external hard drive

[Anne Wilson]

On Friday 02 January 2009 09:00:39 Peter Lesterhuis wrote:
> 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?

I've never done it, but I believe others have.  It would help if you could 
post the relevant part of /var/log/messages.

Anne
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