Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on March 15, 2006 04:12 AM
This idea can help laptop users in unusual ways. GRML offers choice on the road.
Install GRML to the laptop's internal drive. Configure GNOME, KDE, Fluxbox, home folders, etc.
When you need mobility, there are two choices. If you want the whole laptop, take it along. If you would rather leave it home, but expect other PCs (or other laptops) at your destination, clone your laptop drive to the pocket USB drive. Take the pocket drive on the road and leave the laptop home. At the destination your pocket drive can boot any machine. Reverse cloning when you get back.
Cloning is a good practice for backup anyway. GRML ships some of the software you might want to use.
But if you don't like cloning, many vendors sell cheap, external USB cases for laptop hard drives. They come in IDE, SATA, and SCSI flavors. Physically remove your laptop's internal drive and install it into the case. Now plug it into the laptop USB port, power up, and install GRML from CD-ROM using grml2hd.
In this scenario you have the same mobility choice. You can either take your whole laptop or just the pocket drive. The difference here is that electing the laptop means taking the pocket drive, too, since it's needed for boot. But you never have to clone or sync, because there's only one drive, no matter what you do.
If someone steals your laptop, at least they don't get your data and you don't lose it. You can strategize by keeping the laptop and USB drive separate. The pocket drive is only book-sized, so if the contents are critical, carry it on your person and check as luggage the "empty" laptop.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on March 15, 2006 04:12 AMInstall GRML to the laptop's internal drive. Configure GNOME, KDE, Fluxbox, home folders, etc.
When you need mobility, there are two choices. If you want the whole laptop, take it along. If you would rather leave it home, but expect other PCs (or other laptops) at your destination, clone your laptop drive to the pocket USB drive. Take the pocket drive on the road and leave the laptop home. At the destination your pocket drive can boot any machine. Reverse cloning when you get back.
Cloning is a good practice for backup anyway. GRML ships some of the software you might want to use.
But if you don't like cloning, many vendors sell cheap, external USB cases for laptop hard drives. They come in IDE, SATA, and SCSI flavors. Physically remove your laptop's internal drive and install it into the case. Now plug it into the laptop USB port, power up, and install GRML from CD-ROM using grml2hd.
In this scenario you have the same mobility choice. You can either take your whole laptop or just the pocket drive. The difference here is that electing the laptop means taking the pocket drive, too, since it's needed for boot. But you never have to clone or sync, because there's only one drive, no matter what you do.
If someone steals your laptop, at least they don't get your data and you don't lose it. You can strategize by keeping the laptop and USB drive separate. The pocket drive is only book-sized, so if the contents are critical, carry it on your person and check as luggage the "empty" laptop.
Mark
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