Mike wrote: > Eric Davis wrote: > 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 > > 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? > > 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... You don't have to purchase VMware W/S, you can download VMware server, create what you need, then convert it to work on VMware player... HTH Mark