Installing Ubuntu as 2nd OS

[Derek Broughton]

Nils Kassube wrote:

> PEDRO MACANAS VALVERDE wrote:
>> Can you or anybody indicate a bootable external (preferly USB) hard
>> drive (make and model )  that can be used in Linux ?.
> 
> I don't think it depends on the disk. If the BIOS can boot from USB, any
> USB disk or USB stick should work. At least with my desktop and laptop it
> worked with a noname USB stick.

Well, as I just said to Peter, I installed Linux on a cheap external USB for
my father-in-law, and it was a waste of time.  You need something fairly
reliable.
-- 
derek