Re: install (k)ubuntu on external hard drives
On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 9:39 AM, Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 12:24:47PM +0200, roberto wrote:
>> hello
>> i know it is possible to install linux on external usb hd's; this is
>> fairly easy if the bios supports the BOOT FROM USB option
>>
>> but in older hardware this is not true and so i need to know if it may
>> be done in another way around
>
> Theoretically yes, but you still need some other means to boot. Maybe
> you could put /boot on a CD, but this would mean you have to rebuild
> that CD on every kernel upgrade.
this may be of some interest for you
http://www.freewebs.com/tsj/bootingUSB_ldp_v0.1.htm
--
roberto
OS: GNU/Linux, Debian
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