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Re: trying to install Debian encrypted in an existed partition, keeping the rest as it is ...

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On 1/30/19 11:03 AM, Thomas D Dial wrote:
> On Wed, 2019-01-30 at 06:42 -0800, David Christensen wrote:
>> If you want a portable Debian installation, install Debian on a USB
>> flash drive.  To avoid confusion, install (and update/upgrade) on a
>> computer with no other drives connected (so that GRUB does not create
>> boot menu entries for other operating systems). ... >>
> I see no reason to take the original drive out for the install. 

Note the word "connected" -- when installing Debian, I disconnect any 
drives that I don't want the Debian installer to see.  I


> If you don't, grub will find the OS(s) on it and generally provide correctly for booting them if you wish to do so. 

I have one USB flash drive with Debian amd64 and another with Debian 
i386.  I use them for maintenance/ troubleshooting on many computers 
(one at a time).  I don't want or need GRUB adding extraneous boot menu 
entries.


> If the machine is booted without the USB key, it still will boot normally for the old OS(s). I have found this arrangement quite convenient.

Same for my arrangement, but without the cruft.


David

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trying to install Debian encrypted in an existed partition, keeping  the rest as it is ... Albretch Mueller <lbrtchx@gmail.com> - 2019-01-29 13:50 +0100
  Re: trying to install Debian encrypted in an existed partition,  keeping the rest as it is ... Nitebirdz <nitebirdz@sacredchaos.com> - 2019-01-29 14:50 +0100
    Re: trying to install Debian encrypted in an existed partition,  keeping the rest as it is ... Albretch Mueller <lbrtchx@gmail.com> - 2019-01-30 00:20 +0100
      Re: trying to install Debian encrypted in an existed partition,  keeping the rest as it is ... David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-01-30 01:30 +0100
        Re: trying to install Debian encrypted in an existed partition,  keeping the rest as it is ... Albretch Mueller <lbrtchx@gmail.com> - 2019-01-30 05:40 +0100
          Re: trying to install Debian encrypted in an existed partition,  keeping the rest as it is ... Albretch Mueller <lbrtchx@gmail.com> - 2019-01-30 06:40 +0100
            Re: trying to install Debian encrypted in an existed partition,  keeping the rest as it is ... David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2019-01-30 15:50 +0100
              Re: trying to install Debian encrypted in an existed partition,  keeping the rest as it is ... Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-01-30 16:10 +0100
                Re: trying to install Debian encrypted in an existed partition,  keeping the rest as it is ... Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2019-01-30 20:00 +0100
                Re: trying to install Debian encrypted in an existed partition,  keeping the rest as it is ... Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-01-30 20:10 +0100
                Re: trying to install Debian encrypted in an existed partition,  keeping the rest as it is ... David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2019-01-31 02:30 +0100
              Re: trying to install Debian encrypted in an existed partition,  keeping the rest as it is ... Thomas D Dial <tdial@acm.org> - 2019-01-30 20:30 +0100
                Re: trying to install Debian encrypted in an existed partition,  keeping the rest as it is ... David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2019-01-31 02:30 +0100
            Re: trying to install Debian encrypted in an existed partition,  keeping the rest as it is ... David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-02-01 04:40 +0100
              Re: trying to install Debian encrypted in an existed partition,  keeping the rest as it is ... Albretch Mueller <lbrtchx@gmail.com> - 2019-02-05 10:50 +0100
                Re: trying to install Debian encrypted in an existed partition,  keeping the rest as it is ... David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-02-05 17:40 +0100
          Re: trying to install Debian encrypted in an existed partition,  keeping the rest as it is ... David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-01-31 22:40 +0100
      Re: trying to install Debian encrypted in an existed partition,  keeping the rest as it is ... Nitebirdz <nitebirdz@sacredchaos.com> - 2019-01-30 15:50 +0100
  Re: trying to install Debian encrypted in an existed partition,  keeping the rest as it is ... Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2019-01-30 11:10 +0100
  Re: trying to install Debian encrypted in an existed partition,  keeping the rest as it is ... Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2019-01-30 20:10 +0100

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