Is it possible to install linux on external?

[Kanna]

So I’m not talking about booting from an external but I’m wondering if it is possible to install a linux on a 500GB external drive, this would be usefull since I work with different pc’s and I would have it easier to have the applications I use set up and right settings

[Grabhanem]

You could probably boot linux off an abacus if you wanted to. It should work fine.

[Electronics Wizardy]

Yup you cn do this.

[Kanna]

5 minutes ago, Grabhanem said:

You could probably boot linux off an abacus if you wanted to. It should work fine.

What is abacus? (I sound dumb ik)

[Kanna]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

Yup you cn do this.

How do I do it?

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, Kanna said:

How do I do it?

depends on the installer, just pick the external drive as the drive you want to install on

 

Its not garanteed to work on all systems though, I have tried this, and sometimes its less happy on some systems than others.

[Kanna]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

depends on the installer, just pick the external drive as the drive you want to install on

 

Its not garanteed to work on all systems though, I have tried this, and sometimes its less happy on some systems than others.

Okay I will try

[basicallymysteamusername]

4 minutes ago, Kanna said:

How do I do it?

Install the Linux iso of your choice.

 

Download Rufus.

 

Plug in your external HDD.

 

Flash the Linux iso onto the HDD

 

Reboot your computer (using your external HDD as the bootup drive.) If there is an option to try the OS, select that.

[Void Master]

5 minutes ago, Kanna said:

What is abacus? (I sound dumb ik)

Just google it, it's just an old mathematical tool the Chinese invented to count and calculate stuff.

[Drama Lama]

I‘ve been using Linux mint on a 64 tb usb stick ( usb3.0) 

and it has been running just fine without problems Things that worked were writing documents playing movies, browsing the web and eve Minecraft ran fine

 

I used it on my desktop laptop and sometimes on other people’s devices 

[Kanna]

4 minutes ago, Drama Lama said:

I‘ve been using Linux mint on a 64 tb usb stick ( usb3.0) 

Guess you meant gb

[Kanna]

13 minutes ago, basicallymysteamusername said:

Install the Linux iso of your choice.

 

Download Rufus.

 

Plug in your external HDD.

 

Flash the Linux iso onto the HDD

 

Reboot your computer (using your external HDD as the bootup drive.) If there is an option to try the OS, select that.

It isn’t recognized

[basicallymysteamusername]

12 minutes ago, Kanna said:

It isn’t recognized

Does it automatically boot into windows?

 

Try advanced shutdown/reboot and select your usb HDD.

[Void Master]

10 minutes ago, Kanna said:

It isn’t recognized

Maybe try flashing the ISO on a USB disk then boot from it. You should be able to install Linux on the external drive. The process is the same as installing it on an internal drive, you just choose the external.

[Kanna]

12 minutes ago, basicallymysteamusername said:

Does it automatically boot into windows?

 

Try advanced shutdown/reboot and select your usb HDD.

It just isn't in the list maybe it's formated as NTFS Will check