Ubuntu on an external drive---how to?

[James Takac]

Hi Derek

On Monday 02 June 2008 10:58:46 Derek Broughton wrote:
> 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


Exactly. We need to know what is meant by still fails. For all we know he may 
simply be forgetting to adjust the bios to boot from the usb device which is 
what I'm suspecting. He may just need to boot into the bios (setup) screen 
and adjust his boot preferences. It's something oft overlooked by people 
these days. I did an install via my Eee pc on a 16G usb stick and it works 
fine but I'm using 7.10 tho that shouldn't be anything of a noticeable 
difference re this. If our friend tells us what he does

James