On Sat, 2007-12-08 at 21:46 +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi > > Have a dual boot machine. Was wanting to install some other distros on > an external (usb) hard disk. > > First is this possible (am guessing if the machine is enabled to boot > from usb device it should be)
This is very much possible. One of my colleague has done it. > > Second - where would the grub loader for the distro(s)installed on the > external usb device be stored - again am assuming it will be along with > the main grub loader resident on the machine. If so would it matter > during boot up if the said device is not attached. When you install your distro on the usb disk, then the grub loader on your hard-disk would not even be aware of the distro on your USB disk. I think that the idea behind installing it on the USB disk that you can take it anywhere & if the machine has the capability to boot from USB disk, you should be able to boot from that USB disk on any machine. As I understand, the grub loader on your disk comes into picture when you start booting from the hard-disk. HTH. Regards, -Deepak Mittal -- ubuntu-in mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
