Hi Stephen, On 08/11/2007, Stephen Dickinson Finance Assistant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good afternoon guys and girls, > > I've been reading this list for a couple of weeks now but this is my > first post. I'm amazed at all the knowledge on here, so please bear with > me if I'm being a little slow!
Welcome to the list! > > Now am I right in thinking that if I had a 350gb USB Hard Drive that I > could create a single partition on it (in the same way that I would with > a USB stick) and then install Gusty and use it as a portable Linux box, > just with no screen or keyboard? > > Its so I can carry it around and have all my stuff in one place but plug > it into any PC I find. > > Would it, in theory, work? My guess is yes, but I'd be interested in > everyone else's opinions. Thanks very much! As Rob mentioned, there's the driver issue. The other problem I can think of is whether the PC you plug it into will boot off the external drive. I've come across a few (especially older ones) that won't boot off USB. Hwyl, Neil. -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
