On Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 12:05:04PM -0300, Afonso Duarte wrote: > Dear All, > > > > I have been using FC2 for some time and now i am interested in > installing it in my Toshiba 1400-103. > > > > Because i still need to use XP - :( - i am interested on placing the > FC2 on a external HD and keep the XP on the internal disk. The problem > on this is that my laptop does not boot from the usb... :( so I was > thinking of creating a boot floppy that could contain the main kernel > of FC2 and place the file system on the disk. You did not indicate whether your machine will boot to CD-ROM or not. On the off chance that it doesn't, check out Smart Boot Manager (http://sourceforge.net/projects/btmgr/). You could then create boot CDs as others have suggested. You might also be able to hack boot.ini to boot to the external drive, thereby eliminating the need for a CD or floppy. That is how I boot my laptop (http://www.charlescurley.com/Lenovo.R51.html), although Linux and XP co-habit on the built in hard drive. Does anyone know if ntldr.com will detect a USB drive? Failing that, how about a small (~100MB) /boot partition on the internal drive, with kernel and initrd pointing to the external drive? > > > > PS: I found some small linux distributions that do fit in one disk... > but i really need a full working distro like FC2 for the software i am > going to run on the laptop, so those ones will not do the job. Have you looked at Knoppix or Ubuntu live CDs? The main disadvantage is that live CDs are slow. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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