Boot from external HD

[Travis Smith]

http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2007/09/28/usb-ubuntu-710-gutsy-gibbon-install/

On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 11:54 AM, elmo <elmo at ne.rr.com> wrote:

> elmo wrote:
> > This is what I have in /root/grub/menu.lst to boot my ubuntu
> > installation.   It works perfectly.
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------
> > # Ubuntu installation on /dev/sda2.
> > title        Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic (hda2)
> > root        (hd0,1)
> > kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic
> > root=UUID=20f5f8e2-734e-43f4-8cbd-9d9c41ede634 ro quiet splash
> > initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic
> > savedefault
> > boot
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------
> > I also have a cloned copy of this same ubuntu on a USB external hard
> > drive.
> > Initially it was done to be a backup and possibly for copying to other
> > computers
> > but now I would like to be able to boot it and run it from the external
> > drive.
> >
> > Since the external drive has a cloned copy, it seems to me that all that
> > has to
> > be changed is the 'root' entry from (hd0,1) to whatever .is needed to
> > designate
> > the partition on the external hard drive that has the cloned copy...In
> > this case,
> > the clone ubuntu is on the second partition of the external drive.
> >
> > My understanding is that external USB *__*HDs are SCSI so the 'root'
> > entry must somehow indicate that the ubuntu is on the second partition
> > on the external HD.
> >
> > What should I use for the 'root' entry to accomplish this?
> > I should also mention that I have two hard drives installed in the
> > computer so the external drive is like a third hard drive.
> >
> >
> >
> It looks like my query may be too complicated.
> elmo
>
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