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How can I install Grub on an external hard drive?
Installing Grub to an external hard drive that has Ubuntu installed. Boot into an Ubuntu live USB and connect the external hard drive. List partitions of all devices: lsblk. From the results of lsblk, identify the linux partition and also the efi partition of the external hard drive, i.e. /dev/sdXY1 and /dev/sdXY2 respectively.
How does Grub work with windows and Linux?
When using GRUB with Windows, GRUB gets up to the second stage boot loader. Reads grub.conf and then passes the button to the Windows boot loader. That’s the basics of multi-booting of dual booting with Linux and Windows using GRUB.
How to make Ubuntu automatically boot when inserting an external hard drive?
To make Ubuntu automatically boot when you insert the external and Windows to automatically boot when the external is not inserted you would have to create a custom boot entry for Ubuntu to point to the efi on the external drive: From Windows EasyUEFI can add or remove boot entries. From Linux efibootmgr can add or remove boot entries.
How do I make Grub boot loader work?
GRUB boot loader configuration is made by editing the /boot/grub/grub.conf file. It is called the bootgrub menu in the command line see below command. So let’s go see what the file looks like. It’s a pretty small config file. Let’s break it down into its major component. At the top here, we have got kind of the global settings,
How to install GRUB2 on USB memory card?
You can install Grub2 for USB, or HDD, or even a memory card. Install Grub2 on USB and HDD from Windows Run Command Prompt under Admin and go to the grub-2.02-for-windows directory that you extracted above. cd /d C:grub-2.02-for-windows
Is there a way to boot grub without a LiveCD?
Then, I recorded this .iso and still can not load the LiveCD to the end. The easiest way would be to indeed create a new LiveCD or even a LiveUSB. Failing that, you can configure the Windows bootloader to boot Linux. Then, you can use your installed Linux to re-install grub to the MBR.
How to install Ubuntu Grub without a MinimalCD?
When the boot process stops or freezes, you need to press “F6” and “Esc”. Then you can see one or both of these messages: To solve this problem, you can install Ubuntu from a MinimalCD (simply choose which version you want): https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/MinimalCD