Quoting Keith Powell <ke...@keithg4jvx.force9.co.uk>: > 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.
Will they install a second drive for you? > 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. I'm sure it's do-able, as long as you can boot from USB in the BIOS and providing that Ubuntu will let you install to USB Devices (I've never tried). Kind regards, Matt -- Matthew Macdonald-Wallace matt...@truthisfreedom.org.uk http://www.truthisfreedom.org.uk/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
