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1. #How to install linux from usb drive how to#
2. #How to install linux from usb drive install#
3. #How to install linux from usb drive portable#

Double check the size to prevent formatting your main hard drive or the installation drive!! from right/up of gparted, carefully select the destination drive (usually the last one). open Gparted application from the "9 dots" icon in the left/down corner (other solutions exist) Create 2 GPT partitions: first as FAT32/EFI (100MB), the rest as EXT4 16GB is a good size, USB 3.x drive+port is fasterģ.

#How to install linux from usb drive install#

Plug the USB stick where you want to install Ubuntu in full mode On Boot menu, meke the USB/Ubuntu/Linpus entry to be the first oneĢ. be sure to have "Boot Mode" to UEFI, USB Boot activated enter Bios with something like Esc/F2/Fn+F2

Boot in UEFI mode from Ubuntu USB install stick Target USB drive (like 16GB - I use 32GB here)ġ. Installation Ubuntu USB drive (like 8GB) It is easier if they are different sizes - so you can differentiate them easily You need an installation USB drive and a target USB drive. move away EFI/ubuntu and EFI/Boot from your PC's EFI directory, so you can restore your PC boot to the initial state.ĭetailed version - for less experienced users copy recursively the directories EFI/ubuntu and EFI/Boot from your PC's EFI partition to the USB's EFI partition/directory. create the missing EFI directory on the (empty) USB's fat32 EFI partition Normally the install will not break the existing Win10 boot. You need to move the 2 new directories to the USB drive, in the EFI partition. The bug is that Ubuntu installer will not install any EFI/Grub files on the USB drive, but it will put them on your first hard drive - for example in the EFI partition created by Win10. set target boot location on the USB device - like /dev/sdc, not a partition.use custom Ubuntu installing ("Something else"), booting in UEFI mode create second partition ext4 on the rest of the space.create first partition fat32 of 100MB, set the flags 'esp' and 'boot'.format the target USB drive with "gpt" partition table (not msdos). If unsure, do a full backup of your system, including the Windows EFI partition. A single mistake might wipe out the entire hard drive on your PC.

#How to install linux from usb drive portable#

The old BIOS boot is more complex to fix and less portable because you depend on a specific drive order. Only (U)EFI boot is covered here, but most recent systems support UEFI. This is more than just a live "USB Pen Drive Linux" with persistence, it is your full Linux system in your pocket.

Such thumb-drive is not only persistent, you can also do regular updates on it, customize the programs, repair the file-system. Ubuntu installer has a bug when installing on USB using a PC that already has an UEFI boot system (like Windows 10). Regular USB install will likely fail, you need the fix below.

#How to install linux from usb drive how to#

This article explains how to install Ubuntu 19.04 or similar on USB+UEFI, like you would do it on a hard drive. I still hope my other work (like above) is even more valuable than such practical article as below. This blog is mainly focused on my Philosophical and theoretical ideas.įrom time to time I have practical posts that are too few to deserve a blog by themselves.