NUC with no mSATA Mageia 4 Install onto external USB3 port

Mageia install on Intel NUC (D54250) with no mSATA ssd installed.
Intel NUC has 4 external USB3.0 ports into which I plug external: DVD and an HDD which is to have Mageia installed on it..
The DVD is an ordinary external USB drive.
The HDD is connected via a combined SATA data+power (with 4 pin Molex supply to an external PSU) connector through a SATA <-> USB3.0 adapter to the NUC.
Installing from DVD (or ftp:// ) fails - as Mageia3 and Mageia4 does not see the HDD but they do see the DVD.
It gets past the disk partitioning but then reports that there is no setup list, then returns to an unfilled partitioning page.
It is necessary to open the box, and use the internal SATA port. I run the HDD though a SATA <-> USB3.0 adapter;
so it is no great problem, I just have to open the Box and swap the SATA cable over.
SUMMARY:
Linux has a problem installing to a USB hard drive. I don't know if this is a firmare problem or a Linux OS problem.
Once installed Mageia3 and Mageia4 work properly with the USB3 connected HDD.
I hope this is of help to you if you have discovered this problem.
Mandrake - Mandriva - Mageia is an extraordinarily good OS - but damned by faint praise from reviewers.
Intel NUC has 4 external USB3.0 ports into which I plug external: DVD and an HDD which is to have Mageia installed on it..
The DVD is an ordinary external USB drive.
The HDD is connected via a combined SATA data+power (with 4 pin Molex supply to an external PSU) connector through a SATA <-> USB3.0 adapter to the NUC.
Installing from DVD (or ftp:// ) fails - as Mageia3 and Mageia4 does not see the HDD but they do see the DVD.
It gets past the disk partitioning but then reports that there is no setup list, then returns to an unfilled partitioning page.
It is necessary to open the box, and use the internal SATA port. I run the HDD though a SATA <-> USB3.0 adapter;
so it is no great problem, I just have to open the Box and swap the SATA cable over.
SUMMARY:
Linux has a problem installing to a USB hard drive. I don't know if this is a firmare problem or a Linux OS problem.
Once installed Mageia3 and Mageia4 work properly with the USB3 connected HDD.
I hope this is of help to you if you have discovered this problem.
Mandrake - Mandriva - Mageia is an extraordinarily good OS - but damned by faint praise from reviewers.