install F11 ON a USB-HDD

[Daniel Kirsten]

On Monday 20 July 2009, Jussi Lehtola wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-07-20 at 15:13 +0200, Daniel Kirsten wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I installed F11 on a USB-HDD.  I used a network-install-CD  and 
> > allowed the installer to use the entire disk.  I did not change the 
> > partition layout.   I installed the bootloader to the same USB-drive. 
> > 
> > The installation seemed to be successful, but I cannot boot from 
> > this USB-HDD.    WHen I turn on the computer, it reads a bit from the 
> > USB-HDD, abd then it boots immediately from the built in HDD.
> 
> Are you sure your BIOS is set to boot from the USB drive?

Yes.    Last week,  I transfered the F11-KDE-Live-CD  to the same USB-Drive, 
and it booted.   I did not change any configuration in the BIOS.

Daniel