Fedora on an USB external HD

[Paul Howarth]

Antonio Montagnani wrote:
> Paul Howarth mi ha scritto / wrote to me il / on 17/03/2005 8.14:
> 
>> On Thu, 2005-03-17 at 04:26 +0100, pepone pepone wrote:
>>  
>>
>>> if you can't install Fedora directly in your USB hardisk this must be
>>> because the kernel havent suport for usb-storage.
>>>   
>>
>>
>> The kernel used in the FC3 installer is the same as the one that the
>> resulting installed system uses, and it does support USB. What doesn't
>> support USB disks is the disk partitioning part of anaconda.
>>
>>  
>>
>>> But you can make and image of and existing instalation into the
>>> hardrive with a recompiled kernel that's enable suport for your
>>> hard-drive.
>>>   
>>
>>
>> Or you could connect up a drive using an IDE cable, install on to it and
>> then put the drive in an external USB enclosure. You can then follow the
>> instructions at http://www.simonf.com/usb/ to get it booting.
>>
>> P.S. Please don't top-post on this mailing list.
>>
>> Paul.
>>  
>>
> tnx
> 
> I have read the simonf instructions....
> I have two point that are not clear to me (that is most of it)
> 
> 1) mkinitrd --preload=ehci-hcd --preload=usb-storage --preload=scsi_mod 
> --preload=sd_mod /boot/usbinitrd.img 2.6.9-1.667smp
> 
> Why shall I use 2.6.9-1.667smp??? or what else??

Whichever is the kernel installed. 2.6.9-1.667smp is the default for a 
SMP-capable machine in FC3. If you install an updated kernel, use that 
one instead.

> 2) If I have to use the modified mkinitrd for usb, what shall I do it???
> 
> Sorry but newbie to this kind of problems!!!!

Sorry but I don't understand that question.

Paul.