On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 12:24 PM, Henry W. Peters <hwpet...@jamadots.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
