lancherider
2007-02-21, 09:26 AM CST
I am trying to install FC6 on a 2 GB flash drive so that I can have a portable distro that I can carry around with me that also enables me to update, add software, etc. and is also faster than a live CD. I can install everything on the flash drive just fine up until the point where it asks about GRUB. The hard drive on the computer is listed as /dev/sda and the flash drive is /dev/sdb. When it asks about installing GRUB, it won't let me choose sdb (the flash drive) as the location to install GRUB, it insists on using sda. The thing is, I don't want GRUB on the hard drive. In fact, I don't want to make any kind of alteration to my hard drive.
I tried just not installing grub, but of course I then get the "Missing operating system" error when I try to boot from the flash drive. Isn't there a way to load GRUB on the flash drive? Why would Anaconda treat this any differently than any other hard drive?
I tried just not installing grub, but of course I then get the "Missing operating system" error when I try to boot from the flash drive. Isn't there a way to load GRUB on the flash drive? Why would Anaconda treat this any differently than any other hard drive?