I use seven different distros of Linux, which means there are seven home directories, which means seven different backups, and files scattered everywhere. I once tried have one shared partition that I mounted on each distro. With different desktops, different configuration files, there was hidden file chaos, and upgrades where a nightmare. I finally worked out a solution that works without depending on a network connection to share individual directories.

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I already have Fedora, Linux Mint, and openSUSE installed on my HP mini’s internal hard disk. The challenge was to install additional distros on an external drive, without have a CD/DVD drive. The external drive must be bootable, and only show the distros installed on that drive. It can be done. There were a few hurdles to overcome.

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Since I am using a netbook, I purchased software on a USB stick. Once I get a new version of the software, I am left with an old version on a USB stick formatted as iso9660. In particular, I wanted to create a multiboot USB stick using GRUB2 as a bootloader. It took over a day to find a solution that made grub-setup happy.

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