Easy Install and Boot from USB Hard Drive?

[Ow Mun Heng]

On Thu, 2004-07-08 at 16:16, Jim Cornette wrote:
> rab wrote:
> 
> > I've asked similar questions before. I've been directed to using 
> > mkinitrd but it's kind of complicated. Does anyone know of a Linux 
> > distribution that would be easy to install to and boot from a USB hard 
> > drive? 
> 
> I tried two different ways and two diferent computers for installing 
> from a USB drive. Neither worked out as expected.

I've tried as well. Some ppl has managed to get it set up. But I sure
can't get it to work. Might be my external casing/hard disk that's nto
working as expected.

I'm gonna try it out on a diff disc and a diff external casing this
time. (My pal agreed to loan one to me for the weekend)

try here for food for thought.
http://simonf.com/usb/
http://benusa.com/linux/boot.htm


> 
> I gave up for now on trying to install on a USB drive. You might check 
> out expert mode on a computer owned by you.
> 
> > I thought the computer dept. at my old company was bad but the 
> > computer dept. people at the new job are just plain Nazi's and stupid 
> > besides.
> 
> This probably is a good indication to not proceed on the company 
> computers. If they are just doing their jobs or are control junkies, it 
> is best to back off.
> 
> > (One person told me she thought that Linux was not secure and was 
> > virus prone.)
> 
> Wasn't this a comment from someone who controls the other OS? They 
> listen to him well, if he said it or it is just a rumor.
> 
> > I would prefer to dual boot the machine but if I can't I would like to 
> > boot and run from an external USB drive. 
> 
> I guess some others use live CD editions of Linux. A search on this 
> topic might be of interest to you. I haven't personally ran these, but 
> they are bootable and don't really install on the machine.
> 
> > The new machine supports booting from a USB drive - I checked the BIOS 
> > setup. I don't want to install anything on the computer's hard drive 
> > although if I had to boot initially from a floppy I could live with 
> > that. Surely someone has a simple solution.
> 
> Best to not take chances, but a Live CD version of Linux sounds 
> interesting for home use and trials.
> 
> Good luck,
> 
> Jim
> 
> >
> > Rick B.
> >
> >

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