The problem is i have an old laptop(can support linux, which i had been using). However i decided to wipe the hdd(made it external to do this) and then when i tried to boot using a live usb i couldn't do so on the old laptop. and the optical drive isn't working as well. i have tried to boot from a usb and couldnt do so(although it worked a couple days ago. So i am trying to install Ubuntu first on the HDD (connected via an enclosure) to another laptop(L2) running Ubuntu as well. Can this be done without interfering with the laptop's(L2 :P) installation?
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Can this be done without interfering with the laptop's(L2 :P) installation?
- Take out native hard drive from laptop #2
- Plug in the hard drive from laptop #1 into laptop #2
- Boot live cd / usb
- Install Ubuntu on the hard drive
- Swap hard drives back to their respective places.
Cool thing about Ubuntu and Linux in general is that it is easy to swap hard drives from one computer into the other ( since Linux kernel contains a lot of modules/drivers out of the box already ) , and it will work. I have old HP Compaq desktop , which used to have Windows XP there, used to be horribly slow. I've swapped hard drive with Ubuntu 14.04 32 bit into it , and lo and behold - the old junker liveth !
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