[libreoffice-users] Re: Can Libre Office be installed on an external drive. ?

Am 09.09.2011 10:17, Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :)
> Windows and Gnu&Linux can share the same config folder but you might need 2 versions of the 
> extensions you use.  You can keep both versions in the same folder as each other.
>
> It is better to set-up the Windows side first and then get the Gnu&Linux side to look at the Windows config 
> folder as the Windows side might have extra settings that are not needed in Gnu&Linux.  Also Windows is blind 
> to Gnu&Linux file-systems whereas Gnu&Linux can easily read/write Ntfs and Fat32, Fat16 and the rest.
>
> I don't think it makes any difference after install but with Gnu&Linux there are at least 2 different 
> installers; Rpm&  Deb.  It's the same source-code.  Like the difference between taking your shopping 
> home by car or bike it's all the same once it's on your shelves.  I'm not 100% certain about this tho.
>
> One note about splitting usb-sticks into 2 partitions. The Windows one (Ntfs or whatever) needs to 
> be 1st on the stick and needs to be created 1st.  If Windows can't find one of it's own partitions 
> at the front of the drive then it assumes the drive is unformatted or corrupted.  On normal 
> ide/sata drives and internal SSDs it seems to be ok.

Thank you for the clarification. I was not aware that todays Microsoft 
operating systems still behave like DOS when you go down to the system 
level.

> Anyway i think this thread was mostly about the various Windows platforms.
> Regards from
> Tom :)

You did not read the original post I quoted again trying give a more 
concrete answer:

> --- On Fri, 9/9/11, Andreas Säger<villeroy@t-online.de>  wrote:
>
> From: Andreas Säger<villeroy@t-online.de>
> Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Can Libre Office be installed on an external drive. ?
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> Date: Friday, 9 September, 2011, 7:10
>
> Am 05.09.2011 02:41, Charles E. LaMonte wrote:
> > Greetings Ladies and Gentlemen, Is it possible to install Libre Office on an
> > external hard drive ? The computer will have either Windows Operating System or
> > Linux Operating System. Thank you.


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