean with make it active and apply efi.? I'm not so stupid that I don't have the disc on when I'm restarting my computer, is that what you mean with active? Well, I think it's bootable. http://www.dslreports.com/faq/12032 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/145528-cant-reboot-on-my-external-harddrive/#findComment-1035639 Share on other sites More sharing options...
peach-os Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 I have an Imac intel core Duo 2.4 GHz (2007) Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.6 and the harddrive is an LACIE product (230GB) but i don't know the exactly name of it. It's about three years old. And what do you mean with make it active and apply efi.? I'm not so stupid that I don't have the disc on when I'm restarting my computer, is that what you mean with active? Well, I think it's bootable. http://www.dslreports.com/faq/12032 :censored2: Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/145528-cant-reboot-on-my-external-harddrive/#findComment-1036046 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tibo111 Posted January 11, 2009 Author Share Posted January 11, 2009 I have already update the iMacEFIFirmwareUpdate 1.3 and the Boot ROM verision is IM71.007A.B03 So, how do I "apply" it ? Or what else do I need to do? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/145528-cant-reboot-on-my-external-harddrive/#findComment-1036340 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SticMAC™ Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Check the following.... 1) your Lacie is partitioned with GUID and formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled) 2) in CCC, clone the complete drive (option "backup everything", check to see if it says "This volume will be bootable" with a green aqua button next to it If by any chance you have a G5 iMac then the Lacie's partition should "Apple Partition Map" and not "GUID Partition Table" Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/145528-cant-reboot-on-my-external-harddrive/#findComment-1036360 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tibo111 Posted January 11, 2009 Author Share Posted January 11, 2009 The format is Mac OS extended, not Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and it's not partitioned GUID, it's Apple Partition Map. So thats why. But it's strange that in ccc it was saying that it was bootable. So do I need to reformat it, or can't i do it? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/145528-cant-reboot-on-my-external-harddrive/#findComment-1036394 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SticMAC™ Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 If it's a Intel iMac it will not boot from Apple Partition Map, but from GUID. regarding the CCC thinking it is bootable.....yes if it is used on a G-series Mac! it only verifies that it has a boot sector, G or Intel series! So, you will have to repartition it, then format it and again do a CCClone! SticMAC The format is Mac OS extended, not Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and it's not partitioned GUID, it's Apple Partition Map.So thats why. But it's strange that in ccc it was saying that it was bootable. So do I need to reformat it, or can't i do it? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/145528-cant-reboot-on-my-external-harddrive/#findComment-1036414 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tibo111 Posted January 11, 2009 Author Share Posted January 11, 2009 (I have intel iMac) Ok, thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/145528-cant-reboot-on-my-external-harddrive/#findComment-1036418 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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