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Here is my configuration:
IBM R40 laptop
External USB2 40GB 2.5" drive.
The laptop BIOS has USB boot support. I have
tested this by putting DOS on the USB drive and booting from it. I have
used this drive quite a bit with WinXP and it has worked
flawlessly.
I have removed the internal drive on the laptop
temporarily because I don't want to chance messing it up. My goal is to
install Linux to the external USB drive and being able to run Linux just by
plugging in the USB drive and booting from it.
When running the Fedora Core 1 installer, the
external USB drive is recognized. I have tested this by putting a 4GB
partition on it with the ISO images. The remaining 36GB I just made as an
empty partition. The installer sees /dev/sda1 and /dev/sda2. The
installer can find the images on sda1. However once the installer gets to
the point of partitioning, the external USB drive is not seen. I don't
understand why at the beginning of the install the USB drive is seen, and a bit
later, the drive is not seen.
Any ideas on how to install to the USB
drive?
- Allen -
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