Ubuntu :: Installing On Pen Drive?
Apr 19, 2011can i install ubuntu straight to my pendrive instead of the hard disk ?? will it work faster from pendrive??
View 4 Repliescan i install ubuntu straight to my pendrive instead of the hard disk ?? will it work faster from pendrive??
View 4 RepliesI would like to install Linux Ubuntu 11.04 on an external hard drive - its partitioned and ready for Linux.I've downloaded and burnt the .iso file to a DVD so its all good so far...First of all... is this possible without messing up my macbook? I don't particularly want to break into my macbook to disconnect the hard drive (I read on a tutorial for a previous version of Ubuntu that I'd have to do that... - does it still apply to 11.04?) - as it voids the warranty (I checked ).The reason I ask this is because I had a friend who partitioned their internal hard drive and installed Ubuntu on it. But after installation was complete they couldn't boot up Windows 7 or Ubuntu... and it resulted in them having to clean install Windows 7... - I don't want to end up in that situation
Second... If it is possible to install it without messing up my macbook... - Do I just follow the install instructions but just make sure that where possible I make sure that everything is installed on my external hard drive?...I really need someone to put my mind at rest that everything will run smoothly and that I'll be able to run Mac OS X as usual but also that I'll be able to boot from my external hard drive to run Ubuntu.
no entries exist in the /dev folder for hdc,cdrom,dvd, or any other drive or drive type than hda. The only other similar device is sg0 which doesn't work either. I have tried every variation of mount I can find with every available drive and drive type and nothing works, but this is the drive I installed FC14 with, and it installed perfectly (except for forgetting where it came from!!)Do I have to install a module or recompile the kernel just to get linux to recognize the drive it came from?
View 5 Replies View RelatedI was wondering. Up till now whenever I installed Linux I've either dual booted with Windows off 1 HDD, or installed straight Linux by itself. However, I recently purchased a second HDD for my computer, and was wondering how I could go about installing Debian on the second drive without messing with the windows drive? Right now I have Windows 7 installed on my 1TB drive, and would like to try and install Debian on my second (750GB) drive. Would it be possible to install Debian on the second drive, install grub on that drive's MBR so I could choose between Debian and Win7 without touching the MBR on the 1TB Windows drive?
I'm paranoid about messing up my Seven installation, but really want to be able to load into Debian as well.
I'm use Fedora but I want to install Ubuntu. How I may write Ubutu ISO image to my usb-drive from linux terminal?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have installed Windows 7 on one drive (300gb). I have another 300gb drive available on which I want to install ubuntu 9.10.
There are many dual boot things on google but I can't figure out which would work for me. Some say they work for 9.04 but not for 9.10.
Should I unplug the Win drive, and then install Ubuntu? If I do so I am not sure I can deal with the Grub thing.
I am trying to download Ubuntu on my HP Pavilion because it says I need a "boot device" so I want to put ubuntu as my set OS and when I get to the menu I press enter for installation. So I when I try to do it, it comes to a black screen and it has all this stuff about timers and what not.
Then it says: "Kernel panic - not syncing: IO-APIC + Timer doesn't work! Try booting with the 'noapic' option."
I have a dell xps 410 tank,running vista home,and a blank d drive,how do I install ubuntu on my d drive without trashing vista on my c driv,can i just install it to d,using grub, how do i go about doing this without trashing my sytem?
View 2 Replies View RelatedYesterday I installed Ubuntu Linux from a flash drive, and it worked perfectly. While I was on it, everything froze so I restarted, but when I restarted, the window to install Ubuntu from flash drive, or run it from flash drive, etc popped up even though I had already installed it. I chose to install it, but it wouldn't work. I tried to turn the computer on without the flash drive in, but it said to insert system disk, etc. I went into the Advanced BIOS and it was already set to first boot from harddrive.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI just bought WD External Hard drive for my laptop and found out that there is no support for Linux. I am running Ubuntu 9.10 and need advice on installation.
View 9 Replies View RelatedMy Jaunty has always had problems about connecting to the internet. Only one person I know of has been able to help me connect it to the internet and I can't find him anywhere, (Not ont he internet, in real life) so I figure that instead of trying to connect to the internet to get all my favorite programs, I should just download the programs to a flash drive and put them on that way. Only problem is that Once I get the program onto the flash drive How do I tell my computer to install from the flash drive? what to type int he terminal. I don't even know what most of the terminal type stuff means.
View 3 Replies View RelatedSo i have a computer running ubuntu, but i need to use this computer to install another OS to a hard drive connected via USB that will be installed on a laptop. How do i do this with an ISO file?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI'm trying to install Ubuntu 10.04 onto my 8GB flash drive using these instructions. I've run the install and installed GRUB2 and 10.04. However, selecting 10.04 on GRUB doesn't work.
On the instructions, it says this:
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You will also need to manually edit the menu.lst file of the new USB installation to change the boot references to /dev/sda, rather than /dev/sdb (or /dev/sdc etc.). This can be done by booting to the live distro mode of the Ubuntu install CD and editing the /boot/grub/menu.lst file on the USB stick. You can mount the USB stick using the Places menu -- once mounted, it can be found at /media/disk.
I'm not sure what the equivalent step would be for the GRUB2 files.
I am trying to install ubuntu from an ISO on a FAAT32 Partition. Is there a way of booting into the FAT32 partition with the ISO on it, and mount it to install from, from the Debian installer ?I have been searching for over a month now and still have not found anything that gives some information on how to do that. I remember that i was able to make a rescue disk for Fedora 5 and use the installer from it and select the partition and then the iso i wanted to use.
View 5 Replies View RelatedI have tried to install version 10.04 on a 1TB WD Caviar Green SATA drive. When I try to install from the install menu, the system cycles through the dots under the Ubuntu title for several minutes. I also get the same response when I try to check the disk. The system is an HP a1020n system.
View 1 Replies View RelatedSo i am currently running Windows XP on my Master Drive, and i wanted to learn Linux. But since this PC is shared by other people, i cant just get rid of Windows, so i got a another HD. Can i download Ubuntu onto my Master Drive, and run the installation from my Master Drive and have it install onto my Slave Drive?
View 6 Replies View RelatedI was wondering what I need to do to install software in Virtual Windows? Basically how do I get VB to recognize the CD drive?
View 5 Replies View RelatedIs there a way to install 11.04 on a external USB drive. I tried the regular install but it will not let me pick the drive, it wants to install on my internal HD. I know I can use Startup disk Creator but It set it up like a install USB and it takes forever to boot up. Also if I use Unetbootin I won't be able to save files to the USB Drive.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI try to install ubuntu 11.04 to my macbook(running MAC OS 10.5.8 ) using usb drive. I followed the instruction on the download page and transferred the ISO to usb drive. but when I restart the mac, holding option, I can not see option of boot with usb drive. there is only one option that is boot with my hard drive. my macbook is almost three years old, but I am sure the usb should work, since I have installed MAC OS using usb drive.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI am attempting to install Ubuntu on my girlfriends laptop, She is pretty much fed up with windows, and has been seeing me rub linux in her face (Compiz helps haha). The major problem for me is she does not have a CD/DVD drive, Nor do we have USB drives. Daemon tools will let me boot a virtual drive at boot (in theory according to their forum) so this will be my choosen method. The concerns/questions I have are these:
1) If I install from a virtual drive, Will the Ubuntu partition list that as a device and try to load from it? (When I am done, I am deleting windows and thus the drive) will that cause any major issues?
2)MS Will have to stay on the drive for awhile, I plan on shrinking it down as far as possible (Most likly with gparted) then formatting it as EXT and extending Ubuntu to occupy the whole space, Can gparted do that? (I've only used it with Linux, Never tried with MS)
3) Is there anything I should do PRIOR to installing Ubuntu, other then backing up files?
I have pac on my hard. I need software to install on my hard drive, not on the Internet. How I set Ubuntu to do this?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI had previously partitioned my harddrive and installed Linux on one part of it. I had a few problems and didn't like the way Grub stayed when I removed Linux. Here's what I have now: I reformatted and have Windoh's XP on C drive with 70GB. I made a D drive with 70 GB.I want to install Linux on the D drive (I think...unless I shouldn't do that.) How will I access Linux if I do this? Will my computer boot into Windoh's by default as usual? Will I double-click on "My Computer" then choose The D drive with Linux installed on it? I don't want to have to go through removing the Grub thing as I had to do last time I removed Linux.My ideal thing would be to be able to double-click on D drive and run Linux without having re-start problems with my computer.I'm sorry if this makes no sense. I don't really know how to explain it.
View 5 Replies View RelatedI'm currently running crunchbang linux 9.04.01 on an Eee PC 900HD netbook and I want to install crunchbang 10 statler but I won't have a usb drive for a few weeks and my netbook has no cd drive. I'm looking for a way to install the iso directly onto my hard drive without any installation media
View 9 Replies View RelatedI looked around on these forums and google and came to no solution so, I decided to make this thread. I'm using Windows XP and after I downloaded and tested out Ubuntu 9.10, I decided I'd like it as a second OS, can I install Ubuntu on my external hard drive (1TB)? would installing on an external hard drive take away the risks of losing data etc? If I installed Ubuntu on my external hard drive would it delete any files already on my hard drive?
View 9 Replies View RelatedCan someone tell me how to do this? I just formatted a slaved drive for EXT4 and now I'd like to write grub over the MBR. Cannot really find much on Google. tried: grub-install /dev/sda1 and of course didn't work....
View 5 Replies View RelatedI tried to do this and something went wrong, and caused so much trouble that I decided I didn't want to do it at all. Then I changed my mind today, and decided I'll try again even after all that happened.
View 4 Replies View RelatedAt present I have a hard drive with three primary partitions and one extended (logically split).
I'm runnining win 2k pro in each primary partition.
I'm about to reformat the middle primary partition and would like to take this opportunity of trying Ubuntu using the middle primary partition.
I'm using GAG to switch from one partition to another.
Is there any reason why trying Ubuntu in the middle partition would cause problems.
I think I read that Ubuntu can mess up the MBR.
I have an netbook, a small Asus Eee PC model 1001 PX running Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. It don't have an optical drive so I wish to make an bootable installation disk with an USB flash drive. I followed the guide on Ubuntus homepage [URL] How to make an USB drive). But it did not work. I have an standard 4 GB USB flash drive which is plugged in. I have formatted it to FAT. And it is now empty.I went to System > Administration -> opened 'Startup Disk Creator'.
I pushed in all the options. But then the system asked for a password. No worries, I thought. It must be my own. But it was not. So my problem is that I am missing a password in order to authorized the installation of Ubuntu 11.04 on the USB drive. what are A. the proper search phrase for it? and B.
I want to install Windows 7 on a separate drive on my PC that already has Ubuntu. I was wondering if anybody had any tips on how best to go about this? I was going to install a new empty drive, removing the current one, then put the current drive back once Windows had been installed. However, I'm not entirely sure if this will work, since Linux currently runs from the first drive: Will it be confused by making its drive the second drive (these will both be SATA drives, BTW), and how would I get Linux to run? Could I change which drive to boot from in the BIOS, or would replacing the MBR to provide a boot loader menu be easier?
View 15 Replies View RelatedAfter reading some download documentations, I'm still confused on how to install Ubuntu Linux onto a USB Flash Drive so that it is portable and not connected to a single computer.
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