Run From Pocket Drive Installer Option?

[Dustin Kirkland]

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:-Dustin

8, 2010 at 5:01 PM, Jono Bacon <jono at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Apologies if this is not the right place to ask, but one of the most
> interesting and valuable features in Ubuntu for me, is the ability to
> run an installation entirely from a USB disk. This is also particularly
> attractive for encouraging our community to test developer releases and
> help us bug reporting, triage, and fixing.
>
> Today the installer has two options:
>
>      * Try Ubuntu
>      * Install Ubuntu
>
> I am wondering if we should provide a third option for those who have
> booted from a USB disk with persistance switched on: "Run Ubuntu From
> Your Pocket Driver" (or some better wording), which will allow you to
> use the USB stick as the main disk.
>
> I think this could be a really valuable feature for (a) people trying
> Ubuntu in more real-world situations where they set up their email, chat
> accounts etc and run it from the USB stick, and (b) help us with
> testing.

We could probably just detect if you have a persistence file on the
media, and if there's anything of value in it, and if so, then change
the verbiage from "Try Ubuntu" to "Launch Your Live Ubuntu" or
something more appropriate.

:-Dustin