external hard drive

[Peter Lesterhuis]

Hi,
I installed fedora 10 on a new box, but every time mouse and keyboard
are freezing an short while after logging in. Considering the messages
in /var/log/messages I have come to the conclusion that it must have
something to do with the SATA-controller. I have very little knowledge
about this. Reading lots of internet pages, bugzilla pages and sending a
few posts to this list did not reveal a solution. I am afraid there is
no solution.
Still I don't like the idea of having to use only the pre-installed
Vista. I am thinking of a different solution. If I can't use the SATA
disk to install fedora 10 on, why shouldn't I connect a second hard
drive (IDE), or an external hard-drive (connected via USB).
Before spending money on this I would appreciate if I could get some
advice. Is it possible to install fedora 10 on an external hard drive
and create en dual boot system?
Peter