Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (5130 mails)

["Mr. Benjamin Meis" <adhdsibling@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- James Knott <james.knott@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Mr. Benjamin Meis wrote:
> > 
> > --- James Knott <james.knott@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> >> Mr. Benjamin Meis wrote:
> >>>> Mr. Benjamin Meis wrote:
> >>>>> Does anyone know how to install SuSE linux on
> an
> >>>>> external usb hard drive?
> >>>>> Ben
> >>> --- James Knott <james.knott@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> There are a few distros available that are
> >> designed
> >>>> to be installed on
> >>>> pen drives etc.  Also, the computer must
> support
> >>>> booting from those drive.
> >>> My BIOS supports it, but this is not a pen
> drive,
> >> this
> >>> is a full hard drive in an enclosure.  Where
> could
> >> I
> >>> find such a distro?
> >> Google on "linux distro usb" to find several.
> >>
> > Those are just live distros, I'm talking about a
> full
> > version of SuSE linux INSTALLED on a usb connected
> > hard drive.  my hard drive is a 250GB internal
> hard
> > drive that I have put in a usb enclosure and I
> want to
> > install SuSE 10.0 to it.
> 
> Perhaps those links will provide you with sufficient
> info.  What happens
> if you try to install to that drive?
> 
The install disc recognizes that a usb hard drive is
there, but doesn't want to do anything with it (i used
the grep command to find that out, someone on the
chats helped me with that)

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