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List:       ilugc
Subject:    Re: [Ilugc] Installing GNU/ Linux to USB Hard Drive
From:       Shakthi Kannan <cyborg4k () yahoo ! com>
Date:       2006-12-24 7:10:05
Message-ID: 417437.87682.qm () web50201 ! mail ! yahoo ! com
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Hi,

> Now I would like to have an OS installed on it 

Install any recent distribution on it.

> notebook and choose the USB as first boot device,
the 
> OS installed on USB
> HDD should boot.

For this to happen, you need to install a bootloader
on the MBR of the external USB hard-disk. This can be
done during installation or later.

> I tried it once with Ubuntu and Fedora but in vain. 

What did you try?

SK

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