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1. #HOW TO INSTALL UBUNTU FROM USB DRIVE DUAL BOOT HOW TO#
2. #HOW TO INSTALL UBUNTU FROM USB DRIVE DUAL BOOT PC#
3. #HOW TO INSTALL UBUNTU FROM USB DRIVE DUAL BOOT ISO#
4. #HOW TO INSTALL UBUNTU FROM USB DRIVE DUAL BOOT WINDOWS#

and after you mess around with it for a bit its a whole lot of fun, granted you dont accidentally brick something lol. Thanks to this post, I learned EVERYTHING I could possibly ever lear about uEFI, Boot Loaders and Boot Code, Linux, Windows, and various other Implimentations of these. I prefer to have just one folder on the USB root drive to dump my personal stuff into (you can have as many sub-folders in there as you desire).

#HOW TO INSTALL UBUNTU FROM USB DRIVE DUAL BOOT PC#

Once the boot applications are written you can copy across any folders containing installers, personal files, PC backup images etc. Luckily after the first boot application is written, the Autoformat checkbox is un-ticked. When it is completed, simply click OK add any others you want to include by ticking the appropriate checkbox. The process will start for the first boot application to be written. 4 message boxes will appear in succession: click YES YES YES OK.

#HOW TO INSTALL UBUNTU FROM USB DRIVE DUAL BOOT ISO#

A warning will appear concerning the NTFS file system, just click OK and continue to browse for the iso image file. Click the three dots and browse for the image file.

#HOW TO INSTALL UBUNTU FROM USB DRIVE DUAL BOOT WINDOWS#

Next, in my case since I use Macrium Reflect and Windows8.1, tick the Windows Vista/7/8/10. If you plan to use this on a UEFI boot system then format to FAT32 (but you lose the ability to copy large files). This allows me to copy large files (>4Gb) to the USB drive. I don't use UEFI in my bios boot options so I format the drive using NTFS. Next tick the checkbox 'Auto format it with FBinst'. Exit terminal, then unplug your flash drive.First plug the target USB drive into the PC and open the exe for WinSetupFromUSB. Next, type " mkfs.ext2 -b 4096 -L casper-rw /dev/sdb2", to format the second partition.ĩ. Type " mkfs.vfat -F 16 -n Ubuntu /dev/sdb1". Type " umount /dev/sdb1", then " umount /dev/sdb2".ħ.

type p again to show any remaining partitions (if partitions exist, repeat the previous step).type p to show the existing partition and d to delete it.For example, if your flash drive was sda, and I typed "format sdb1" then you would type "format sda1". Whenever I type "sdb", put in your flash drive identification. Type in " fdisk -l", and identify which device is your flash drive. This will erase all your files on you flash driveģ. Backup all your data on your flash drive before doing this. You can also store personal data on the second partition. We will make two partitions, one for the actual Ubuntu OS, and another to automatically save your changes and settings back to the flash drive and restore them on each boot.

Now that you're in Ubuntu, it is time to format the flash drive. *This process is no longer needed as of Ubuntu 8.10 because a USB Ubuntu Creator is built in. Just make sure to follow each step carefully. I'm not liable for any damage done to your computer and/or flash drive. It was to hard to document each little step for each step. You will have a whole, powerful operating system in your pocket! You can run Ubuntu will all your settings and files, even if you don't have your own computer with you. You will be able to automatically save your changes and settings back to the flash drive and restore them on each boot using a second partition.

#HOW TO INSTALL UBUNTU FROM USB DRIVE DUAL BOOT HOW TO#

This Instructable will show you how to install, boot, and run the popular Linux distro, Ubuntu from your flash drive. You can recover your data from a hard drive and copy it to an external hard drive if that computer won't boot up or scan that computer for viruses and so on. Running an operating system, like Windows, off of your flash drive can be very useful sometimes.