USB booting :: External HDD

Ok first off, i know nothing about linux but im very keen to learn so please use lamans terms.

I have an external USB 2.0 HDD (maxtor 120gb onetouch)
And a usb pendrive. I also know that my mobo can boot from USB.

1) how do i put the .iso onto the USB pendrive?
2) is it possible to put DSL onto my external HDD?

Anyone?

For the USB stick, there is the Frugal USB install. You just unzip this onto your USB stick, and it should run. I haven't tried it myself due to a lack of USB pendrives. I'm not sure about using the external HDD to boot from, but there's no harm in trying, right?

say if i did put it on my externall HDD, would i have to put it at the root? or in a seperate folder or sumthing?

If your external hard drive is a STANDARD MASS STORAGE DEVICE

(no drivers needed in Mac or Windows XP)

then it should appear somwhere like /dev/sda or maybe /dev/sdb in Linux.

From there you can do a normal HD install, provided that your computer BIOS supports USB hard drive booting.

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