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 First, thanks for the response. Just to be clear: I've tried installing the boot loader (the grub) into /dev/sda (my external drive) and when i reboot after the installation finishes.. i'm getting grub error 17. i can't boot from my external USB device... i've set my boot priority in BIOS as 1. USB hdd <a href="http://2.CD">2.CD</a> drive 3.internal disk(the windows one)... my external drive is an Western digital USB external HDD. -- Thanks and Regards, V.Kanda Kumar