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Jahidul_Hamid
November 10th, 2015, 05:57 PM
I am thinking of installing a dual boot with win10 & xubuntu/LM and a live boot of Xubuntu/LM in my 2TB portable HDD. I know that a dual boot is possible, but not sure about the third one.

My boot options should be like this:

1. (partition#1) Xubuntu/LM
2. (partition#2) Windows
3. (partition#3) Xubuntu/LM live


And also If I install a full system on the Portable HDD, will there be a problem running it on different PCs which have different hardwares?

Dennis N
November 10th, 2015, 06:11 PM
Could you clarify what LM means in Xubuntu/LM? What exactly are you installing on partition #3? Adding 'live' to it makes me wonder what you have in mind there.

oldfred
November 10th, 2015, 06:28 PM
Is system newer UEFI or older BIOS? And are other systems UEFI or BIOS?

If you do not install proprietary drivers, it should work on other systems, but then may not work as well on all systems. Depends mostly on Video & Wireless drivers.

If you have a full install, you then can use grub to directly boot ISO. I have many ISOs on my sdb (internal) and several flash drives that I boot with grub2's loopmount.

This will boot an ISO from a hard drive or any second drive or flash drive
ISO Booting with Grub 2 from Hard drive - drs305
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2/ISOBoot
Examples - you may copy & edit for your path & ISO version
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2/ISOBoot/Examples
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1549847
UEFI grub install and example grub boot stanzas, Also Windows
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Multiboot_USB_drive

yancek
November 10th, 2015, 08:05 PM
You will need to answer the questions above before you actually get any help, to many unknowns. If you want an Xubuntu install, a windows install and also a Live read-only install of Xubuntu, yes you can do that. No one will be able to do more than guess until you post more info.

Jahidul_Hamid
November 12th, 2015, 05:04 PM
If you want an Xubuntu install, a windows install and also a Live read-only install of Xubuntu, yes you can do that.
You got it...That's what I want...

Jahidul_Hamid
November 12th, 2015, 05:06 PM
Could you clarify what LM means in Xubuntu/LM? What exactly are you installing on partition #3? Adding 'live' to it makes me wonder what you have in mind there.
It's either Xubuntu or Linux Mint, I haven't decided on the OS yet. And on partition #3 it will be a live system like a live usb/cd/dvd.

Jahidul_Hamid
November 12th, 2015, 05:10 PM
Is system newer UEFI or older BIOS? And are other systems UEFI or BIOS?

If you do not install proprietary drivers, it should work on other systems, but then may not work as well on all systems. Depends mostly on Video & Wireless drivers.



My system supports UEFI, but I always use Legacy boot.

No proprietary drivers...

oldfred
November 12th, 2015, 06:21 PM
You cannot have Windows on the external drive. Windows does not allow that.

But otherwise you can install multiple Linux and boot live ISO directly without too much difficulty.

yancek
November 12th, 2015, 08:34 PM
Trying to install windows 10 on an external disk will result in the below message as you need to pay microsoft a licensing fee for each computer you use it on.


"windows setup does
not support configuration or installation to a disk connected through usb or IEEE 1394 ports"

Jahidul_Hamid
November 14th, 2015, 08:43 PM
Trying to install windows 10 on an external disk will result in the below message as you need to pay microsoft a licensing fee for each computer you use it on.

I see, thanks for the info...
It will save my time...

I am going to use these two tutorials to make a multiboot partition of live and actual systems:

http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/1849
http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/1846

oldfred
November 14th, 2015, 09:49 PM
Examples show 32 bit.

Even if just using legacy boot, do not use anything but the 64 bit versions. No reason anymore for 32 bit unless a very old system or some major application that you have that only runs on 32s bit. Almost everything is 64 bit.