- #How to install linux on an external hard drive full#
- #How to install linux on an external hard drive windows 10#
- #How to install linux on an external hard drive portable#
If you can boot from the external drive (USB or eSATA), this should not affect the internal drive, but some UEFI systems are tricky. You probably need some authorization to access the network. Otherwise, the data will be possible to access at least 'with sudo' (to get elevated permissions). Things are complicated, if you have encrypted your internal drive. Unless you explicitly write to the internal drive, nothing will be written there. Symlinks work, they relate to the mount point and directory path, not to the drive's device letter. You can also have a persistent live Ubuntu system according to these links,
#How to install linux on an external hard drive full#
Yes, you can have a full linux operating system installed on an external hdd.
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#How to install linux on an external hard drive windows 10#
I also disagree with Bill and his (terrible, by my option) Windows 10 that are currently installed in school for no real reason. Main reason for this is to have my work (I'm indie game dev) available all time without leaving any of my files on computers of others. Also there is no reason for destroying USB ports because students need to carry some work home, besides the fact than we are overseen by teachers all the time. I'm also sure USB booting works because school computers have no disc mechanic. Need to say I'm absolutely sure that USB ports work fine (I usually use portableapps platform from my USB stick). I don't want use company computer but rather school computer. Can the boot menu be locked by a password, so that the computer requires a boot menu password on every boot? Can I bypass it somehow in order to boot from external HDD without permanent changes done to hosting computer?Īfter Edit Note: I'm still student.Can I boot from external HDD even if hosting computer does not support UEFI? How?.Can I boot from an external HDD without any damage being done to computer in case computer's original HDD contains different OS? How can I prevent damage?.Can Linux use the network connection of original computer without a Wi-Fi password or Ethernet link without authorization of some kind?.Can I access those files even from admin-protected directories? Or do I need to input admin password? Can these files be damaged due to having different line endings? Do I need to convert them somehow? Can all files generally be used both in Windows and Linux (including. I still have lots of files on my original laptop's HDD.
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#How to install linux on an external hard drive portable#
Looks like a portable Linux distro is good choice but I'm unsure about few things. I want to to use other computers only to provide physical resources but carry everything digital with me. I'd like to carry my computer everywhere I go but big bag with "Lenovo" label is kinda thief-magnet.