Installing Back Track on an external hard drive

[kermit911]

I am really excited to try out Back Track, this is my first OS different then Windows. I have an 18 gig external SOYO hard drive. Is there a link or directions that I can follow on how to install Back Track on my external hard drive? I found directions on installing back track on USB, Hard Drive, Dual Boot, etc... but nothing on external had drives. Thank you.

Kermit

[eeepclover]

Change your BIOS to boot from the removable device first, then follow the USB thumbdrive instructions.

[kermit911]

Thanks, I'll try that.

Kermit

[QuicKSwitcH]

Another question, i installed BT4 on a partition of my 500gb external hd, is there anyway that i can pull up the data partition of this harddrive when i boot into Win7? currently it recognized the harddrive but im assuming it sees the boot parition on it and not the data partition...

[2u31a]

Just remember to install grub on your USB-HD and not on your HD.
i've been using a spare copy of BT on a USB hard disk for ages so far and the good think is that once plugged the USB drive on each pc, it works perfectly and automatically adjust the screen size.

[kermit911]

To continue this thread and not make a new I have another question.

I'm using a Soyo 20gig external laptop hard drive. When I installed BT4 on it, it only let me partition like 6 gig on my first partition and 1.5 gig on the second partition. I'm not sure why, anyone have any ideas? Also I keep getting a message that says I am running out of room, would I like to run Kronos or something like that. When it pops up again I'll write it down so I am a little more clear on what I am talking about.

Did I do something wrong when I partitioned my drive? Is there a way I can partition all of my hard drive space, like 9 gig on partition 1 and 9 gig on partition 2? I was thinking about formating the hard drive again and starting over now that I have more of an idea on how to install it.

Thanks
Kermit