[MrHappyMonkey]

In my quest to fix/backup my G4 iMac, I've loaded an install of OS X.3 onto my iPod. However, I can't seem to boot from the iPod correctly. What I am doing is using the Hardware test/system restore DVD to boot into the start-up disk selector. I enabled the iPod in disk mode so it could boot from it. When I select the iPod as the boot disk, it displays a circle with a cross through it similar to the icon on the iPod when it says "do not disconnect". I've verified that there is indeed a full copy of OS X on the iPod by connecting the iPod to my PC and viewing the files. What is the problem here?

[anti-sleep]

Try just holding down option when you boot up. That usually brings you to a screen where you can choose what disk to boot off of.

[MrHappyMonkey]

i'm able to choose the drive to boot from, the problem is that when it tries to boot, it displays the circle with a cross through it on a gray background.

[andreas_g4]

AFAIK booting Mac OS X from an iPod was only possible until X 10.1.5. There's a KB document that explaines that using the iPod as boot disk could harm the device. I don't find it by this time, though.

I could be wrong, but I'm quite sure.