In my previous computer (built locally and modified over the years by me), I had fitted a second IDE hard drive. The first drive had XP installed and the second had Linux installed. (I tried other distros on it, but ended up with Ubuntu).
My new, rather expensive, computer has only one hard drive and that has Windows7 pre-installed with a 'rescue partition'. Now, the insurance/support policy I have on the new computer (I didn't bother with one on the old machine) states that I can't modify the computer in any way. I must get a computer repair person, which they nominate, to do any work inside the machine. I don't want to try dual booting by putting Ubuntu on the same hard drive as Windows7, but would rather keep it separate. My thoughts are to install it on an external USB hard drive. Would I simply plug the drive in, boot the computer, run the liveCD and install it as I would with an internal hard drive? I have read postings about installing to a USB memory card, which seems rather complicated, needing special programs to do it. So I am wondering if installing to a hard drive would be easier. The drive would only be used with this machine. To clarify, I would like to actually install Ubuntu on the drive, not use the drive as a USB version of a liveCD. Many thanks for any advice. Cheers Keith -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
