>> I have an external USB drive. I want to install linux on this drive,
>> then use this drive to boot up new machines and copy the contents of
>> the disk to the new machines so that I don’t have to go through the
>> install process on the new machines. Before I invest in a lot of
>> frustration and time trying to get this to work I thought I’d ask if
>> its even possible. The machines I’m using can boot from a USB cd-rom
>> drive so I’m guessing that booting from a USB hard drive isn’t much
>> different. But what do I know? I’m so hopped up on cold medicine right
>> now that I probably won’t even remember sending this email in a couple
>> of hours J
> My $0.02 would say boot off a live CD, mount whatever, copy whatever to
> the USB. I have run into alot of machines that have problems booting
> USB, CD not so much.
You can not "copy" some directories that are filled other than files
such as /proc and /dev that is filled with so many symbolic links,
but you can use dd to duplicate a disk, but if the two are NOT the very
same size somebody looses.
Slackware has never been a burden to install, something like 45 minutes
for everything as I recall.
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Ron KA4INM - I think I could live on my pay if
governments didn't take half!
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