Re: help on installing fedora 9 on external disk

Ravi wrote:

    Hi ,

I am planning to install fedora 9 on my external USB hard disk.

    right now my laptop is having windows vista. how do I manage vista
    when i unplug my USB hard disk because grub will be stored on
    external hard disk.

I have a dvd with fedora 9 to install fedora 9 I should be able to work on fedora 9 when I plug in my external

    hard disk by providing options ( 1. fedora 9 2. windows vista )
    when I plug out and reboot my laptop, it should automatically boot
    windows vista without any problem.

I am very much worried what if fedora 9 installation corrupts my

    windows vista MBR.

I appreciate any suggestions regarding this. Thanks,

    Ravi

One way to do it is to set up the USB drive so that it will boot when you select booting from a USB device in the BIOS. You tell the installer to put Grub on the MBR of the USB drive. You will have to change the drive mapping that Grub uses, but there is an option to do this at the end of the install. You want the USB drive to be drive 0, so that the mapping is correct when booting from it. It will not be drive 0 during the install, so the defaults will be wrong.

I am not sure, but I think you still have to do an expert install in order for the installer to see and use the USB drive.

The advantages to this are that you do not touch the built in drive, and you can plug the USB drive into another computer and boot from it. That way, you can take your Linux drive with you and run it on most other computers.

Mikkel
--

  Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons,
for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!

Attachment: signature.asc
Description: OpenPGP digital signature

-- 
fedora-list mailing list
fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list