Re: how to install debian on a external USB disk

[Johan Scheepers <johansche@telkomsa.net>]

On 09/11/2010 10:04, Yuwen Dai wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I've been using Debian stable for years.  Now I'd like to try Debian 
> unstable or test on  an external USB disk without modifying anything 
> on my current disk, including partition as well as grub. Would you 
> please give me any guides on this?  Thanks in advance.
>
> Best regards,
> Yuwen

What I do is disconnect all drives except the one I want to use.

I have suse, ubuntu, debian on different usb external drives.

I just disconnect and connect to usb what I want to use and it works for 
me more than 2 years
.
Enjoy
Johan