Install onto USB

[Liam Proven]

On 15 November 2011 13:40, Mark Widdicombe <markwiddicombe at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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.

Strangely enough, this time when I tried it, it did work. *But* I have
removed the hard disk from the machine altogether, so the USB key is
the /only/ drive it had available. It is running rather nicely.

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