Failure installing Ubuntu 24.04 on an USB stick

Volker Wysk post at volker-wysk.de
Tue Aug 27 04:02:25 UTC 2024


Hi, Liam!

Am Samstag, dem 24.08.2024 um 23:09 +0100 schrieb Liam Proven:
> For what it's worth, when I install onto USB, I use a VM to do it. I
> map the USB key as its hard disk. That way there is _no way_ that the
> install can do anything that affects the real host OS, and GRUB
> `os-prober` does not and can not pick up the host OS.

That sounds like a very good idea.

I've set up a virtual machine with virt-manager, and installed Ubuntu 24.04
in it. It worked like a charm. But then I tried to do it like you. I've set
up a second virtual machine. I've removed the virtual hard disk and chose
"Add device" and then "USB Host Device". I've chosen my USB stick from the
list of USB devices. 

When I started the virtual machine, my system system completely froze. I had
to do a hard power-off.

Regards,
Volker



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