[ilugd] Installing Linux on an External Hard Disk
Hi, I have recently bought a Dell Laptop which has come with vista preinstalled. In my earlier post some people had recommended resizing the windows partition, but there was also some indications that this is a little complex. I have thought of a solution on which I want to get some views. I have spare USB External Hard disk lying around in my desk. So i thought maybe I can install Linux on this and boot from this USB drive when I want to use Linux. I would be really glad if anyone could point out the potential problems I might face with this sort of setup. Thanks. -- Puneet ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] [X-POSTED] First GPL violation filed in USA
On 9/22/07, Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 21 September 2007 12:15, Jasbir Khehra wrote: [snip] Therefore, is my assumption correct that to enforce GPL compilance , the complainant has to be one of the following two individuals : a) Author of a GPLed software b) End user or consumer of a product which contains GPL software. And not any other third party ?? As far as I know only the copyright holder of the software can file for a copyright violation. Hmm , well so in that case we should have some proxy set up in India who can on behalf of the Copyright holder file a case, for example in the case of Harald Welte against D-Link , Herald acted as a proxy on behalf of the original copyright holders, quoting from the english translation of the judgement of the case [1] quote With three contractual agreements designated Fiduciary Licensing Agreements, the exclusive rights to copy,to distribute, and of public display, as well as the right to allow a third party to undertake modifications in the programs, were transferred for three software programs to Plaintiff: Mr. Werner Almesberger, who is an Austrian citizen, transferred these rights to Plaintiff for the software msdosfs on December 12, 2004 (Annex K5) /unqote Purpose of my suggestion is for doing up all the legwork before hand so that its easier to file for GPL violations when the need arises :) IANAL however, and before you decide to bump off Linus Torvalds and then merrily violate GPL on the Linux kernel, Violate GPL , no way!!! maybe the tenor of my question made u think so :P [1] http://www.jbb.de/judgment_dc_frankfurt_gpl.pdf regards, Jasbir ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] Installing Linux on an External Hard Disk
On 9/22/07, Puneet Lakhina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have recently bought a Dell Laptop which has come with vista preinstalled. In my earlier post some people had recommended resizing the windows partition, but there was also some indications that this is a little complex. I have thought of a solution on which I want to get some views. I have spare USB External Hard disk lying around in my desk. So i thought maybe I can install Linux on this and boot from this USB drive when I want to use Linux. Well I myself have never did an installation on a USB harddisk, but perhaps this will be helpful. http://www.dinkercharak.com/comp/linux-usb.htm If you manage to go some steps further then do reply. I would be really glad if anyone could point out the potential problems I might face with this sort of setup. Thanks. -- Puneet ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/ -- o1p2e3n4g5l6 http://saleem.a.ansari.googlepages.com/ http://www.jmilug.org/ http://www.csijmi.com/ Linux User #414799 (http://counter.li.org/) ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] Installing Linux on an External Hard Disk
I have installed Ubuntu on my external hard disk. I had installed it in the normal way we do it for internal hard disk. The main problem i got was that i was able to boot the os on my pc but nowhere else . Lot of errors came when i had booted it on my friends laptop. Saleem Ansari [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 9/22/07, Puneet Lakhina wrote: Hi, I have recently bought a Dell Laptop which has come with vista preinstalled. In my earlier post some people had recommended resizing the windows partition, but there was also some indications that this is a little complex. I have thought of a solution on which I want to get some views. I have spare USB External Hard disk lying around in my desk. So i thought maybe I can install Linux on this and boot from this USB drive when I want to use Linux. Well I myself have never did an installation on a USB harddisk, but perhaps this will be helpful. http://www.dinkercharak.com/comp/linux-usb.htm If you manage to go some steps further then do reply. I would be really glad if anyone could point out the potential problems I might face with this sort of setup. Thanks. -- Puneet ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/ -- o1p2e3n4g5l6 http://saleem.a.ansari.googlepages.com/ http://www.jmilug.org/ http://www.csijmi.com/ Linux User #414799 (http://counter.li.org/) ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/ - Explore your hobbies and interests. Click here to begin. ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] Installing Linux on an External Hard Disk
this probably happened becoz your GRUB was in your internal HD's MBR and not your external USB HD.!! On 9/22/07, Asheesh Varshneya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have installed Ubuntu on my external hard disk. I had installed it in the normal way we do it for internal hard disk. The main problem i got was that i was able to boot the os on my pc but nowhere else . Lot of errors came when i had booted it on my friends laptop. -- Sahil MCA(SE) USIT ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] Installing Linux on an External Hard Disk
Puneet Lakhina [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [snip bit about laptop with MS windows] I have thought of a solution on which I want to get some views. I have spare USB External Hard disk lying around in my desk. So i thought maybe I can install Linux on this and boot from this USB drive when I want to use Linux. I would be really glad if anyone could point out the potential problems I might face with this sort of setup. You could use: QEMU/Puppy (http://www.erikveen.dds.nl/qemupuppy/). Effectively using the usb flashdrive as the OS, and the hard disk as heavy storage. I'm tired of laptops nowadays. I reckon this is a good interim solution until commodity head up displays become ubiquitous. PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] Installing Linux on an External Hard Disk
[snip bit about laptop with MS windows] I have thought of a solution on which I want to get some views. I have spare USB External Hard disk lying around in my desk. So i thought maybe I can install Linux on this and boot from this USB drive when I want to use Linux. I would be really glad if anyone could point out the potential problems I might face with this sort of setup. Ubuntu does not work really well after being installed on one hardware and moved to another. There's a similar thing called LiveCDCustomization for you. Have a look, https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCustomization Meanwhile, one of my friends had installed Dynebolic, that runs pretty well on USB hard disks. The problem with Ubuntu is that on every system, it needs some configuring when hardware changes (like editing /etc/X11/xorg.conf etc.). However, if you've similar hardware on all machines, then your usb-installation will work perfectly. While installing Ubuntu, make sure you turn off Automatic Mounting of external hard-drives after booting from live cd. With big portable external harddisks around these days, the option of carrying your OS around seems great! -- Kazim Zaidi B.Tech. (Computers) 3rd year Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] [X-POSTED] First GPL violation filed in USA
On 9/21/07, Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The first lawsuit for GPL violation in the USA has been filed yesterday against Monsoon Multimedia, who were distributing busybox without making the source code available. This appears to be primarily a precedent-setting action, since MM had already acknowledged that they were using GPL source code in their product(s). [snip] Story at: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070920153227686 Regards, - -- Raju or, this could also be a cheap publicity stunt, given that one of the founders of the company has a background in law, and the founders like to create startups they can sell off at great prices. well, this si the best way to generate a huge buzz around their company, let every blogger, mailing list, forum discuss it. once the buzz dies, a quiet outofcourt settlement may follow, with nice soundbytes on how much they appreciate the gpl etc. then another piece of news on how some other company has paid a fortune for their product or their company. maybe i'm wrong. :-) niyam ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
