kubuntu install on USB external HDD

[dave selby]

I am trying to install kubuntu 7.04 on a USB external HDD on my
company laptop without overwriting the laptop HDD :)

laptop hdd is hda1,2,3
ext hdd is hdb1

While trying to install I got to boot loader - "help for grub driver
selection goes here" "(hd0)" - I assume the laptop HDD is hd0, I
changed it to hd1 but chickened out !

I assume this is where kubuntu wants to install the boot loader - if
it goes on my laptops HDD goodbye XP & I am fried.

If I install Kubuntu on the external USB HDD on my home machine, then
plug it into my laptop I guess it will have the wrong drivers etc ...

Anybody managed to do what I am trying (without getting fired !)

Cheers

Dave



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