-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 15/12/12 16:37, jpbfree wrote: > Le 15/12/2012 16:38, Anne Wilson a écrit : A young man who has > steadfastly used Windows all his life is at last beginning to > wonder if he should try Linux. I'm thinking that the best thing > for him would be to put Mageia onto a usb drive - I have a spare > cradle and a drive that I could wipe for him. I've no qualms about > the actual install, until it comes to the bit where it asks where > to put the boot record. Is drive A first sector the best place in > this setup? What would happen if he tried to boot without the new > drive attached? > > I've never done it quite like this before, but since he is a > laptop and tablet user, a second internal drive isn't an option, > and he won't want to split his drive, as he is an > artist/photographer so stores large files. > > Anyone care to advise me? I don't want to offer this until I'm > sure I can do it in a way that won't cause both of us hassle. > > Thanks > > Anne >> > Don't know if this will help, but i made a USB key (should be the > same with a usb drive) close to what was once mdk/v everywhere. > > here are the steps: 1/from my laptop I started with a live CD (live > usb stick should work also) 2/boot on the live cd/stick and install > the distib on the USB stick/drive as you would do for a internal > drive. 3/when asked if you want to remove drivers for unused > hardware say no (keep them). 4/ intall the boot sector on this > stick/drive. 5/that's all > > I did that on a cheap 32GB USB stick and in addition at install > time I partitioned the key and copy part of my /home on it > (thunderbird and some documents/photos). > > I booted my home server, my desktop machine and my old iron of > AcerAspire ONE with that key without problems. (They all have > different drive controler and different video cards). > Thanks - that sounds a good idea.
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