IIRC, it is in the partitioning of the disk where you will chose where to install. Know the location of your external (SDA, SDB, etc.) Also, later in the install it will ask where you want grub installed.
Greetings,
Is there a preferred way to install Debian 7 from DVD to an external (USB) hard disk ?
The whole external hard disk is to be used instead of the internal hard disk. This is to experiment with the new release (and discover fish hooks like graphics that don't work) while leaving the internal hard disk with the production Debian 6 on it completely alone.
One then boots from either the external hard disk or the internal hard disk.
A live Debian is not to be set up. Grub and the rest of the boot processing also goes on the external hard disk.
To set this up, at what stage in the install process does one actually put the new release on to the external disk ?
Does one need to also tell the install program where to put grub ? or does it do that automatically ?
Is there any other special configuration one needs to do to properly put the new release on to the external hard disk ?
It is vastly preferable not to unplug the internal hard disk or otherwise disrupt the functioning system.
Of course the internal hard disk will be backed up before the attempted install ...
Thanks for any information.
frank.jansen@actrix.gen.nz, ZL2TTS
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