Re: Fedora on an USB external HD

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On Thu, 2005-03-17 at 04:26 +0100, pepone pepone wrote:
> if you can't install Fedora directly in your USB hardisk this must be
> because the kernel havent suport for usb-storage.

The kernel used in the FC3 installer is the same as the one that the
resulting installed system uses, and it does support USB. What doesn't
support USB disks is the disk partitioning part of anaconda.

> But you can make and image of and existing instalation into the
> hardrive with a recompiled kernel that's enable suport for your
> hard-drive.

Or you could connect up a drive using an IDE cable, install on to it and
then put the drive in an external USB enclosure. You can then follow the
instructions at http://www.simonf.com/usb/ to get it booting.

P.S. Please don't top-post on this mailing list.

Paul.
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Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>


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