[lug] boot eSata

[Lori Reed]

karl horlen wrote:

> i imagine it's mostly a function of the bios.  if you can enable "boot from eSata" or similar than it's probably a go.  but i'm not sure if that's standard bios fare these days.
>
> anybody have some first hand experience with this?  with both linux and win OSs?

Not with eSATA or SATA, but since the early 90's I've installed all my 
desktop 3.5" PATA and SCSI disks in mobile carriers. This works well if 
your computer case has at least one 5.25" slot on the front. I've also 
installed these carriers in external USB/1394 drives.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=mobile+dock+sata

I've used these with multiple versions of MS, Linux, and QNX.

> i'm liking the idea of having separate bootable OS's on different eSata drives if possible versus traditional dual boot scenarios on a single internal drive.  just seems cleaner and more flexible to me in the long run if i can do it.

It served me well in the days before virtualization, relatively small 
disk drives, and I had only one computer.

These days I'm leaning towards virtualization, but until I get my new 
(to me) Dell 8400 online I don't have any computers with enough horse 
power to do any significant virtualization.

Lori
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