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Old 08-02-2009, 12:50 PM   #1 (permalink)
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linux on external hard drive

i have a 500gb external hard drive which i want to partition and put linuxon.

i have a laptop on vista premium and a computer on xp pro (both capable of booting from usb) so technically i should be able to but i was just wondering about things like the os bootloader... since its booting from a completely different source will it just load straight away or will it still for some reason create a bootloader screen.

also will i have problems with hardware drivers and compatabillity for linux?

fairly amateur at this sort of stuff, and i have never actually used linux before, i just want to give it a go

thanks, all help appreciated
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