[vox-tech] LINUX installation question windows Vista

[Eric Lin]

On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 12:13:26PM -0800, Jason Snyder wrote:
> To Whom it May Concern,
> 
> I have a computer with windows Vista and am having problems creating a
> partition due to pagefiles.  I was wondering if it is possible to just
> install/run linux from an external hard drive where I can easily have
> partitions of 250 GB as opposed to 7 GB, which is the maximum partition I
> can get on my C drive.

This doesn't really concern me, but I'll reply anyway. ;-)

Yes, you can install an OS on an external hard drive or even a USB flash
drive as long as your BIOS supports booting from it. Most modern systems
can boot from a storage device connected via USB, so this shouldn't be a
problem. I'm assuming your computer is relatively new because it can run
Windows Vista.

-Eric

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jason

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