A bit of an update. I installed the latest Linux Mint 20.1 to a portable HDD, then booted it on two different laptops. In both cases it was a bit slow to boot, but boot it did and everything worked fine, which confirms the installation was ok. Came to try it on this silly little Acer netbook - No chance! Wouldn't even recognise the HDD was there.
I'm still baffled as to how it manages to run 64 bit distros perfectly well in live mode from USB sticks but for some reason just won't have it from an installa...
A bit of an update. I installed the latest Linux Mint 20.1 to a portable HDD, then booted it on two different laptops. In both cases it was a bit slow to boot, but boot it did and everything worked fine, which confirms the installation was ok. Came to try it on this silly little Acer netbook - No chance! Wouldn't even recognise the HDD was there.I'm still baffled as to how it manages to run 64 bit distros perfectly well in live mode from USB sticks but for some reason just won't have it from an installa...
I'm still baffled as to how it manages to run 64 bit distros perfectly well in live mode from USB sticks but for some reason just won't have it from an installa...
