MrWhisp Posted July 24, 2005 Report Share Posted July 24, 2005 Hi, I have a Dell Latidude D800 laptop at work, and since I travel a lot at work I want Linux as well as Win XP. Since the hd space is somewhat limited I had some thoughts about installing a Linux distro on a portable USB drive. The question is, has someone succeeded in doing this? I prefer Mandriva, but if anyone know about another distro it is okay as well. I read about small distros that could fit into a USB memory stick, but I want a full distro with KDE and Gnome. I also had plans about byuing the Globetrotter at Mandriva store, but it has been out of stock for quite a while now. Maybe they had stop selling them, or an upgrade might be on the way... Thanks for help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris:b Posted July 24, 2005 Report Share Posted July 24, 2005 aRTee, a member of this board, installed MDV on an ext usb disk on a dell laptop: http://www.mandrake.tips.4.free.fr/review101.html Why not just try it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWhisp Posted July 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2005 I ordered a USB driver from an Internet shop this morning, so in a few days I will try :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyspongebob Posted September 20, 2005 Report Share Posted September 20, 2005 aRTee, a member of this board, installed MDV on an ext usb disk on a dell laptop: http://www.mandrake.tips.4.free.fr/review101.html Why not just try it? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> That tip does not help me at all. It does not go into details. I was able to install 2005LE successfully after typing alt2 at the boot prompt but unable to boot completely from the usb drive. It went into kernel panic after init tried to mount root and boot partitions. I am more successful with 2006 RC2. I am able to install and boot 2006 RC2 from a system that can boot from usb to make a boot CD. Then I use that boot CD to use the usb drive in systems that cannot boot from usb. My usb drive is 40 gig WD Passport. J.T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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