Ok I have read all of the archive posts for this subject and it doesn't look as if anyone knows how to do this, I have tried expert mode, I have tried loading the usb mass storage driver. I have even tried plugging in th device after initial install boot. Needless to say I have been unsucessful in all attempts. I have tried with FC4, and RHEL 3 to no avail. I HAVE however read plenty of posts on other forums where people say "I have redhat running on my external usb hdd" , however none of them give any clues how they got it installed. Basically FC4 only sees the internal SATA drive and not the USB drive, and RHEL 3 , doesn't see ANY drives. SO has ANYONE got ANY linux installed and running on an external USB Hard Drive. The drive I have is a toshiba laptop drive in a USB enclosure. -- Chris Hood chris.hood@xxxxxxxxx