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Special Forums UNIX and Linux Applications Unix/Linux/BSD Post 302703911 by OGPartition on Thursday 20th of September 2012 02:17:10 PM
Old 09-20-2012
Dont know much about booting from external HD or if your computer will even allow it. You probably want to try installing/booting from a USB drive to test the OS out. There are instructions on their site as to how to do so.
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isohybrid(1)						      General Commands Manual						      isohybrid(1)

NAME
isohybrid -- Post-process an ISO 9660 image generated with mkisofs or genisoimage to allow hybrid booting as a CD-ROM or as a hard disk. SYNOPSIS
isohybrid [OPTIONS] <boot.iso> DESCRIPTION
The isohybrid utility modifies a an ISO 9660 image generated with mkisofs, genisoimage, or compatible utilities, to be bootable as a CD-ROM or as a hard disk. OPTIONS
-h <X> Number of default geometry heads -s <X> Number of default geometry sectors -e <X>, --entry <X> Specify parititon entry number (1-4) -o <X>, --offset <X> Specify partition offset (default 0) -t <X>, --type <X> Specify MBR ID (default random) -u, --uefi Build EFI bootable image -m, --mac Add Apple File Protocol partition table support --forcehd0 Assume we are laoded as disk ID 0 --ctrlhd0 Assume disk ID 0 if the Ctrl key is pressed --partok Allow booting from within a partition -?, --help Display help -v, --verbose Display verbose output -V, --version Display version information SEE ALSO
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