Ubuntu on an external drive---how to?

[Derek Broughton]

Kanda Kumar V wrote:

> I'm new to ubuntu... I want to install ubuntu 8.04 on my laptop alongside
> windows...
> the problem is I can't install ubuntu into my laptop's harddisk as it has
> only partition and the laptop is given to me by the employer. So i want to
> install ubuntu in an external usb device (i don't even want a trace of
> ubuntu in the laptop as it is given by my employer)... indeed i bought an
> external drive solely for this purpose.
> 
> I googled and even had searched in ubuntu forums about how to install
> ubuntu in an external usb device... but still fails...
> 
> Can anyone help me on this... about getting step-by-step procedure of
> installing ubuntu in an external usb drive.

I just took my install CD and installed to the external drive...  So some
description of "still fails" is obviously important.
-- 
derek