boot from external hd

Pedroski · 09-13-2010, 03:54 AM

I just installed Mepsis on an external hd, to try it out. I told it to install grub in the mbr of the external hd. I have my bios set to boot:
removable media
CD/DVD
hard drive
network

but it doesn't boot. Do you know what might be the problem?

yooy · 09-13-2010, 06:57 AM

We've had a lot of problems setting bios to boot from usb drives, removable media..

Your best chance is to try on various computers so you see if grub is installed correctly.

jefro · 09-13-2010, 03:09 PM

Many bios's actually view some external drives not as removable but a real hard drive. Do a cold boot to bios with external connected and powered up beforehand. See if your hard drive choice now shows a choice to move up the external. If so move up that and go back to hd first boot choice.

Pedroski · 09-13-2010, 11:35 PM

Well, I tried that, but it doesn't boot here in the school plugged into a computer.

jefro · 09-14-2010, 03:06 PM

How do you know the drive is in fact working?

Pedroski · 09-14-2010, 05:22 PM

Because I can open it. It is mounted after boot.