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On 22/10/16 12:01, Eion MacDonald wrote: > > > On 21/10/2016 18:42, Simon Waters wrote: >> >> On 21 Oct 2016, at 17:34, <stephen.amor@xxxxxxxxxx> <stephen.amor@xxxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >>> >>> If you install onto an external drive, it will only install and then load the >>> drivers for that computer >> >> You sure, in the past most distros loaded a general purpose kernel and the >> drivers were all in modules. It seemed insane but each boot it checked for absent >> buses. >> >> It will likely lack any specialised firmware and graphics card support, but that >> is different from not working. >> >> May have changed, busy fighting the other end of the software stack these days.. >> > > > I tried to achieve this a few years ago, but found problem in different > base computers. I tried using it when I explained things to folk on > their computers. I found the best solution was to use a Live Linux on a > USB key, with an external hard disk containing a lot of other stuff > which eventually became an extension (2nddocs) to my live Linux as > /home/user/documents/2nddocs. This worked ok. > You guys realise that this is a solved problem right? http://www.pendrivelinux.com/what-is-persistent-linux/ For example, I have a 32Gb USB thumbdrive running Kali with persistence mode and full disk encryption that I can whip out my bag and plug into basically any (x64) PC whatsoever and it will boot and work, complete with all my data and modifications remaining in place. You want to retain the "live environment" with it's generic kernel and ramdisk rather than attempting to install a "finished" environment to USB storage and then hoping it will still boot when moved to another system. Even Windows can do this now: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/itpro/windows/plan/windows-to-go-overview Cheers -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG https://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq