Question about GRUB logic

[paul1149]

If I recall correctly, the stick sometimes will displace other disk drives in the numbering sequence. So its presence/absence would affect the accuracy of the grub menu on disk drives?

[Old-Polack]

If I recall correctly, the stick sometimes will displace other disk drives in the numbering sequence. So its presence/absence would affect the accuracy of the grub menu on disk drives?

Are you trying to boot an internal installation from a USB stick? If not, then there can be no conflict. You are booting whatever is on the stick.

Mounting is now done by partition UUID number or LABEL, so designation by /dev/<whatever> is not involved.

[paul1149]

For a while I was sending all booting chores out to the external, but no longer. So I guess the KISS rule is the way to go. Thanks again.

[The Chief]

I did have the external drive set to priority in the boot order. But without grub out there, what would act as the bootloader?

Well, it would have a minimal grub out on the external drive, but you'd never see it unless it was connected at startup.