[NTLUG:Discuss] Can one boot from an external Hard Drive ?

[terry]

Tom Tumelty wrote:
> I have a Western Digital external USB port 120 Gig
> hard drive. 
> 
> I use this drive primarily for backups. 
> 
> Is it possible to boot my toshiba laptop ( model
> 1115-s103 ) from a partition on this external hard
> drive?
> 
> I would like to put Linux on a partition on this
> external drive.
> 
The BIOS determines what drives a PC will / can boot.