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Re: a question of installing linux operating system on external hard drive

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From Andreas Kohlbach <aug14.8.ankman@spamgourmet.com>
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Subject Re: a question of installing linux operating system on external hard drive
Date Fri, 22 Aug 2014 15:41:20 -0400
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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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