Install GRUB to your MBR, and point Ubuntu to /dev/hda(n)? <div>On 17/05/07, Victor Mendonça <<a href="mailto:victorbrca@yahoo.ca">victorbrca@yahoo.ca</a> > wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">If I'm not mistaken, you could: 1- Install Ubuntu on the USB drive, and it should install grub on the Windows HD so you can choose which to boot (not sure if this would be something you'd want, and it might be trick to do it) 2- You could remove the Windows drive, install ubuntu on USB and install grub on a floppy. Use the floppy whenever you want to boot to Ubuntu However I'm not sure how to go about on doing these procedures (noob here), but I'm almost sure I've seen how to's in the forums. Vic. ----- Original Message ---- From: Preston Smith <<a href="mailto:prbasmith@gmail.com">prbasmith@gmail.com</a>> To: ubuntu-ca <<a href="mailto:ubuntu-ca@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-ca@lists.ubuntu.com </a>> Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 2:15:47 PM Subject: Installing Ubuntu 7.04 to a USB Hard Drive Hi! I have a Compaq Presario V2414 running XP. I would like to install Ububtu on a USB drive so that I can maintain the integrity of the Compaq's proprietary software (for my wife to run XP) while allowing me to have the choice to boot to XP or to Ubuntu resident on my USB drive. Of course, while in Ubuntu, I would like to have access to all of the Compaq's features.. the Compaq's bios does not allow booting from a USB device. Ideas please! Thanks Preston -- ubuntu-ca mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-ca@lists.ubuntu.com"> ubuntu-ca@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ca">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ca</a> __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around <a href="http://mail.yahoo.com">http://mail.yahoo.com</a> -- ubuntu-ca mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-ca@lists.ubuntu.com"> ubuntu-ca@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ca">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ca</a> </blockquote></div> -- Sanjay Sodhi kshcshbash formerly CNSW