Linux HDD for n00b
Quick background on my situation:
1 laptop (Win8), 1 desktop (Win7)
Windows 7's been good to me, but 8 is so painful on so many levels. After the hundredth problem in a couple months, I wanted to look into putting Ubuntu or some other Linux on here instead. I managed to get passed Secureboot (despite this being an Acer) and get Ubuntu running via usb. Could I just install and run it off of an external hard drive (I already have a USB 3.0 one)? I found a bunch of tutorials for running it off of a usb flash drive, but would a external HDD be better than that? I don't think I would want to totally get rid of Windows yet.
I also tried running Zorin 7 and Fedora via both usb and livedvd, and neither would boot up. No Secureboot error, just skipped straight to Windows.
As for the desktop, Windows 7 has been stable for my purposes. Upon trying Zorin and Fedora, those worked. I may try Mint later as many people say it's an easy starting point. I was wanting to look into buying a separate internal hard drive, as the one in there is full and I wouldn't want to dual boot anyway. Would any hard drive work, and how should it be formatted? I'm looking at this page on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=node=1254762011
I probably don't need more than 1 TB. Any suggestions/help is appreciated!
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Generaly say, every harddisk should work.
Just as in Windows, if you want a Raid, it gets more complex.
For Fedora specificly, i just started to write a little overview/crash course about partitions for newcomers to linux:
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=293428
(However, the general information is valid for all {to me} known linux distributions)
Be aware that Fedora has a fast release cycle of just 6 months, so around the time Fedora 20 gets released, Fedora 18 becomes EOL. (end of life - no more updates if it runs stable, its up to you to decide to keep or 'Upgrade')
Because of this, you most likley will be encouraged to do a fresh installation of the OS aproximetly at least every 18 months, rewarding you with a generaly stable release with the newestest software versions available in the wild.
The straight skip to windows might be caused by the boot order set in BIOS.
Move USB to a higher priority than the harddisk, so when you boot up with a pluged in USB device, it'll try to boot off that.
To boot a LiveOS off an USB device, it doesnt matter if its an external HDD or just a simple 1GB stick.
If you want to install the OS onto the USB device, i highly recomend a 16+GB stick or an external HDD.
Hope this helps0
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