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