Installing linux on external hard drive
by LinuxWhisperer from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5T61H)
My main goal is to install kodachi os on an external hard drive but I have a few questions I can't find anywhere else. I would like to do this using Ubuntu.
I know how to install kodachi onto a flash drive and just run the install to a hard disk. I would also like to encrypt the volume with veracrypt if possible and not to difficult. I have partitioned a disk manually a long time ago like creating efi, boot, root and home partitions if I have to. It was a while ago though.
First question before I even begin is if I need persistence for settings, etc? I prefer not to.
Second, will I be able to boot the external drive without changing boot order in the bios? Would this be a dual boot if not?
I'm not even sure where to start or I would just experiment myself.
I just thought about the internal hard drive that I have Ubuntu already installed on. This may be considered another question but it is basically the same outcome I want.
The new os does not have to be portable. Could I create another partition on my internal hard drive and do a dual install?
Preferably with no persistence.
Would it be to late to do this with ubuntu already installed?
I know how to create another partition already. I'm not so sure about a dual boot option though which seems to me would be the only way to create another boot option on an internal disk.
My overall goal is to have a version of kodachi with no persistence and encrytped with veracrypt IF possible. I'm not concerned about having a portable OS. Just having two os's without to much hassle.
I know how to install kodachi onto a flash drive and just run the install to a hard disk. I would also like to encrypt the volume with veracrypt if possible and not to difficult. I have partitioned a disk manually a long time ago like creating efi, boot, root and home partitions if I have to. It was a while ago though.
First question before I even begin is if I need persistence for settings, etc? I prefer not to.
Second, will I be able to boot the external drive without changing boot order in the bios? Would this be a dual boot if not?
I'm not even sure where to start or I would just experiment myself.
I just thought about the internal hard drive that I have Ubuntu already installed on. This may be considered another question but it is basically the same outcome I want.
The new os does not have to be portable. Could I create another partition on my internal hard drive and do a dual install?
Preferably with no persistence.
Would it be to late to do this with ubuntu already installed?
I know how to create another partition already. I'm not so sure about a dual boot option though which seems to me would be the only way to create another boot option on an internal disk.
My overall goal is to have a version of kodachi with no persistence and encrytped with veracrypt IF possible. I'm not concerned about having a portable OS. Just having two os's without to much hassle.