[xubuntu-users] xubuntu on thumbdrive: instructions don't work

[David Duckslammer]

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On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 9:49 PM, David Duckslammer <
davidduckslammer at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have installed to a thumbdrive per
>
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/usb-xubuntu-904-persistent-install-windows/#more-1564
>
> When I shutdown/reboot/halt the files are not saved.
>
> How can I debug it?
>

I'm not sure, I never used that method. However, if you are able to burn a
CD, I'd recommend you to burn Xubuntu to one, then run the LiveCD and
install it to USB from there. See (note: I wrote this)
http://xubuntublog.wordpress.com/2008/11/07/ubuntu-from-your-flash-drive-easier-than-ever-before/

That's sort of the official way and has worked for me.
>>

Ok, I downloaded the ISO, made and booted on the live CD.  The usb-creator
app is not part of the live CD though it surely seems as if it should be.  I
can't download and install it it because I'm running on a CD.  I refuse to
overwrite my laptop harddisk until I know for sure ubuntu actually works
with all my hardware.

Your instructions are great, but they do not apply to someone who just wants
to give ubuntu a test drive without loading the entire system on his
harddisk - which completely defeats the pupose of installing it on a
thumbdrive.

What I really need to test is the wifi.  Under the other install referenced
previously, linux saw my wifi adapter but I couldn't figure out how to
configure it.  Under the live CD, it doesn't even see the adapter.  I don't
know what will happen if I install ubuntu on the harddisk.  Being as wifi is
my only connection to the internet, I am hesitant to do the install without
being sure.  This is why I want to test it out with a persistent install on
a thumbdrive.  Catch-22!
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