Ray Wonder
New Member
Greetings.
Me and my colleagues are developing software, to be run and tested in a Linux OS.
We're not in the office often, so we will usually be handing a flash drive back and forth with our work on it.
So, we want to have a Linux OS (with all of our files, tools, applications, and docs) on a USB drive. We'll be booting to it on our own computers at home and work, to access the information onboard the OS. So, we're looking for something with persistence (to keep our files!) and portability. (not only to be on the USB, but also to be able to RUN FLAWLESSLY ON OUR DIFFERENT COMPUTERS) It should also have some basic programming tools, like a text editor, terminal, etc.
We tried Ubuntu. However, Ubuntu requires GNU Grub to boot properly, and when you try and install persistent Ubuntu onto a drive from a live USB, the Grub does not go with it - meaning that the thing can only boot from the device where it originated. In short, the OS is portable but Grub, the bootloader, doesn't come along for the ride.
Any suggestions for this issue would be great!
Me and my colleagues are developing software, to be run and tested in a Linux OS.
We're not in the office often, so we will usually be handing a flash drive back and forth with our work on it.
So, we want to have a Linux OS (with all of our files, tools, applications, and docs) on a USB drive. We'll be booting to it on our own computers at home and work, to access the information onboard the OS. So, we're looking for something with persistence (to keep our files!) and portability. (not only to be on the USB, but also to be able to RUN FLAWLESSLY ON OUR DIFFERENT COMPUTERS) It should also have some basic programming tools, like a text editor, terminal, etc.
We tried Ubuntu. However, Ubuntu requires GNU Grub to boot properly, and when you try and install persistent Ubuntu onto a drive from a live USB, the Grub does not go with it - meaning that the thing can only boot from the device where it originated. In short, the OS is portable but Grub, the bootloader, doesn't come along for the ride.
Any suggestions for this issue would be great!