Here is an option,
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.
Eric D
On 6/24/06, Phil Schaffner <P.R.Schaffner at ieee.org> wrote:
>
> 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
>
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