On 4/27/21 12:02 AM, Patrick Dupre wrote: You can install to the external drive and it will be bootable, but you will have to select it from the BIOS/EFI boot menu. It's unlikely that you can make it the default boot.

This is the partition table. Could it prevent to the fedora installer to see the partitions (actually the SSD)? Disk /dev/sdc: 976773168 sectors, 465.8 GiB Model: Crucial X6 SSD Sector size (logical/physical): 512/512 bytes Disk identifier (GUID): 6399BACF-A9B6-4F2F-A121-2BA9F52A4A09 Partition table holds up to 128 entries Main partition table begins at sector 2 and ends at sector 33 First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 976773134 Partitions will be aligned on 8-sector boundaries Total free space is 410980367 sectors (196.0 GiB) Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name 1 34 32767 16.0 MiB 0C01 Microsoft reserved ... 2 32768 1568767 750.0 MiB 0700 3 1568768 11808767 4.9 GiB 0700 4 11808768 52768767 19.5 GiB 8200 5 52768768 53792767 500.0 MiB 8300 6 53792768 360992767 146.5 GiB 8300 root 7 360992768 565792767 97.7 GiB 8300 home > Hello, > > The current problem (I set APCI and the internal disk is recognized) is > that fedora installer does not see my external SSD. > I tried add hard drive > in custom mode. > > =========================================================================== > Patrick DUPRÉ | | email: pdupre(a)gmx.com > Laboratoire interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne > 9 Avenue Alain Savary, BP 47870, 21078 DIJON Cedex FRANCE > Tel: +33 (0)380395988 | | Room# D114A > =========================================================================== > > > > Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2021 at 9:21 AM > > From: "Samuel Sieb" <samuel(a)sieb.net&gt; > > To: users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > > Subject: Re: Installation on externnal SSD > > > > On 4/27/21 12:02 AM, Patrick Dupre wrote: > > > I planed to install fedora on an external SSD. > > > Because the internal disk of the laptop is currently not visible by fedora > > > live, I planed to make the external SSD bootable. > > > I guess that it can be done via grub2. > > > Is there any thing special that I need to be warmed up? > > > > You can install to the external drive and it will be bootable, but you > > will have to select it from the BIOS/EFI boot menu. It's unlikely that > > you can make it the default boot. > > _______________________________________________ > > users mailing list -- users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org > > Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure > > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org > Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure >

Thanks for all the advises. Finally, without I have an explanation, the SSD has been recognized by the installer, and I was able to make a proper install. > > On 2021-04-27 1:13 a.m., Patrick Dupre wrote: > > The current problem (I set APCI and the internal disk is recognized) is > > that fedora installer does not see my external SSD. > > When you go to the "Installation Destination" page, what hard drives are > listed? > > > I tried add hard drive > > in custom mode. > > That's only for special types of storage. Standard hard drives are > automatically detected. > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org > Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure >