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Go to Menu -> System -> Partition Drives to open the GParted program. (This will prevent the system from auto-mounting new partitions you'll be making with GParted later.) Close window when done.Ĥ. Uncheck all of the things listed under "Removable Storage". Go to Menu -> Settings -> Removable Drive and Media and look under the Storage tab. (Don't have the external drive plugged in yet.)Ģ. If you told installer to "automatically" install to the external drive, by default it will install the boot loader on the internal drive, which you don't want to happen.)ġ.
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It sounds more difficult than it is and I think it would be a good thing for you to do because you'll likely learn a lot.īasically what you're going to do is boot the computer with same live USB/DVD you used to install before, use GParted to make partitions for the installation on the external drive, then use the "Something Else" (manual install) option from the installer to direct installation to that drive, ensuring nothing accidentally ends up on the internal drive. Very similar to a normal install except best way to do it is by manually creating the partitions on the hard drive, then directing the installer to use those for the installation. Installing to external, USB-connected hard drive shouldn't be too hard. A particularly good one is the Linux Beginner Search Engine which I have a link to in my signature line below.
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If confused by terminology, (which everyone is when first learning Linux), try using search engines, Wikipedia and YouTube to find answers/explanations. After computer starts and completes its initial P.O.S.T (Power On Self Test), it looks to the MBR for a boot loader to boot the operating system. and is where initial stage of boot loader gets installed). MBR = Master Boot Record (located at the very beginning of a hard drive, USB stick, etc.
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= a partitioning program included in LL and on the "live" LL install USB/DVD you made from your ISO file.