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Eric Davis wrote:
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<div>Here is an option,</div>
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<div> Use VMware workstation and point the New Virtual Machine
Wizard to a folder on your external USB drive. Install CentOS there. Be
sure to select Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 so the proper drivers will be
loaded. This will allow your XP system to stay intact and allow you to
run CentOS at the same time. I do this with my Latitude and it still
runs quite fast! This doesn't directly solve your problem but is an
option.
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<div>Eric D<br>
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/24/06, <b
class="gmail_sendername">Phil Schaffner</b> <<a
href="mailto:P.R.Schaffner@ieee.org">P.R.Schaffner@ieee.org</a>>
wrote:</span>
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style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">On
Sat, 2006-06-24 at 03:01 +0100, Karanbir Singh wrote:<br>
> Mike wrote:<br>
> > Greetings CentOS Fans.
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> ><br>
> > I'm working on an Inspiron 9400 Laptop. It supports booting
from USB<br>
> > devices, so I'd like to install CentOS on a USB hard drive as
an<br>
> > alternative to XP.<br>
> ><br>
><br>
> this might not help you, but just so you know - CentOS-4 does not<br>
> support installing to or booting from usb drives. You might still
be<br>
> able to do it using some trick or the other, but officially its
not
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> supported.<br>
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Haven't gotten around to trying the CentOS Live CD yet. Does it support<br>
customization on a USB key (like Knoppix)?<br>
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LiveCD+USB key might serve the OP's purpose as an XP alternative. (Or
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<br>
my preference - just shrink the XP partition and dual-boot if that is an<br>
option for you [e.g. not somebody else's laptop].)<br>
<br>
Phil<br>
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That's an interesting idea, but I'm not sure I want to fork out $200
for vmware workstation. Do you know if vmware player would be
sufficient?<br>
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I'm also wondering, if vmware is installed does it add yet another
constant process even when "not" in use? This machine gets heavily
loaded with video editing, music recording and of course gaming... <br>
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