Tag Archives: external hdd

erase linux from external HDD?

Posted on January 16, 2012 by admin| 3 Comments

I recently installed Linux Ubuntu on a external laptop hard drive to keep vista on my internal drive. Ubuntu worked fine but there was one problem, the external hard drive had to be present in order to boot windows using Grub. In order to save myself from a future frustration (external drive being damaged or missing).
But my problem is this: now every time that I connect my external HDD (with Ubuntu installed) it doesn’t even show up on “My computer”. So I want to format it to the way it was (clean)
If not through windows, Can someone tell me how to format it throu the Live CD?

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Posted in Linux Live CDs

Tagged boot, drive, external hard drive, external hdd, fine, frustration, grub, hdd, Laptop, laptop hard drive, Linux, order, problem, Ubuntu, vista

Booting from External HDD on Mac problem?

Posted on August 3, 2010 by admin| 1 Comment

I downloaded a ISO of Ubuntu Live, and burned it to a CD. I booted from it, connected my External Drive, and installed Linux to the Drive. I rebooted my computer while holding down the option key, and the boot manager only showed my Mac and Windows partitions.

What am I doing wrong?

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Tagged boot manager, booting, computer, drive, External, external hdd, hdd, iso, Linux, Live, Mac, mac problem, option key, problem, Ubuntu, windows

Is it possible to install a linux iso to an external hdd without booting from a live cd?

Posted on July 19, 2010 by admin| 5 Comments

I’m trying to install the Core Linux Distribution so I can try to build my own operating system just to see how it works, and when I tried to install a different iso, it didn’t give me the option to install it to the external hdd only the internal one — I’d rather not take apart my computer.

OH and I”m using the black macbook 2.4ghz any help is appreciated..thanks in advance