View Full Version : [ubuntu] Installing Ubuntu onto an externally connected hard drive
Forte
June 23rd, 2009, 02:01 AM
I have an internal hard drive connected to my computer through a USB port and I am wondering how to install a fully-functional Ubuntu onto the drive as the only OS. There is nothing on the drive and I can drag and drop files onto it.
And if you're wondering, I am going to put the drive into another computer. And my current computer cannot write onto floppies.
Mighty_Joe
June 23rd, 2009, 01:03 PM
Just use the Live CD installer. Just make sure you install Grub to the external disk. That option is on the last step (the one that has a text box summarizing your partitions). Click on the "Advanced" button.
Forte
June 23rd, 2009, 08:03 PM
I am slightly confused because this is the first time I have had an empty hard drive. Could you provide a link to a guide on how to do this or could you please provide steps for how to do this.
Help would be greatly appreciated.
Mighty_Joe
June 24th, 2009, 01:36 PM
instructions for a flash drive (http://beastie.cs.ua.edu/cs150/usb-install.html). They should be the same for an external hard drive
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