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| 1482951 | 2021-12-17 23:14:00 | Hi all. Any Linux experts here. I recently saw on a YT video a Linux system operating on a USB flash drive using an app called Universal USB installer. I have done this successfully with a 8 Gig USB2 stick and Ubuntu but it's slow as watching paint dry especially after you install an app or two. I bought an external USB3 drive case and put an old 2.5" drive into it and formatted as both FAT32 and NTFS. However when I create the it to the external hard disk it won't boot and not all of the files seem to be there when compared to the USB flash. Question: Is it possible to do this on an external USN HD or next time I go past a PB Tech store grab a 64Gig USB 3 flash drive and try from that?? Here is the YT link to the original video www.youtube.com Thanx in advance. |
paulw (1826) | ||
| 1482952 | 2021-12-18 00:48:00 | Yes it will work, but will still be slower than installing it on the PC's hard drive as duel boot. | Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 1482953 | 2021-12-18 01:38:00 | As Drift said, it will be slower than a full install on a disk... Read/write speeds will be dictated by the speed of the USB drive's onboard controller itself as well the type of USB interface---->USB1/2/3 etc. |
chiefnz (545) | ||
| 1482954 | 2021-12-18 03:43:00 | Thanx folk. Looks like I need a new fast USB 3 stick. Got a demo version of Ubuntu to work off the USB hard disk with Balena Etcher-Portable but it is only the demo and can't save to it. | paulw (1826) | ||
| 1482955 | 2021-12-18 06:05:00 | Flash drives make for slow OS drives and are not the most reliable when used this way. They are not designed for it. If it's just to have a play or for occasional use it's perfectly fine, but if you intend to use it a lot an external SSD would be the best option. Still not as fast as an internal drive but pretty good. | dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1482956 | 2021-12-18 19:29:00 | Flash drives make for slow OS drives and are not the most reliable when used this way. They are not designed for it. If it's just to have a play or for occasional use it's perfectly fine, but if you intend to use it a lot an external SSD would be the best option. Still not as fast as an internal drive but pretty good. Which goes back to my original question. How to make and external HD bootable like a flash drive?? |
paulw (1826) | ||
| 1482957 | 2021-12-18 20:29:00 | www.wikihow.com | Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 1482958 | 2021-12-18 21:15:00 | Which goes back to my original question. How to make and external HD bootable like a flash drive?? You have supplied the answer in your original post. On the mentioned in the video, you can download the installer. Had a look and saw they had another called YUMI - looked interesting, so downloaded it. www.pendrivelinux.com Have a couple of older SSD Drives, so put one into an external case used YUMI to make the bootable drive (its got some nice options that the basic one doesn't) Plugged into a Computer, and selected that to be the boot drive, and away it went. YUMI Creates a folder called Multiboot, you can add various Distros or other bootable items. When you boot from it select the Distro you want. Heres what I found where the GOTYA's. 1. It HAS to be USB 3 if you wantr to use a SSD, USB 2 simply turns its nose up and wont boot, but will if booting from a Flash Drive. 2. The Keyboard and Mouse also have to be plugged into USB3. The old board I used only has two USB3 ports, so plugged in a USB Hub and the mouse/KB Did work fine from them. 3. When booting into the OS, you cant save any data , as soon as you shutdown or reboot it wipes it all. 4. To get around #3 Create a Separate folder on the main Drive ( called mine Saved data) you would then have the Multiboot Folder and The one you created. If you install any programs they will be wiped on reboot. Example looking from a Windows PC: 11229 If you want to boot from a SSD and make it writable, I'll try that later, MAYBE ?? Some Linux Expert can help you better. ;) |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1482959 | 2021-12-18 22:34:00 | It's been a while since I tried it but I thought the normal Linux installer for MINT or Ubuntu let you choose pretty much any connected drive, I know it let me install to another USB flash drive (not the one I booted from to do the install) and to an SD card in a card reader, but I also thought I had installed to a portable hard drive this way before without any drama. My memory isn't always the most reliable though... I did a bit of google research and it seems like to try this you would be best to disconnect or disable all internal drives first to force linux to install properly on the only drive available. You also want to do this anyway to prevent your existing OS drive having it's bootloader messed with. If you plan to move the drive between different computers you may have issues with drivers. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1482960 | 2021-12-20 01:17:00 | Thanx all. Got a bootable external HD ok but it won't save anything. So have bought a SanDisk Extreme Pro SSD from PB Tech and try that and will let you know how I get on.. www.pbtech.co.nz |
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