[Lancaster] Question on external hard drives

[Ken Hough]

On Sunday 26 April 2009 14:33:38 Wayne Ward wrote:
> Yes virtual box sounds good
> I just tested the new ubuntu release in a virtualbox
> NICE :-)
>
> Wayne
>
> Rik Boland wrote:
> > Hi bro
> >
> > Was thinking about space for a desk, box, monitor, keyboard.
> > Otherwise I done that as that what you suggested and so just trying to
> > learn it all with in restriction that I have.
> >
> > The V.M sounds  good, especially if my hard drive is big enough to do
> > all things at once!

RAM space may be the limiting factor. Don't forget the you will need enough 
RAM to run your host OS  --  PLUS enough space for any guest OSes that you 
wish to run, say 512MB to 1GB each.

Also, most virtual machines do not allow access to all of the hardware on the 
host machine.

Ken Hough

> >
> > Shalom
> >
> > Wayne Ward wrote:
> >> Hi rik yes this can be done but could make things a bit more of a
> >> headache for you
> >> I would try and keep your first install as straight forward as possible
> >> maybe a virtual machine would be easier using virtualbox maybe??..
> >> although a old spare computer would be the best way to be honest ;-)
> >>
> >> Regards
> >> Wayne
> >>
> >> Rik Boland wrote:
> >>> Hi
> >>>
> >>> I want to get started on Gento but I don't have another machine to
> >>> work with, nor do I want on, so is it all possible to use a external
> >>> hard drive in a caddy and to boot it up that way?
> >>>
> >>> I hope that makes sense and I hope you can.
> >>>
> >>> If you can how easy is it to do it?
> >>>
> >>> Shalom