Hi there
I’ve no trouble installing OPENSUSE 13.1 to an external HDD (I want a portable system that boots and runs from the external HDD) - I have VMWARE VMPLAYER plus a Windows Virtual Machine installed as well so it’s also a portable Windows system too.
On a NON UEFI system or option it’s no problem as the install selects GRUB2 which allows you to install it anywhere - so clicking the install to root (/) and selecting the HDD order the GRUB bootloader is written to the external HDD and not an Internal HDD.
However if you want to create a UEFI system that boots and runs totally from an external device then when the install process installs the GRUB bootloader the GRUB2-EFI version (UEFI boot) does not give you a choice of where to install the bootloader and installs on the INTERNAL HDD (or first HDD if not using a laptop). This is DOUBLY annoying since the system say it’s a laptop - won’t boot UNLESS the external device is plugged in too.
I’m basically using the Graphical install GUI’s either from the LIVE system or a full distro DVD. I want to run essentially from the external HDD - it’s an SSD so it’s fast enough without touching the HDD on a laptop which is running Windows. The machine is a UEFI one but disabling secure boot will allow it to run other OS’es (UEFI or standard) - set the BIOS to enable legacy boot. Protected boot can be turned off.
There must be a way to create the UEFI boot since the live distro can boot either in UEFI mode or normal mode.
Any help here please.