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Thread: Installing Ubuntu 13.10 or 12.04 on External Hard Drive

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    Installing Ubuntu 13.10 or 12.04 on External Hard Drive

    I have read many post about this, I know there is a lot of post on here so don't kill me for asking here haha. I have a WD 750gig laptop HDD that I installed into a WD passport external I had laying around. I wanted to put Ubuntu 13.10 on it but no luck so I went with a version I read that worked 12.04 and no dice. I went post hunting and found this thread http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2084736 and yet again no dice. I tried making the /boot,swap and /(root) method and just by itself / for root and wont work. Ubuntu installs fine but went I hit ESC and boot from WD External it black screen every time. Does anyone have any thoughts about this?

    Thanks
    Last edited by ThatNewGuy; December 14th, 2013 at 02:40 AM.

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    Re: Installing Ubuntu 13.10 or 12.04 on External Hard Drive

    If you hold shift key if BIOS booting or escape if UEFI booting, do you get grub menu?

    Often black screen is a video issue.
    What video card/chip do you have?

    How to set NOMODESET and other kernel boot options in grub2 - both BIOS liveCD & grub first boot ( also UEFI with grub)
    http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1613132
    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootOptions
    Possible boot options suggested by ubfan1
    http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...0#post12871710
    Info on other boot parameters
    http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentat...parameters.txt
    Graphics Resolution- Upgrade /Blank Screen after reboot mega thread - MAFoElffen
    http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1743535
    Editing the GRUB 2 Menu During Boot
    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2/Troubleshooting

    http://askubuntu.com/questions/16207...have-to-fix-it
    UEFI boot install & repair info - Regularly Updated :
    https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2147295
    Please use Thread Tools above first post to change to [Solved] when/if answered completely.

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    Re: Installing Ubuntu 13.10 or 12.04 on External Hard Drive

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