Fedora Core 6 on Portable HD

haroldthesage · 11-20-2006, 12:31 AM

I recently acquired Seagate 100 GB portable hard drive and I was wondering if I can stick Fedora core 6 on it, run it off of it, and still be able to use it as storage with windows, also if all of those are a yes, how would I go about doing it?

Law · 11-20-2006, 02:04 PM

Partition it.

haroldthesage · 11-20-2006, 07:33 PM

that's it? Geez i thought it was more complex than that.

The General · 11-20-2006, 07:49 PM

Yeah, partition it, one for Fedora and the other for storage. Just run the installer from CD, and install it on the USB hard drive. You'll need a BIOS that can boot from USB drive in order to boot into Fedora afterwards.

TheRecluse · 11-20-2006, 11:10 PM

you'll probably want to make the storage partition in FAT32 so both windows and linux can read/write from it easily

haroldthesage · 11-26-2006, 01:40 AM

I just tried to install it 4 or 5 times and all i keep getting is an error that says GRUB i've got a partition laid out for it but it doesn't seem to accept an operating system how do i get it to work?

11-20-2006, 12:31 AM	#1 (permalink)
haroldthesage Newb Techie Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 46	Fedora Core 6 on Portable HD I recently acquired Seagate 100 GB portable hard drive and I was wondering if I can stick Fedora core 6 on it, run it off of it, and still be able to use it as storage with windows, also if all of those are a yes, how would I go about doing it? __________________ I would have had a girlfriend by now if girls would just stop shooting me when I get close. I found my special someone once, she immediately realized her mistake and jumped off a bridge. For the final time, I WILL NOT BE SERIOUS! Somewhere out there, there's an angry mob with pitchforks and torches just waiting to form. I will not answer random PMs don't waste your time.

11-20-2006, 02:04 PM	#2 (permalink)
Law Wizard Techie Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 4,171	Partition it. __________________

11-20-2006, 07:33 PM	#3 (permalink)
haroldthesage Newb Techie Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 46	that's it? Geez i thought it was more complex than that. __________________ I would have had a girlfriend by now if girls would just stop shooting me when I get close. I found my special someone once, she immediately realized her mistake and jumped off a bridge. For the final time, I WILL NOT BE SERIOUS! Somewhere out there, there's an angry mob with pitchforks and torches just waiting to form. I will not answer random PMs don't waste your time.

11-20-2006, 11:10 PM	#5 (permalink)
TheRecluse Super Techie Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 467	you'll probably want to make the storage partition in FAT32 so both windows and linux can read/write from it easily __________________

11-26-2006, 01:40 AM	#6 (permalink)
haroldthesage Newb Techie Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 46	I just tried to install it 4 or 5 times and all i keep getting is an error that says GRUB i've got a partition laid out for it but it doesn't seem to accept an operating system how do i get it to work? __________________ I would have had a girlfriend by now if girls would just stop shooting me when I get close. I found my special someone once, she immediately realized her mistake and jumped off a bridge. For the final time, I WILL NOT BE SERIOUS! Somewhere out there, there's an angry mob with pitchforks and torches just waiting to form. I will not answer random PMs don't waste your time.

11-20-2006, 07:49 PM	#4 (permalink)
The General Banned Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 5,170	Yeah, partition it, one for Fedora and the other for storage. Just run the installer from CD, and install it on the USB hard drive. You'll need a BIOS that can boot from USB drive in order to boot into Fedora afterwards.

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