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| From | Andreas Kohlbach <aug14.8.ankman@spamgourmet.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc |
| Subject | Re: a question of installing linux operating system on external hard drive |
| Date | 2014-08-22 15:41 -0400 |
| Organization | albasani.net |
| Message-ID | <871ts8pb1b.fsf@usenet.ankman.de> (permalink) |
| References | <0d9743e0-e58a-4c43-9fed-0c05e0d575bc@googlegroups.com> <877g20pc0p.fsf@usenet.ankman.de> <766abad8-e52c-455d-bf30-27300e033555@googlegroups.com> |
newbie2 wrote on 22. August 2014: > > On Friday, August 22, 2014 3:20:06 PM UTC-4, Andreas Kohlbach wrote: >> >> I do have an Ubuntu installation on a jump drive, installed to be >> >> "persistent". Every time I boot from it it takes off where I shut it >> >> down. You could also have chosen to start fresh every time (you lose your >> >> work unless you saved it to your Windows partition or elsewhere before >> >> shut down). >> >> >> >> Because USB sticks tend to die after a few years (at least mine use to do >> >> this ;-) an external HD, usually plugged in via USB, will do a better job. >> >> >> >> You plug in the drive, insert the installation media of your favorite >> >> Linux distribution and then select the external drive for installation >> >> (be careful not to accidentally wipe the Windows partition). You should >> >> also set boot priority to first use USB. That's about all there is to >> >> know. > > Thank you. Do you feel it is slow and painful to use? Indeed. I should had mentioned it. But that's only for the jump drive. On an external HD it should be much better. -- Andreas I wish my grass was emo. Then it would cut itself.
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a question of installing linux operating system on external hard drive newbie2 <xsli2@yahoo.com> - 2014-08-22 08:11 -0700
Re: a question of installing linux operating system on external hard drive Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2014-08-22 10:37 -0500
Re: a question of installing linux operating system on external hard drive Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-08-22 17:17 +0000
Re: a question of installing linux operating system on external hard drive newbie2 <xsli2@yahoo.com> - 2014-08-22 11:06 -0700
Re: a question of installing linux operating system on external hard drive Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2014-08-22 14:30 -0500
Re: a question of installing linux operating system on external hard drive Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-08-22 19:34 +0000
Re: a question of installing linux operating system on external hard drive Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2014-08-22 20:16 +0000
Re: a question of installing linux operating system on external hard drive floyd@apaflo.com (Floyd L. Davidson) - 2014-08-22 10:08 -0800
Re: a question of installing linux operating system on external hard drive Andreas Kohlbach <aug14.8.ankman@spamgourmet.com> - 2014-08-22 15:20 -0400
Re: a question of installing linux operating system on external hard drive newbie2 <xsli2@yahoo.com> - 2014-08-22 12:28 -0700
Re: a question of installing linux operating system on external hard drive Andreas Kohlbach <aug14.8.ankman@spamgourmet.com> - 2014-08-22 15:41 -0400
Re: a question of installing linux operating system on external hard drive Balwinder S Dheeman <bdheeman.SANSPAM@outlook.com> - 2014-08-24 18:06 +0530
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