[ubuntu-in] Grub Query for installation on external device

[Vivek Khurana]

On Dec 16, 2007 5:02 PM, ramnarayan.k at gmail.com <ramnarayan.k at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Following this is had two queries actually
> 1. How Would, the Linux distribution, installed on the external device
> react to some other machine - not the one it was originally configured with.
>
> 2. does the grub loader check the system - hardware config every time it
> boots up
 For both questions

 Yes, Linux will reconfigure itself when booted with different
hardware. You can face two problems
1) Your installation might not have drivers for some piece of hardware
on new machine.
2) X server might need reconfiguration at times.

 Apart from these two problems, most of the work goes smoothly. Also,
you can try installing knoppix on external drive. Knoppix hardware
detection is still a black magic.

regards
VK

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