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Originally Posted by keyshawn
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).
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Looks like no one saying much about the second part of that question....
Some Computers will boot off of usb drives, seems most will not.
One of my desktops will, neither of my laptops will though...
Before investing much money if you have a usb memory stick try using it.
You can get drive enclosures for under $20 so not a big investment if you have a drive already. Its always nice to have an external drive with a laptop.
http://www.axshop.com/details.aspx/sku-1278/
http://www.xpcgear.com/ue350au2bl.html
I have odered stuff from axshop and never had a problem with them, don't know about xpcgear..