02-12-2018, 04:01 PM
(02-12-2018, 03:12 PM)Moltke link Wrote:Quote:I've created a Linux system on a drive connected via USB.
I did this myself once too and installed Debia 8 on my usb HDD. Just curious, did you unplug the internal drive before doing so? I had to because I read and was adviced in another forum to do so in order to avoid any grub/bootloader issues.
I don't know what a grub/bootloader is. But it's not possible to unplug the internal drive without taking the computer apart. So I don't bother. It hasn't been a problem yet, although Windows sometimes senses a problem and wants to diagnose the drive before it will boot up. But so far it's always booted up.
This is an old computer. It does have Windows 10 on it (upgraded from Windows 8). But this original internal drive is making noise and probably about ready to die. When it finally dies I'll just stick the Linux drive in permanently. I'm about fed up with Microsoft constantly upgrading and poking their nose around in my business all the time. They are constantly adding junk to the computer that I don't even want. This is one reason I decided to move over to Linux.
The other reason is that Windows doesn't seem to want to clone on these notebooks. I've cloned the Windows drive but it refuses to recognize it as a bootable drive. I think this has something to do with Windows making it impossible to copy their OS? I don't know what the problem is, but I just wanted to replace the drive without losing the Windows. But I can't seem to clone a bootable Windows drive.
So I'm leaving Windows in the dust.
With Linux I can just create a brand new fresh system disk anytime I want and I don't need to worry about Microsoft screaming for a security Key or whatever. I'm fed up with Microsoft.
But I do LOVE SharpDevelop. I don't know if Microsoft owns SharpDevelop or not, but I think it's pretty exclusive to Windows. From what I've read thus far it doesn't appear that I'll be able to get it to run on Linux. I think it's too dependent on the Windows core OS stuff.