Install Ubuntu or Kubuntu on a External USB Drive

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See "Installing Ubuntu 7.04 to a USB Hard Drive" - http://www.pendrivelinux.com/installing-ubuntu-to-a-usb-hard-drive/

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Updated on November 20, 2022

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  • Cheeso
    Cheeso 12 months

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    • Admin
      Admin over 12 years
      My first Kubuntu (Jaunty) was installed on an external HDD. I didn't notice any performance difference except that a black screen with a flahing cursor would stay for three minutes. I think that's a problem related to my desktop, because the same USB HDD did not have this problem on a laptop.
    • Admin
      Admin over 12 years
      Only word of warning is that it would take MUCH longer to start Ubuntu, Ubuntu would run slower, and programs would start slower and run slower. The benefits are more hard drive space, portability, no default operating system that boots. Just follow the different guides on this question, the Ubuntu Live USB creater is very good, but I'm not sure if it will work "out-of-the-box" with a external hard drive, since it was designed for flashdrives! Hope this helps!!
  • Admin
    Admin almost 13 years
    Thank you for your reply, Will give this a try and update here, I remember that I did tried an install once of Ubuntu 10.04 on a EXT-USB Drive, upon finishing install, it gave me grub error and I gave up, Will try the above method and see if that helps.
  • Admin
    Admin over 12 years
    Yep, sometimes you must manually tweak grub's configuration - which can easily be overwhelming -- especially with Grub2's new naming convention (sda0 is now sda1 thing). BWT you should keep in mind that using a swap-partition on an SSD can reduce it's lifespan (this topic is still controversial though): superuser.com/questions/51724/…