On Monday, 27 February 2006 14:14, Andy Weller wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I am trying to be clever: I have a Western Digital Passport 40Gb 2.5"
> USB external drive for my Mandriva 2006.0 (download) 'system'. Something
> I plan to plug in anywhere and just use (making sure I make regular
> back-ups!).
>
> At present, I want to use this on 2 machines: Dell Dimension 5000 and
> IBM ThinkVision something-or-other, both with differing hardware configs
> (wired/wireless LANs, graphics, monitor, etc.). However, when I switch
> between machines I still have to independently configure some hardware,
> even though I have set them up before.
>
> Is there a way to save each hardware config, so that I can literally
> plug my 'system' in anywhere (without having to reconfigure each time I
> return to a previously configured machine)?
>
> Any pointers/hints/suggestions/help would be VERY MUCH appreciated.
Are you saying that your root file system is on this external USB volume?
cheers
Duncan
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