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02-19-2005, 09:54 AM	#1
hobz Member Registered: May 2004 Location: Cairo - Egypt Distribution: FC28 Posts: 124 Rep:	Linux on removable Hard Drive I have a toshiba Satellite Laptop I would like to install Mandrake 10.1 on an USB external hard disc as I have no space is this possible ??

02-19-2005, 12:09 PM	#2
JaseP Senior Member Registered: Jun 2002 Location: Eastern PA, USA Distribution: K/Ubuntu 18.04-14.04, Scientific Linux 6.3-6.4, Android-x86, Pretty much all distros at one point... Posts: 1,802 Rep:	As long as you can boot from the disk, you should be able to run Linux from it,... However, Installing it to the disk might be a bit of a hassle.

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