Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2700 mails)

[Adam Vazquez Kb2Jpd <adamvaz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dr. Gavin Pillay wrote:

> Hi All,
> I have a situation in that my notebook won't boot from an external USB
> HardDisk, and it does not have a floppy drive.
> What I wish to do, is install linux (any flavour as long as I can use
> XFCE), on the external drive but boot up via CD.
> I don't want anything written to the MBR of the notebook internal harddrive.
>
> I'm sure someone has either done this, or knows how to.
> Any help would be appreciated.
> I've been "googling" it for a bit, but still haven't found a proper method.
>
> Thanks
>
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> SynapseR
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Second post: New article at NewsForge for your reading pleasure.

http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/07/08/1522251&from=rss

Good luck on your problem.

Adam in NYC