Easy Install and Boot from USB Hard Drive?
Jim Cornette
fc-cornette at sbcglobal.net
Thu Jul 8 23:16:36 UTC 2004
rab wrote:
> I've asked similar questions before. I've been directed to using
> mkinitrd but it's kind of complicated. Does anyone know of a Linux
> distribution that would be easy to install to and boot from a USB hard
> drive?
I tried two different ways and two diferent computers for installing
from a USB drive. Neither worked out as expected.
I gave up for now on trying to install on a USB drive. You might check
out expert mode on a computer owned by you.
> I thought the computer dept. at my old company was bad but the
> computer dept. people at the new job are just plain Nazi's and stupid
> besides.
This probably is a good indication to not proceed on the company
computers. If they are just doing their jobs or are control junkies, it
is best to back off.
> (One person told me she thought that Linux was not secure and was
> virus prone.)
Wasn't this a comment from someone who controls the other OS? They
listen to him well, if he said it or it is just a rumor.
> I would prefer to dual boot the machine but if I can't I would like to
> boot and run from an external USB drive.
I guess some others use live CD editions of Linux. A search on this
topic might be of interest to you. I haven't personally ran these, but
they are bootable and don't really install on the machine.
> The new machine supports booting from a USB drive - I checked the BIOS
> setup. I don't want to install anything on the computer's hard drive
> although if I had to boot initially from a floppy I could live with
> that. Surely someone has a simple solution.
Best to not take chances, but a Live CD version of Linux sounds
interesting for home use and trials.
Good luck,
Jim
>
> Rick B.
>
>
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