[lug] boot eSata

[David L. Anselmi]

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.

I expect it is but you'd have to try it and see.

> anybody have some first hand experience with this?  with both linux
> and win OSs?

OS is irrelevant, I think.

> 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.

USB and CD have been doing this for a while.  But wouldn't you rather 
just virtualize?

Dave