Using External USB Drive for Linux Installation

Travis Roy travis at scootz.net
Thu Dec 30 11:06:00 EST 2004


Of course...

As long as the bios supports booting from a USB device, as many now do, 
you shouldn't have any issues.


> Hi all,
>    I currently have a Dell inspiron 5150 running XP with a nearly full 
> drive.  I also want to run linux( fedora ) on this laptop but don't want 
> to hassle with having to swap hard drives from the built in bay.  
> Is it possible/feasable to run Linux from one of those external usb 
> drive's?
> thanks,
>    Mark
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