On Thu, 2004-07-08 at 16:16, Jim Cornette wrote: > rab wrote: > > > I've asked similar questions before. I've been directed to using > > mkinitrd but it's kind of complicated. Does anyone know of a Linux > > distribution that would be easy to install to and boot from a USB hard > > drive? > > I tried two different ways and two diferent computers for installing > from a USB drive. Neither worked out as expected. I've tried as well. Some ppl has managed to get it set up. But I sure can't get it to work. Might be my external casing/hard disk that's nto working as expected. I'm gonna try it out on a diff disc and a diff external casing this time. (My pal agreed to loan one to me for the weekend) try here for food for thought. http://simonf.com/usb/ http://benusa.com/linux/boot.htm > > I gave up for now on trying to install on a USB drive. You might check > out expert mode on a computer owned by you. > > > I thought the computer dept. at my old company was bad but the > > computer dept. people at the new job are just plain Nazi's and stupid > > besides. > > This probably is a good indication to not proceed on the company > computers. If they are just doing their jobs or are control junkies, it > is best to back off. > > > (One person told me she thought that Linux was not secure and was > > virus prone.) > > Wasn't this a comment from someone who controls the other OS? They > listen to him well, if he said it or it is just a rumor. > > > I would prefer to dual boot the machine but if I can't I would like to > > boot and run from an external USB drive. > > I guess some others use live CD editions of Linux. A search on this > topic might be of interest to you. I haven't personally ran these, but > they are bootable and don't really install on the machine. > > > The new machine supports booting from a USB drive - I checked the BIOS > > setup. I don't want to install anything on the computer's hard drive > > although if I had to boot initially from a floppy I could live with > > that. Surely someone has a simple solution. > > Best to not take chances, but a Live CD version of Linux sounds > interesting for home use and trials. > > Good luck, > > Jim > > > > > Rick B. > > > > -- Ow Mun Heng Fedora GNU/Linux Core 2 (Tettnang) on D600 1.4Ghz CPU kernel 2.6.7-2.jul1-interactive Neuromancer 09:36:54 up 43 min, 3 users, load average: 0.61, 1.02, 0.82
