Installing OS in a usb drive (ext HDD or pendrive) and booting from it.

[aditya.shevade]

Hi

Can anyone please tell me how to install os in a usb storage device like ext. HDD or a pendrive? OS's include Linux (peannut, readhat, ubuntu, fedora) as well as windows (98 and XP) and how to boot from that ext. usb device.

Please help me.
Aditya

 

[aditya.shevade]

Hello I am waiting.......

 

[rakeshishere]

Install any os like for eg: Damn small linux which is meant for pen drives ...and go to ur bios setup while booting by clicking DEL button and change the default boot as not ur c drive but ur pen drive which ever name it has

 

[Pathik]

ur usb drive should support booting...

 

[hemant_mathur]

I have a original Intel 850MV motherboard .. it doesn't have the option of booting from usb device ..will a bios update help ??

 

[Pathik]

check the intel site...
i think both the m/b and the usb drive should support booting..

 

[vandit]

i dont think u can boot from a harddisk if u want to boot it from a pc of a different config. then urs(from which u created the bootable)......(for win XP and 98)dunno abt DSL....

 

[ravi_9793]

i dont think u can boot from a harddisk if u want to boot it from a pc of a different config. then urs(from which u created the bootable)......(for win XP and 98)dunno abt DSL....

yes I also think the same...we must boot the same computer on which we hae install the OS.

 

[Ramakrishnan]

see this article on pcstats.com *www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1676