I just got a new company laptop. I'm tempted to occasionally use it
for none-work stuff but do not want to load amateur radio software on
to the C drive. How do the external USB hardrives perform for our
amateur radio needs?
I'm thinking I could get a external hardrive and keep the digital
Hi Andy and the group. If it is a newer laptop, you may find that you can have
it boot from and external device, i.e.. USB drive.
Check the BIOS settings and see if it can be done..
I have one Laptop, that will do that, and I boot Linux from the External USB
Drive.
Hope it works for you.
On Dec 29, 2006, at 8:30 AM, Andrew O'Brien wrote:
> I just got a new company laptop. I'm tempted to occasionally use it
> for none-work stuff but do not want to load amateur radio software on
> to the C drive. How do the external USB hardrives perform for our
> amateur radio needs?
>
> I'm thi
Another solution is to boot the machine via CD using a knoppix CD or
knoppix-based ham distribution like Harv's Hamshack. You can have it
automatically mount a home directory off a usb key or off a file on the
windows disk. That way you get linux, and zero or a very minimal footprint
on the laptop
