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Both Minis are PPC
The one I upgraded to 10.5.2 is the newer one ("early 2006" I think they call it), and it boots with the LaCie drive. The one that is 10.3.9 is a little older. The Disk Utility in the older one reports its drive format as Mac OS Extended (Journaled), just like all the others; but it does not report a drive format (place where that info normally appears is just blank). Is that meaningful?
Earlier, when I was experimenting before I received the portable LaCie or upgraded to 10.5.2, I had the newer Mini at 10.4.11 and cloned it with Super Duper to a LaCie powered drive. That combination booted OK to the Mini at 10.3.9.
I am going to try the powered drive with 10.5.2 to rule in or out the power as a factor. I'll be kind of bummed if I can't get the portable to boot with the older Mini, as my plan is to use the portable LaCie to allow me to move between the two Minis, which are miles apart (one at work, one at home), and act as if I just had effectively one computer.
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