Installing SuSE 8 in a usb Hard Disk

[Guera Arteaga]

Hi,

We are installing SuSE 8 in an Acer 500T, it has an internal Hard Disk of only 3GB. We want to mantain Win98.

The problem:
There are onely 2GB of free space in hda. If I install SuSE in an external USB Hard Disk (Fujitsu HandyDrive 20GB - 14GB for linux and the rest for Win98), the intalation fails after CD1 during "preparing system for first boot" (loconfig---failed).
The same happens if we install SuSE in hda2 with USB HD conected, and if it is disconected Linux does not mount USB HD during start up.

Question:
1.- How can we install Linux in a USB HD?
2.- or how can we make linux to mount and recogniz the USB HD during start up.
3.- What directories should be in the external HD so that programs like StarOficce and Netscape run from this disk, and that all my files are stored there.

[Sonuby]

I personally dont have a clue but Try the NHF and see what that does for you
http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/Installation/How_to_Create_a_Multiple_Partition_System.html
If that doesnt help theres always Google search and i believe a couple of the vets that post here either have written on the subject or have links on there pages to articals.
either way if anything this post puts it back at the top of the list.
:D
Good luck