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keyshawn · 02-11-2006, 07:51 AM

Hey,

Basically, I'd like another hard drive for myself. I've read a few stories on the net about people buying internal hard drives and making a case for them, so they're external. Since I have a laptop, an external hard drive would best suit me. I am hesitant though to shell out a bit more cash for an external hard drive.
So, I'm willing to build a case for with an internal one. Anyone ever try this before ? What's your success doing this ?

The reason I'm doing this, is well, I miss linux on iBook and I don't want to mess with my hard drive on the notebook. I would install linux on the external hard drive (probably ubuntu or Debian, PPC editions). Could I run another OS from an external hard drive, I'm presuming I could, but I'm wondering about the speed limits of USB (2.0).

thanks,
keyshawn

02-11-2006, 07:51 AM	#1 (permalink)
keyshawn Psycho	Making an external case for an internal hard drive Hey, Basically, I'd like another hard drive for myself. I've read a few stories on the net about people buying internal hard drives and making a case for them, so they're external. Since I have a laptop, an external hard drive would best suit me. I am hesitant though to shell out a bit more cash for an external hard drive. So, I'm willing to build a case for with an internal one. Anyone ever try this before ? What's your success doing this ? The reason I'm doing this, is well, I miss linux on iBook and I don't want to mess with my hard drive on the notebook. I would install linux on the external hard drive (probably ubuntu or Debian, PPC editions). Could I run another OS from an external hard drive, I'm presuming I could, but I'm wondering about the speed limits of USB (2.0). thanks, keyshawn __________________ currently reading: currently playing :