I need to Install Ubuntu on a Flash Drive because I don't have enough space on my Laptop to Dual-Boot. I need to Fully Install Ubuntu on a flash drive.
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If you are hurrying to reply, System → Administration → StartUp Disk Creator -- no, that's not what I'm talking about.   I want to try Ubuntu 11.04's Unity without touching my existing Ubuntu install.  To do this, I need to install the nVidia drivers first (sigh).  To do this, I need changes to persist a reboot.  To do this, I need to really install Ubuntu on a USB key.  How do you do that?    What I tried   I tried to make a USB key from , then boot from it, then choose "Install Ubuntu." The installer refused to install to the installation media itself. I tried, from my installed copy of Ubuntu:  sudo kvm /dev/sdb --cdrom .cache/testdrive/iso/ubuntu_natty-desktop-i386.iso   ...but the installer didn't detect the disk properly.
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Before I start, don't lecture me on the fact that FAT32 is old and hasn't been updated for nearly 20 years. Right now I have sorted that. I am trying to install Ubuntu Linux onto a 64GB flash drive and it wants me to format it to one of the EXT file systems.  The problem is if I put the flash drive into a Windows PC, I can't use it. I also can't install the required software onto every Windows PC that I will use. When I tried to install it on FAT32 I got an error and there is no option for NTFS.  Does anyone know how I could do this? Maybe a Windows based tool? Thanks in advance.
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I am new to ubuntu and i would like some help. I have a laptop with windows 7 installed but i would love to have ubuntu too because it's a great OS. So i would like to install ubuntu on an external usb hard drive (320 - 500 GB) and i have some questions about that :   Do i need a usb external hard drive which will be compatible with ubuntu - linux ? or i can do it with any hard drive  If i make a partition on it for ubuntu staff will i be able to use it and save other staff in the usb hard drive (movies,songs,documents etc) ? If i have ubuntu installed on the usb hard drive will i be able to boot ubuntu from any pc ? Are my changes going to be saved normally or my settings will be lost after shut down ?   Waiting for your answers, if something is not explain well tell me to try explain it better . Thank you!
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I had Ubuntu 12.04 Beta installed on my computer. When 12.04 was finally released, I made a bootable USB Flash Drive using Startup Disk Creator.  Then I decided to check if this drive works properly and to reinstall the system on my desktop. I must add, my desktop behaves a bit strange when it comes to bootable USB's, it recognizes them as HDD.  In BIOS I changed priority of boot so USB Flash Drive (recognized as HDD) was first. Successfully booted, I installed Ubuntu. Everything worked fine, but...  Now I cannot boot from my real HDD. Every time I want to boot, I put the USB Flash Drive into my computer, boot, safely remove it and everything works.  What do I need to do to repair boot?
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Can I install Ubuntu without formatting any partitions on my hard drive?  I am already running Windows 7 and I want to install Ubuntu as well without formatting any of the partitions I have already created.
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I would like to see a full how-to guide on how to install Ubuntu.
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I am using Windows 10, and hasn't got not enough SSD storage. So, I decide to install Ubuntu in a 32 GB USB stick (made by tf card and reader ).  I will not just try Ubuntu, but will use it everyday, and will install Python, VS Code, PyCharm, etc... Hope to learn coding with this USB stick. Will it work perfectly?
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I want to install Steam for Linux. As I have only 256gb SSD and not enough space for games, I'd like to install it (and all it's games) to a USB3 flash drive.  How to do that? Preferably using sudo apt-get install ****. Haven't find a way to specify the installation location.
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Could someone explain how to install Ubuntu from an SD card? I don't have any CDs or USB sticks around. My current operating system is Windows 10 64 bit.
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I have a headless storage server with preconfigured Windows Home Server. How can I install Ubuntu without a display?  Do I have to build a custom install flash drive? If so, what would be the basic procedure? Is there a program (like unetbootin) to do this?
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I am totally new to Ubuntu. I just start to learn about Ubuntu. So please help me to learn about Ubuntu.
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I am looking to create a USB flash drive that I can put multiple  ISO images on and select which boots from startup. The ideal candidate supports Linux and Windows-based ISO images, and is relatively simple. It also must have some reasonable process for adding and removing an ISO image from the drive/list.    Things that I'm not looking for in this specific question:    or other swiss-army knife live CDs. The point is to boot any one of multiple CDs, not to boot a (certainly useful) utility CD. Installing a single live CD to a USB drive. I'd like to have multiple ISO images, selectable at startup.   I don't have a specific purpose in mind, possibilties include a single drive with a  variant, Ubuntu desktop, UBCD4Win for DOS, the Offline NT Password Cracker, etc.  Flexible and easy to use are the name of the game!
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I know how much space is required to install Ubuntu.  How much space does a Ubuntu installation take up on the disk?
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A person has a computer with no HDD but 16GB RAM and USB3 port.  Also has 16GB USB3 pendrive with Ubuntu Live on it, (Non persistent).  The computer is then started with the pendrive using toram.  The pendrive is then removed and reinserted while the O/S is running.  Is the O/S that is running in RAM able to do a "Full" install to the pendrive?  This was asked in:     However for some reason this unique question was marked as "Duplicate".
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We downloaded Ubuntu here  just as prompted. The 64 bit.    We followed howtoubuntu perfectly, using Rufus to put Ubuntu on a new usb stick.   We installed Ubuntu. Everything looked perfect, step by step.   The computer prompted us to restart, so we did.   With the usb stick in, we are prompted to install Ubuntu. Or one time, it started and looked like we were good to go but nothing would open. But when we try to reinstall, we are told the computer already has ubuntu, would we like to install alongside?   Without the usb stick, we are told to install an operating system. "Boot device not found"  You can probably tell by my vernacular that I am not familiar with this process. How can I fix this? Just want to run Ubuntu on the laptop.   Thanks, Tabitha   Edit: this is an hp pavilion laptop, which I could probably tell you more about if I hadn't just deleted everything on it in a failed attempt to use Ubuntu.  Edited to add sudo fdisk -l response:  Disk /dev/sda: 698.7 GiB, 750156374016 bytes, 1465149168 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes Disklabel type: dos Disk identifier: 0xc9478f8b  Device     Boot      Start        End    Sectors   Size Id Type /dev/sda1  *          2048 1457870847 1457868800 695.2G 83 Linux /dev/sda2       1457872894 1465147391    7274498   3.5G  5 Extended /dev/sda5       1457872896 1465147391    7274496   3.5G 82 Linux swap / Solaris  Partition 2 does not start on physical sector boundary.     Disk /dev/sdb: 57.9 GiB, 62109253632 bytes, 121307136 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disklabel type: dos Disk identifier: 0x003a2730  Device     Boot Start       End   Sectors  Size Id Type /dev/sdb1  *     2048 121307135 121305088 57.9G  c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
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What's the best way of placing a bootable ISO on a USB drive, such that the drive is bootable? ISOs such as a live Linux preview disk, Windows installation ISO, etc.
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Is it possible to download Ubuntu 12.04 to an SD card and then use that to install or to boot directly from it, rather than using a USB stick?  The plan is to install Ubuntu on an old Toshiba Portege M200 laptop, which does not have a CD drive.