External usb hdd - is it possible to
Hi,
I recently ordered a desktop. It has 1 internal hdd. I just finished putting a nice, clean linux install in it. However, I wondered if it is possible to disconnect or otherwise neutralize that internal hdd and use an external usb hdd as my "main" hdd in its place. Is that possible? I would actually have 2 external usb hdd: a) the "main" hdd with the OS for booting which would replace the current internal hdd and b) a "secondary" hdd just used for data storage. Surely, I could not be the 1st person in the world to have thought of this set-up. Am I? Where would I go to learn more? Is this possible and if yes, then how could I "transfer" the contents from my current internal hdd to one of these new external usb hdd? |
Yes there are possibilities:
1.) BIOS 2.) Lolevel format it 3.) delete the partition table with fdisk but it concerns electricity till you screw open your computer and pull down the 2 plugs of that HD. To copy all to a new location: - start a linux on DVD system (Knoppix-5.1 is just pretty for such a task) - mount the two hds - open a root terminal - type in #cp -ar from/a to/b //should work, make a test with /dev - wait some hours ... And yes, there is really no need of that - HDs are most internal. External drives are most used to store changeable data (backup). But the drives are so cheep that everybody uses hard raids. |
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