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04-01-2005, 10:54 AM	#1
Rossb907 LQ Newbie Registered: Apr 2005 Posts: 2 Rep:	Portable Installation on USB HD DISCLAIMER: I AM TOTALLY NEW TO LINUX, PLEASE RESPOND ACCORDINGLY. I want to install a distro on a USB hard drive that will be completely independent of the system I connect it to. (Assuming of course USB boot capability) I do NOT want a small, crippled system. Ease of installation is a must. Has anybody used Mandrake MOVE, will it work for this purpose? I have several used pullout laptop HDD's and I bought USB enclosures for them, they work very well for portable storage but now I want a complete OS on one for my laptop. The next project after this (assuming I find a solution) is to take 4 of the enclosures and attach them to a powered hub and try for RAID 5. Any suggestions to avoid trouble there?

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