Install Ubuntu, Mint, Kali and Qubes in external ssd
by nikos-z from LinuxQuestions.org on (#6FZ3K)
Hello!
I have a Mac book pro 15'' mid 2015
In the native disk I have installed Mac OS, Windows 10 and Ubuntu.
I tried yesterday to install Ubuntu, Mint, Kali and Qubes in external ssd.
I partitioned the drive creating 9 partitions, one for / and one for /home (for each OS) and one for swap.
I installed Ubuntu first so it would create an efi partition for the boot menu and chose the external ssd for the efi partition.
After installing I noticed that to boot in windows and the previous Ubuntu in the native ssd I had to plug in the external drive.
I also installed Mint without a problem, it appeared in the boot menu.
I installed Kali but it won't appear in boot menu.
For Qubes I tried but I could not create the installation USB.
One more problem was that in each OS I can see the partitions of the other OS.
I thought it would be easy to install all these distros in one drive and boot whichever I want through a boot menu but that appears not to be the case.
Has anyone done this?
Your help would be much appreciated...
I have a Mac book pro 15'' mid 2015
In the native disk I have installed Mac OS, Windows 10 and Ubuntu.
I tried yesterday to install Ubuntu, Mint, Kali and Qubes in external ssd.
I partitioned the drive creating 9 partitions, one for / and one for /home (for each OS) and one for swap.
I installed Ubuntu first so it would create an efi partition for the boot menu and chose the external ssd for the efi partition.
After installing I noticed that to boot in windows and the previous Ubuntu in the native ssd I had to plug in the external drive.
I also installed Mint without a problem, it appeared in the boot menu.
I installed Kali but it won't appear in boot menu.
For Qubes I tried but I could not create the installation USB.
One more problem was that in each OS I can see the partitions of the other OS.
I thought it would be easy to install all these distros in one drive and boot whichever I want through a boot menu but that appears not to be the case.
Has anyone done this?
Your help would be much appreciated...