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Hello ladies and gentlefolks,

I am trying to create a live USB running Ubuntu server. I have everything loading fine and dandy (after a lot of trial and error with the network) and everything is installing fine now. My question is where do I install grub? I am using my computer that runs Windows 10 by default on a 1TB hard drive, and I have been unplugging that so that I can guarantee that I don't screw that up. I have 1 USB as my installer, ande another USB as my drive to install everything on. Where should I install grub if I eventually want to plug my hard drive back in and use Windows 10?

Also: is there a way to clear out all partitions and completely reset a USB drive? Just formatting doesn't seem to be working for me.

Cheers!

BurnDownTheIgloo
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If you aren't intending to install Linux on the hard drive but would like to boot Windows and run from the USB stick, you could always install a very small and minimal Linux partition on the Windows hard drive so that you boot into Windows from GRUB.

You can then edit GRUB to include the option to boot from the USB stick:

Boot from USB

It's basically a case of editing the configuration file and then updating GRUB so that it recognizes both Windows and the USB stick.

Michael
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