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Old 07-07-2015, 12:16 PM   #1
l0rddarkf0rce
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Booting from an external USB HD


I just finished installing a copy of 14.04 unto an external USB drive and all I get when I boot from the disk is the following message...

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GRUB loading.
Welcome to GRUB!
When installing I selected to install GRUB to /dev/sdb (which is my USB drive). Any help will be appreciated.
 
Old 07-07-2015, 01:49 PM   #2
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It is better to use UUIDs or labels for external devices over /dev entries because /dev entries can change at boot up.

However, in your case, you will likely find that your grub config file is trying to boot from /dev/sdb when it is actually booting from /dev/sda, the first disk found by the BIOS.

The remedy is to change sdb to sda in your grub config file.
 
  


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