[ubuntu-uk] Installing on a USB drive

[Tony Pursell]

On 2 Feb 2010 at 13:28, Jonathon Fernyhough wrote:

> 
> On 2 February 2010 13:20, Rob Beard <rob at esdelle.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > Does it install Grub on the USB drive bootloader?
> >
> > Rob
> >
> 
> It does if you tell it to. :)
> 
> At this point: http://www.23hq.com/23666/2589704_71fcf7da2c7eb3cf8c9b085bc69889c4_standard.jpg
> click on Advanced and you can choose where to install GRUB.
> 
> Jonathon
> 

I have seen people with problems on Launchpad Answers.  If GRUB 
is on the USB drive you will always need the USB drive attached to 
boot BOTH Ubuntu and Windows 7.  If you have no way to put back 
the original MBR, you will have problems if, for instance, you want to 
sell/pass the laptop over to someone as a Windows 7 only machine.

If you can just rely on the machine's own boot menu to choose 
between booting the internal drive or the USB drive, you should be 
OK.

Tony