ottaway4371@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Unless they have changed things, you have to do an expert install if you want to install to a USB hard drive. (At the grub prompt when booting from the install media, enter "linux expert".)Hello,I would like to install Fedora 8 to a Seagate 40GB USB external hard drive. I have found the instruction on the Fedora Wiki to install the Live Image to a memory stick but I would like to do a regular install in such a fashion that I could run Apache from the USB hard drive. Is this possible and could someone point me in the right direction?
If you plan on using the BIOS "Boot from USB device" to boot from the drive, you have to change the default Grub install so it installs to the MBR on the USB drive, and so that Grub know the the USB drive will be the first BIOS drive when booting. There is a menu that lets you do this.
Unless you are planning on booting with the drive always installed, or are planning to put /boot on your internal drive, do not install Grub to the MBR of you internal drive. If you do, Grub will not be able to boot without the USB drive plugged in.
Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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