Re: external hard drive -- linux
From: Gonzalo (nomail_at_nomail.com)
Date: 08/27/04
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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 12:00:24 -0400
j-marvin wrote:
> hi-
>
> at walmart they have seagate external drives.
>
> yast wont give me a proposal for partitioning
> because (probably) i have basically one 55gb main windows
> partition and a 7gb one i dont know the purpose of.
>
> so i was thinking i could get a external drive at
> walmart. then let yast erase it (because it will
> probably be ntfs) and then install linux to external
> drive. the reason i think this is yast identifies
> the drive and allows me to select it with a check
> box.
>
> will i have problems with a dual boot system doing
> it this way? my internal drive has windows and external
> will have linux.
>
> anyone have any experience or know about this?
>
> i like this idea better than buying partition magic
> because i get an extra drive out of the deal.
>
> please let me know what you think,
> jim
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