Installing ubuntu on an ipod to run on a computer?

[AlexxxG12]

Could I plug my Ipod into my computer and install ubuntu (or any version of linux really) onto it? I don't want to run linux on my ipod (i've done that before) I want to run linux on my computer off of my ipod. Is this possible? would it act as a hard drive?

[C.S.Cameron]

In bios is your Ipod recognized as a hard drive?
If so why not.
Be careful when you get to partitioning, you want to leave the original files on their own partition and not format it.

[gali98]

YOu would have to boot off it like a usb hard drive.
I wouldn't recommend it though. It could kill the life of your ipod.
Kind of like the problem with putting ubuntu on a usb drive. After a while it will run out of read/write cycles and it will go kaput. I'm not sure about this, but you might want to check into it before you go further....
Plus another thing I just now thought of...
Can you get complete access to the drive on the ipod? Doesn't the software on the ipod lock the drive?
Just some thoughts...
Kory