Re: [gentoo-amd64] Hard drive (installation)

[Mark Knecht]

On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 12:24 PM, Henry W. Peters <hwpeters@××××××××.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Hope this is a good list for my question/problem (please someone direct me
> to another list, if not).
>
> I purchased a HP Pavillion desktop, AMD64 computer on the premise that I
> could add an additional HD (verified by an HP "technician")... on which I
> plan to install Gentoo... I (finally) got the additional hard drive... but
> now it appears that you CANNOT add an additional internal HD... (no room, no
> slot, unless perhaps one does modifications, then (most likely, there goes
> the warantee?)).
>
> So my question is: will an external HD work (I do audio
> editing/recording/graphics) as a system/work space? & more importantly, will
> Gentoo install on such a HD (external, usb 3))
>
> Thanks much for any advice/help.
>
> Henry
>
>

Hi,
   If you really need a new drive (i.e. - the one that came with your
machine is just too small, etc.) then I'd look at imaging the drive
that's currently installed, putting in a larger drive, partitioning
this larger drive to hold both Gentoo and what ever M$ OS you might be
using, and then just work to get both OS's working but keep the
current drive on the shelf as a backup. This way you could always go
back to what you have.

   Just an idea.

Good luck,
Mark