I don't mean to make a LiveUSB stick out of an ISO. I want to put
10.04 onto a USB stick and it needs a ton of updates to bring it to
current, which eats a lot of space on the USB stick.
So I was wondering if you could actually /install/ Ubuntu onto a USB stick.
I have tried, obviously, but the Ubiquity installer won't let you
select a thumbdrive as the destination.
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11-14-2011, 02:30 PM
Gilles Gravier
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Hi!
Yes. And it works fine. I have it on a 16GB USB stick.
Gilles.
On 14/11/2011 16:27, Liam Proven wrote:
> Is this possible?
>
> I don't mean to make a LiveUSB stick out of an ISO. I want to put
> 10.04 onto a USB stick and it needs a ton of updates to bring it to
> current, which eats a lot of space on the USB stick.
>
> So I was wondering if you could actually /install/ Ubuntu onto a USB stick.
>
> I have tried, obviously, but the Ubiquity installer won't let you
> select a thumbdrive as the destination.
>
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11-14-2011, 02:32 PM
Liam Proven
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On 14 November 2011 15:30, Gilles Gravier <ggravier@fsfe.org> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Yes. And it works fine. I have it on a 16GB USB stick.
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11-14-2011, 02:47 PM
Gilles Gravier
Install onto USB
Take a PC. Stick the disk in it. Boot on the install CD. Install on the
USB stick. Reboot on the USB stick. Run updates. Voila.
Gilles
On 14/11/2011 16:32, Liam Proven wrote:
> On 14 November 2011 15:30, Gilles Gravier <ggravier@fsfe.org> wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> Yes. And it works fine. I have it on a 16GB USB stick.
> Great! Thanks for the info.
>
> So - how? :¬)
>
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11-14-2011, 03:31 PM
Liam Proven
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On 14 November 2011 15:47, Gilles Gravier <ggravier@fsfe.org> wrote:
> Take a PC. Stick the disk in it. Boot on the install CD. Install on the
> USB stick. Reboot on the USB stick. Run updates. Voila.
Hmmm. I am sure that didn't work, last time I tried. I will try again...
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11-15-2011, 12:10 PM
Richard Owlett
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Liam Proven wrote:
On 14 November 2011 15:47, Gilles Gravier<ggravier@fsfe.org> wrote:
Take a PC. Stick the disk in it. Boot on the install CD. Install on the
USB stick. Reboot on the USB stick. Run updates. Voila.
Hmmm. I am sure that didn't work, last time I tried. I will try again...
*IT DOES NOT* at least in my experience.
I tried to install to a USB so my Windows(tm) hard rive
would not be touched and I would be able to run the same
Linux install on my desktop and my laptop.
Evidently it is _Physically_ possible but the livecd doesn't
let you do it unless you are already a guru. I've all but
given up on Ubuntu being a usable/suitable/??? distro.
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11-15-2011, 12:40 PM
Mark Widdicombe
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On 15 November 2011 15:10, Richard Owlett <rowlett@pcnetinc.com> wrote:
Liam Proven wrote:
On 14 November 2011 15:47, Gilles Gravier<ggravier@fsfe.org> *wrote:
Take a PC. Stick the disk in it. Boot on the install CD. Install on the
USB stick. Reboot on the USB stick. Run updates. Voila.
Hmmm. I am sure that didn't work, last time I tried. I will try again...
*IT DOES NOT* at least in my experience.
I tried to install to a USB so my Windows(tm) hard rive would not be touched and I would be able to run the same Linux install on my desktop and my laptop.
Evidently it is _Physically_ possible but the livecd doesn't let you do it unless you are already a guru. I've all but given up on Ubuntu being a usable/suitable/??? distro.
I didn't have a problem. *Just choose the manual option and select the USB drive when asked where you want to install. *I have 10.04 on a 16GB stick which I use at work.*
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11-15-2011, 12:52 PM
Liam Proven
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On 15 November 2011 13:10, Richard Owlett <rowlett@pcnetinc.com> wrote:
> Liam Proven wrote:
>>
>> On 14 November 2011 15:47, Gilles Gravier<ggravier@fsfe.org> Â*wrote:
>>>
>>> Take a PC. Stick the disk in it. Boot on the install CD. Install on the
>>> USB stick. Reboot on the USB stick. Run updates. Voila.
>>
>> Hmmm. I am sure that didn't work, last time I tried. I will try again...
>
> *IT DOES NOT* at least in my experience.
> I tried to install to a USB so my Windows(tm) hard rive would not be touched
> and I would be able to run the same Linux install on my desktop and my
> laptop.
>
> Evidently it is _Physically_ possible but the livecd doesn't let you do it
> unless you are already a guru. I've all but given up on Ubuntu being a
> usable/suitable/??? distro.
Were you the chap that got Ubuntu on the USB key but GRUB on his hard
disk, so couldn't boot unless the key was inserted?
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11-15-2011, 12:53 PM
Liam Proven
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On 15 November 2011 13:40, Mark Widdicombe <markwiddicombe@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 15 November 2011 15:10, Richard Owlett <rowlett@pcnetinc.com> wrote:
>>
>> Liam Proven wrote:
>>>
>>> On 14 November 2011 15:47, Gilles Gravier<ggravier@fsfe.org> Â*wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Take a PC. Stick the disk in it. Boot on the install CD. Install on the
>>>> USB stick. Reboot on the USB stick. Run updates. Voila.
>>>
>>> Hmmm. I am sure that didn't work, last time I tried. I will try again...
>>>
>>>
>>
>> *IT DOES NOT* at least in my experience.
>> I tried to install to a USB so my Windows(tm) hard rive would not be
>> touched and I would be able to run the same Linux install on my desktop and
>> my laptop.
>>
>> Evidently it is _Physically_ possible but the livecd doesn't let you do it
>> unless you are already a guru. I've all but given up on Ubuntu being a
>> usable/suitable/??? distro.
>>
> I didn't have a problem. Â*Just choose the manual option and select the USB
> drive when asked where you want to install. Â*I have 10.04 on a 16GB stick
> which I use at work.
Strangely enough, this time when I tried it, it did work. *But* I have
removed the hard disk from the machine altogether, so the USB key is
the /only/ drive it had available. It is running rather nicely.
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11-15-2011, 02:24 PM
Richard Owlett
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Liam Proven wrote:
On 15 November 2011 13:10, Richard Owlett<rowlett@pcnetinc.com> wrote:
Liam Proven wrote:
On 14 November 2011 15:47, Gilles Gravier<ggravier@fsfe.org> wrote:
Take a PC. Stick the disk in it. Boot on the install CD. Install on the
USB stick. Reboot on the USB stick. Run updates. Voila.
Hmmm. I am sure that didn't work, last time I tried. I will try again...
*IT DOES NOT* at least in my experience.
I tried to install to a USB so my Windows(tm) hard rive would not be touched
and I would be able to run the same Linux install on my desktop and my
laptop.
Evidently it is _Physically_ possible but the livecd doesn't let you do it
unless you are already a guru. I've all but given up on Ubuntu being a
usable/suitable/??? distro.
Were you the chap that got Ubuntu on the USB key but GRUB on his hard
disk, so couldn't boot unless the key was inserted?
That did sound very unfortunate!
Yes.
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