[ug-bosug] installing solaris on external hard drive

[Pavan Chandrashekar]

Kurchi Subhra Hazra wrote:
> Hi,
> I recently bought a 160 GB external hard drive (maxtor) .Is there any 
> way to partition that and install opensolaris onto a part of the drive? 
> Any resource to help me out?

Do you connect the drive to the PC via USB?
If so, make sure that the BIOS supports booting via USB.
If this support is available, there is absolutely no difference with 
your internal hard disk and your external disk.

Regards,
Pavan
> 
> Thanks,
> Kurchi,
> CA,
> NIT Durgapur,
> India
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