On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 11:30:13 -0600, Von Fugal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Blair Austin Bullock [Mon, 19 Jul 2004 at 11:20 -0600] > > I tried doing as you suggested to install linux on an external USB hard drive > > but it did not seem to change anything. I noticed later that when I boot up to > > the CD that it does load drivers for a USB storage divice, so I think it > > recognizes the external hard drive even without doing as suggested, but I still > > don't see anyway to install to that hard drive. The only options I see are to > > partition and install to my internal hard drive. Any other suggestions that > > might help would be appreciated. > > Well, sounds like the install just doesn't care to look for the sdX devices. > I would try removing /dev/hdb and symlinking it to /dev/sda (or the > appropriate device paths if you using devfs or something like that). That > way the installer will 'see' hdb and allow you to partition and install on > it, but it really just points to sda. Don't worry about b0rking your system > or anything, this change to your /dev directory is only on a RAM disk for > the installer program instance. It's nothing permanent. > > Von Fugal
More likely the installer scans for usable drives before the driver is loaded, in which case you need it to load sooner than that. I can't think of a good way to do that myself, but someone else may. ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
