Yes, you are rigth about the standard install and the BIOS drives remaps! I tried configuring GRUB in the MBR of the external disk, and the procedure described in the refered paper failed at the last point, ie. the kernel output a lot of errors and failed to boot... Thanks for your comments! Regards, Miguel. 2007/12/31, Mikkel L. Ellertson <mikkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Miguel Blanco wrote: > > Hello! > > > > Excuse me if this is a known FAQ, but I can't find any thing related > > to external usb disk > > (not USB key, ie. real 2.5" disk) but this > > http://www.vigla.eclipse.co.uk/usb_install.pdf > > paper wich refers to an old Fedora Core 3 version. > > > > I tried the process described above translating where applicable to F8 > > with no sucess. > > > > Do you know whow can I install F8 in an external disk ? > > > > Regards, > > Miguel > > > You have to use the expert install. The standard install does not > offer to let you use USB drives. The drive will be accessed as a > SCSI drive. (Almost all drives in F8 are accessed as SCSI drives.) > Depending on your system, it will probably be /dev/sdb. > > About the only complication is that you want to install Grub to the > USB drive. If you are planning on using the BIOS boot from a USB > device option, you will also have to modify the Grub device map so > that the USB drive is the first BIOS drive. (The BIOS remaps the > drives when you boot from the USB drive.) This is not necessary if > you are chainloading from another Grub install. > > Mikkel > -- > > Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, > for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > >
