ubuntu-us-nj Request for advice

[Tan Chen]

I would like to reiterate some thing David said, "if your bios
supports selecting an external
usb drive as a boot device"

This is very important, you should check this before you start. If
not, I also suggest Wubi because it lets you try ubuntu without
changing anything

On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 10:23 AM, Joe Terranova <joeterranova at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I’m seriously considering switching from XP SP3 to Ubuntu 9.04; dual boot
>> option initially.  I have a single 82 gig hard drive using NTFS.  If I go
>> with an external USB hard drive instead of adding an internal hard drive
>> will it work to install Ubuntu on to?   Scared to repartition the existing
>> hard drive due to a bad experience years ago and use of NTFS verses FAT 32.
>>
>
> I know you've gotten a lot of advice on alternatives, but if you still
> want to give with your original suggestion, it does work:
> http://www.pendrivelinux.com/installing-ubuntu-to-a-usb-hard-drive/
>
> Looks pretty straight forward. Installs ubuntu on your external,
> installs the boot load (grub) on your internal hard drive.
>
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