Re: installing on USB hard disk

From: Jon Drukman (jsd_at_cluttered.com)
Date: 09/07/05

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Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2005 22:17:06 -0700

    Ow Mun Heng wrote:
    > I've done this ages ago, so pardon if this is no more applicable. Try
    > setting on the kernel boot line : expert.
    >
    > I think this was what made it also probe usb drives.

    that worked - it allowed me to install the OS onto the external USB
    drive. however, i can't boot it. when i boot my system i get the
    normal windows boot menu.

    my bios doesn't recognize the usb disk at all so somehow i have to get a
    bootable cdrom with usb storage support that i can use to load linux
    from the external disk. i tried following the instructions at

    http://www.vigla.eclipse.co.uk/

    but it presumes you can actually get into a linux system to build the
    bootable cd, which i can't.

    is there any way to load linux from windows, or does someone have a
    pre-made boot cd with usb storage support?

    -jsd- 

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