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
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
mkisofs(1)
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