Install onto USB

[Mark Widdicombe]

On 15 November 2011 15:10, Richard Owlett <rowlett at pcnetinc.com> wrote:

> Liam Proven wrote:
>
>> On 14 November 2011 15:47, Gilles Gravier<ggravier at fsfe.org>  wrote:
>>
>>> Take a PC. Stick the disk in it. Boot on the install CD. Install on the
>>> USB stick. Reboot on the USB stick. Run updates. Voila.
>>>
>>
>> Hmmm. I am sure that didn't work, last time I tried. I will try again...
>>
>>
>>
> *IT DOES NOT* at least in my experience.
> I tried to install to a USB so my Windows(tm) hard rive would not be
> touched and I would be able to run the same Linux install on my desktop and
> my laptop.
>
> Evidently it is _Physically_ possible but the livecd doesn't let you do it
> unless you are already a guru. I've all but given up on Ubuntu being a
> usable/suitable/??? distro.
>
> I didn't have a problem.  Just choose the manual option and select the USB
drive when asked where you want to install.  I have 10.04 on a 16GB stick
which I use at work.
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