[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?

[jakec]

Floyd,

1) it is slower than on a conventional HDD to do anything
2) No not to my knowlege at least
3) yes

Jake

[Greg]

Not all mobos let you boot from USB though, right?

[macdude425]

Most new ones will let you - it's the one more than 4 or 5 years old that you run into trouble with.