On Thu, 2011-01-13 at 09:44 -0800, Marc Chamberlin wrote:
On 1/13/2011 8:55 AM, Dave Howorth wrote:
Marc Chamberlin wrote:
So, how do I configure GRUB to find the USB/eSata drive? (I am using a dual USB/eSata port on my laptop, and the USB/eSata drive is using the eSata interface. The BIOS is configure so that the boot sequence is first from a CD/DVD drive, then from a USB drive, then from the internal hard drive. So from what you've described your external drive is seen by the BIOS as an internal drive.
So what is the internal drive boot order set to in the BIOS?
Cheers, Dave Thanks Dave for replying! The BIOS does not differentiate between the boot order of internal v.s. external disk drives. There is just one menu for setting the boot order, and the 3rd priority boot device is set to 'USB Hard Drive' This leads me to believe that the BIOS does understand about external USB hard drives that are plugged in to some USB port on the laptop. (and I assume also eSata drives plugged in to a USB/eSata port)
However, your question got me to take a second hard look at the BIOS menu and I noted that in the main menu there is a section titled 'Device Information' and under it I only see the Internal HDD and the CD/DVD devices listed... To my untrained eyes, that seems inconsistent as I had the USB/eSata hard drive plugged in when I rebooted the laptop and brought up the BIOS menu...
So I dunno if the BIOS is broken, or just does not show any plugged USB drives in the main menu.... But the fact that there is an option in the boot order to boot from a USB Hard Drive implies it is ok to do so... So I remain bewildered...
Marc...
Just a quick thought. Quite a while i tried to do the same, install a test-version on an external disk. Al went well, allthough one should use the extended menu (not auto-config), as the new boot loader + grub stuf are by default installed on the first disk, while one should rather have it also on the usb-disk, leaving the internal disk unchanged. hw -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org