FULLY functional install of Ubuntu 10.10 to USB stick in a WinXP enviroment

[jerry]

On 11/11/2010 07:17 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
> Alan Pope wrote:
>    
>> On 10 November 2010 15:30, Johnny Rosenberg<gurus.knugum at gmail.com>   wrote:
>>      
>>> Just start it from the Live CD and then install it on the USB stick from
>>> there.
>>> At least that's what I would try first of all.
>>>
>>>        
>> Yup. That works a treat. I have a 32GB USB stick which I installed
>> using this method.
>>
>>      
> HOW? The devil is in the details ;/
>
> The links I've been given and those found thru Google give
> apparently conflicting information. That may be due to
> differences between Ubuntu versions 8, 9, and 10. I found a
> screen-shot from version 9 showing an EXPLICIT choice under
> System Administration for installing to USB drive. That is NOT
> available for version 10.10.
>
> The closest I've found is using the desktop icon  for installing
> which gives an "expert" option to chose desired partition. I can
> deduce which partition points to my USB drive. But I have no idea
> if choosing that would accomplish my goal.
>
> The instructions I've seen imply that the physical destination
> must have multiple partitions.
>
>
>
>    
>> I can plug it into just about any computer and boot from it to get my
>> own desktop environment of choice. Shutdown, walk away, local host
>> install is not touched.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Al.
>>
>>      
>
>
>    
Alan:
Do you have persistence with the way you installed it on your usb drive; 
meaning that any changes that you make to the usb will remain after a 
reboot?
Jerry