Der Mr. Smith dear users,
I'm noob in the matter, just experiment with install different win's and linux OS's on my machine and encounter some difficulties.
My intention is to install rEFInd on SD-card/USB-stick and use it to boot all OS's.
In details:
1) File system on SD-card/USB-stick GPT format as EFI (fat32)
2) Install rEFInd and test on it, disconnect afterwards (wouldn't any OS sabotate my rEFInd-drive)
3) Install all OS's as usual, my intent is to install each OS on own SSD. Disconnect drives after installation no OS know about others.
4) Reconnect rEFInd-drive, let recognize from UEFI, shutdown PC, reconnect all devices with all OS's, restart PC and let rEFInd to do the job.
The meaning is: Each OS can be started individually in every PC (just plug drive in), no OS have to care about other OS-s.
Question-s:
1) Is possible to realize my intent? If yes
2) How to format SD-card/USB-stick GPT and FAT32 with right specs?
3) How to place rEFInd on EFI-drive?
Thanks all in advance and apologize my (maybe stupid) intent/question.
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In theory, yes, you should be able to do this; however, some OSes (especially Windows) tend to tie themselves to specific computers, so moving disks around from one computer to another may not work.
As a practical matter, the easiest way to handle the rEFInd side of it is to grab the USB flash drive image of rEFInd, available from the rEFInd downloads page, and copy it to your USB flash drive or SD card using dd, as described in the documentation inside the .zip file.
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Der Mr. Smith dear users,
I'm noob in the matter, just experiment with install different win's and linux OS's on my machine and encounter some difficulties.
My intention is to install rEFInd on SD-card/USB-stick and use it to boot all OS's.
In details:
1) File system on SD-card/USB-stick GPT format as EFI (fat32)
2) Install rEFInd and test on it, disconnect afterwards (wouldn't any OS sabotate my rEFInd-drive)
3) Install all OS's as usual, my intent is to install each OS on own SSD. Disconnect drives after installation no OS know about others.
4) Reconnect rEFInd-drive, let recognize from UEFI, shutdown PC, reconnect all devices with all OS's, restart PC and let rEFInd to do the job.
The meaning is: Each OS can be started individually in every PC (just plug drive in), no OS have to care about other OS-s.
Question-s:
1) Is possible to realize my intent? If yes
2) How to format SD-card/USB-stick GPT and FAT32 with right specs?
3) How to place rEFInd on EFI-drive?
Thanks all in advance and apologize my (maybe stupid) intent/question.
In theory, yes, you should be able to do this; however, some OSes (especially Windows) tend to tie themselves to specific computers, so moving disks around from one computer to another may not work.
As a practical matter, the easiest way to handle the rEFInd side of it is to grab the USB flash drive image of rEFInd, available from the rEFInd downloads page, and copy it to your USB flash drive or SD card using
dd, as described in the documentation inside the.zipfile.