Hmm interesting question.

firstly i wouldn't bother unless it was usb2

can your laptop boot from the usb drive? some can and some can't.

I am not sure what you mean by "do a one time boot menu from my laptop to boot 
from the usb device."

Other than booting i see no problem, and perhaps performance. 


On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 19:53:38 -0700
David Hole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Has anyone had any experience installing the Gentoo dist. to an external
> usb drive. I've got a 40gb usb drive that I've made a 10 gb partition in
> that I would like to install bootable linux on. That way I could easily
> do a one time boot menu from my laptop to boot from the usb device. I'd
> like to give it a go with Gentoo if that seems reasonable. If it seems
> feasable. I'd be up for the install-fest.
> Dave
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > [Snip blah blah Gentoo yadda yadda 2005.0 rhubarb rhubarb binaries]
> >> Anyway, just an indication of interest is all i'm after at this
> stage.

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