On Sat, 2006-06-24 at 03:01 +0100, Karanbir Singh wrote:
Mike wrote:
Greetings CentOS Fans.
I'm working on an Inspiron 9400 Laptop. It supports booting from USB devices, so I'd like to install CentOS on a USB hard drive as an alternative to XP.
this might not help you, but just so you know - CentOS-4 does not support installing to or booting from usb drives. You might still be able to do it using some trick or the other, but officially its not supported.
Haven't gotten around to trying the CentOS Live CD yet. Does it support customization on a USB key (like Knoppix)?
LiveCD+USB key might serve the OP's purpose as an XP alternative. (Or - my preference - just shrink the XP partition and dual-boot if that is an option for you [e.g. not somebody else's laptop].)
Phil