RE: [tlug] Dual booting LINUX from an external USB-connected drive

["Kenneth M Burling Jr" <burlingk@example.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tlug-bounces@example.com [mailto:tlug-bounces@example.com On Behalf Of
> Keith Wilkinson
> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 10:52 PM
> To: tlug@example.com
> Subject: [tlug] Dual booting LINUX from an external USB-connected drive
> 
>
> Wonder if anyone knows if this works
> for dual booting to LINUX on an external
> USB-connected hard drive?
> 
> =Keith Wilkinson
> 

How much difference is there between how the bios sees a thumb drive, and a USB connected disk drive?


I know it is possible to boot from thumb drives now.

One possible scenario, it could probably be set to have /boot on a thumb drive with the USB drivers compiled into the kernel, then load the USB disk drive as /.