Install linux on usb and boot from usb on other computer

Install linux on usb and boot from usb on other computer install#
Install linux on usb and boot from usb on other computer portable#

if the new USB drive does not boot, boot again from the installation USB, plugging the target USB after we just need to copy couple of files to the target USB drive

Install linux on usb and boot from usb on other computer portable#

Tweak/fix the target USB to contain the right EFI files to become portable be aware that this is likely using the EFI files on your main HDD/SSD, and the USB drive is not portable yetДҐ. enter Bios and activate to Boot from the USB Ubuntu drive. when the system is off or just before (re)starting, remove the installation USB you may need to umount the USB stick as it is mounted automatically (Right click on partition, Umount) 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 fasterДЈ.

Install linux on usb and boot from usb on other computer 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 oneДў. 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)ДЎ. 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.Дetailed 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).