<html> <head> <style></style></head> <body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'> Hello,<br>An update to my previous hard drive failure. I bought a replacement from ebay. It doesn't work. Had people look at it: no dice.<br><br>I'm planning to pick up a new-ish laptop soon.<br><br>I got an idea. Is it overly difficult to install archlinux to an external hard drive rather than a new partition on the new laptop' internal drive? I think I've heard of people running linuxes from USB thumbdrives. It feels like it should be possible: almost like using two internal hard drives, but one is mounted externally through the USB.<br><br>If it is possible, are there any special considerations when purchasing the external drive? Most are marketed towards "Windows backup" options, but I can just re-format and install linux like a standard hard drive, correct?<br><br>If this idea is possible, it has a definite appeal to me.<br><br>Thank you :-)<br><br> </div></body> </html>