Quote Originally Posted by bhxtyrant View Post
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You didn't suggest SCSI... is that dead these days?

USB would be easiest but wouldn't it be really slow compared to an internal drive?

I would quite like a bootable Linux CD or something. If I went that route, could I install Linux programs to my HD while running Linux of the CD, or would the disk not be recognised?
If I had a bootable Linux USB key (say I copied a bootable CD onto a key) then presumably I could then just fire up FireFox and go download my free Intel compiler onto the key, which would be treated as the primary Linux partition?

I'm due to get broadband pretty soon, maybe then I'll download one of these 'magic CDs' and see what happens.