HOWTO Install Kanotix on a USB External Drive

[Daniel Armstrong]

On 7/21/06, Jamon Camisso <jamon.camisso-H217xnMUJC0sA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> I did indeed do a usb install and liked it so much, that is, speed,
> ease, space, and geek factor (of course), that I've set aside my 40gb
> 2.5" drive for a variety of distros. ATM I've got 10 3.5GB partitions, with:
>
> Ubuntu/Kubuntu (both)
> SuSE 10.1
> Fedora Core 5
> CentOS 4.3
> Mandriva 2006
> Debian Testing
> Gentoo
> Backtrack
> Freespire beta 2
> /home directory
> swap remainder
>
> For some I installed to my internal 40gb drive first and then copied
> over onto the usb partition (for those installers that had a hard time
> with usb). Others just worked with USB with no problems. I also blocked
> any bootloaders from installing except for grub with Ubuntu (from a few
> months ago). Lots of fun. Really :)

It *does* sound like fun!

So you boot all the other Linux installs with Ubuntu's grub, and share
a single /home amongst them all?

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