Re: [tlug] Booting LINUX from an external hard disk

["Nguyen Vu Hung" <vuhung16plus+shape@example.com>]

3 Mar 2008 10:34:07 +0900, Keith Wilkinson <PF2K-WLKN@example.com>:
> The O'Reilly SuSE LINUX book says:
>  > "How to use Windows boot loader to dual boot:
>  > 1. Write 1st stage boot loader to root directory
>  > 2. Boot system using rescue disk
>  > 3. Peel off 1st 512 bytes of LINUX and write them to a file:
>  >   # dd if=/dev/hda2 of=linux.bin bs=512 count=1
>  > 4. Put this file on a floppy or memory stick.
>  > 5. Boot into Windows and copy it to the Windows partition.
>  > 6. Modify boot.ini to add
>  >    C:\linux.bin="LINUX"
>
>  I wonder if anyone knows if this works for
>  dual booting to LINUX on an external hard drive?
I never done that but does your BIOS let you boot from an external hard drive?
If you can, there will be no need to modify boot.ini

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