Hi,

i just gave xubuntu another try and installed it ordinarily on a external usb harddisk. I have another harddisk installed inside the laptop that has Windows Xp on it.

Now the problem: When I boot from the external drive the boot menu of Grub 2 shows up and i see all installed bootable partitions including windows. Now I select Xubuntu and wait. When the Xubuntu Logo shows up the boot process hangs.

Now the funny thing. When the logo shows up I can unplug the usb drive and reconnect it real fast. Then the boot process will continue!!!

Since I am a Linux newbie I would appreciate every hint that can solve this so that I can enjoy a smooth Linux boot:-)

EDIT

Grub version is:

 tobias@ubuntu:~$ grub-install -v
 grub-install (GRUB) 1.98+20100804-5ubuntu3

Kernel is:

tobias@ubuntu:~$ uname -r
2.6.35-23-generic

Xubuntu is 9.10

Thanks