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On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 12:24 PM, Henry W. Peters <hwpeters@××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> Hope this is a good list for my question/problem (please someone direct me |
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> to another list, if not). |
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> I purchased a HP Pavillion desktop, AMD64 computer on the premise that I |
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> could add an additional HD (verified by an HP "technician")... on which I |
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> plan to install Gentoo... I (finally) got the additional hard drive... but |
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> now it appears that you CANNOT add an additional internal HD... (no room, no |
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> slot, unless perhaps one does modifications, then (most likely, there goes |
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> the warantee?)). |
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> So my question is: will an external HD work (I do audio |
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> editing/recording/graphics) as a system/work space? & more importantly, will |
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> Gentoo install on such a HD (external, usb 3)) |
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> Thanks much for any advice/help. |
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> Henry |
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Hi, |
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If you really need a new drive (i.e. - the one that came with your |
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machine is just too small, etc.) then I'd look at imaging the drive |
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that's currently installed, putting in a larger drive, partitioning |
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this larger drive to hold both Gentoo and what ever M$ OS you might be |
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using, and then just work to get both OS's working but keep the |
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current drive on the shelf as a backup. This way you could always go |
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back to what you have. |
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Just an idea. |
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Good luck, |
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Mark |