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Search Tech-Forums - link takes you to our Forum's search page. Note: The following is only a text archive! To view the actual forum discussion, please visit our website at http://www.tech-forums.net Pages:1 Booting from external HDD(Click here to view the original thread with full colors/images)Posted by: PnkFloyd27 I might only have the option to boot Ubuntu Linux off of an external hard drive. So I have a few questions. 1.) Are there any disadvantages to booting off of an external HDD? 2.) Are there any specific external hdds that I cannot use on Linux? I thought that there were problems with USB devices in Linux. 3.) Will I be able to install Ubuntu normally and just choose the external hard drive to install on? Posted by: jakec Floyd, 1) it is slower than on a conventional HDD to do [b]anything[/b] 2) No not to my knowlege at least 3) yes Jake Posted by: Greg Not all mobos let you boot from USB though, right? Posted by: macdude425 Most new ones will let you - it's the one more than 4 or 5 years old that you run into trouble with. vBulletin Copyright ©2000 - 2003, Jelsoft Enterprises Limited. PPC Management vB Easy Archive Final - Created by Xenon |