Ars Technica

Running linux from an external drive using firewire (or usb)

I have an external hard drive onto which I would like to install linux. I also have a laptop with a broken ide controller which has no hard drive. I would like to boot from a floppy disk or cdrom, and ...
Ars Technica

Instructions for creating a bootable Linux partition on internal hard drive

Despite having turned to The Google, I'm having trouble getting this process entirely down. My issue is the following: I have a MBP, purchased August 2010 (eg the last model prior to the Thunderbolt ...
Houston Chronicle

My Computer Won't Boot Up With the External USB Hard Drive Attached

Connecting an external hard drive to a computer before turning on the system can confuse the device when loading the operating system. When a computer hangs after the BIOS splash screen while being ...
PC World

Dual-booting Linux with Windows: What you need to know

Windows 10 isn’t the only (kind of) free operating system you can install on your computer. Linux can run from just a USB drive without modifying your existing system, but you’ll want to install it on ...