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Running a linux distro installer from a working system? (feddit.cl)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/linuxquestions@lemmy.zip
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I know there are tools to set up a linux distro's installer on a USB flashdrive. What I'm looking for is slightly different: I want to install a linux distro (a Debian derivative, but am still unsure which) on a USB hard drive, but I want to do it from a running system, rather that have to boot into installer mode.

The rationale is that this is the only active machine I have ATM. I guess this exists since that's how "live distros" with installers even function in the first place, but I haven't had much luck searching for information.

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[–] [S] 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

No, my goal is to set up a portable hard drive to use as an external system (to eg.: connect to machines to repair/diagnose them) without having to spend the 2+ hours of install and configure off my one working machine ATM.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    Ah, okay. Then yes, as others have mentioned, it sounds like you want a portable linux install.

    I keep around install USBs of both Arch Linux and Mint, as both boot into a live version of the distro, and I can either open a terminal to debug things, or arch-chroot into my arch install if I broke my bootloader or something.

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