VERY clear video--Thank you so much for posting it! I got a new Win 11 laptop and had to disable BitLocker within Windows, and also turn off Secure Boot before the laptop would allow me to start Ubuntu from a flash drive. You may want to mention this in future episodes. ;-) I was able to install Ubuntu 24 to a 2 TB SSD that connects with a USB-C cable using your current instructions. Keep up the good work!
Tks for the helpful video. I would suggest doing the same installation to an external 128 GB SSD drive connected to an usb-3 port, it will be much faster and it will not cost too much.
I wanted to mention that the guidance you provided didn't quite do the trick. I gave it several tries attempting to install it on an external 128 GB USB-Sandisk drive, which was connected to a USB-3 port. Here's the thing: the tool you mentioned for individual partitioning is actually different in my 23.04 Ubuntu. But get this, according to some TH-cam clips, my version has been available for over a year. Isn't that interesting? Unfortunately, even other guide clips didn't pan out. So, for the time being, until I get my issue sorted out, I'll stick with my USB test version. Now, when I noticed the low percentage of thumbs up for this particular clip, it got me thinking. It's quite likely that there's a much larger audience out there dealing with similar or different kinds of problems.
@@ilove2learn783 In my case, it cracks on the Windows UEFI boot system, which will not boot via USB with an EXT3 media and Linux system. The boot master sectors may work with a HDD or SDD, yet they don't with a USB EXT3 boot partition. I will try to fix it by installing the boot partition on a FAT32, hope that the BIOS recognizes the boot sectors; For the actual Ubuntu /media/ubuntu/casper system I'll take the ext3 file system for. Also watch "Switched to Linux", on YT, a pragmatic smart guy, chapter »Installing Linux on a USB? Consider this.« In the long run, it will always be worth taking an external 2.5" drive, as the USB chips, no matter how valuable, will cause problems after a while.
The video is correct and very helpful but be aware to select the correct device to install grub (in 5:38), if you don't adjust it the grub will be installed on your HD/SSD and you will need to choose the OS in every boot.
@@joesalaz1703 If you want to recover the windows boot loader you can use a windows installation disk/thumb drive to recovery the MBR (Search for windows recover mbr).
I installed Mint on the USB, and ran on the original computer without problem. However, I cannot get USB Mint to boot on another computer. Could you please help? Great work. Thank you so much for the tutorial.
It s also working with 24.04 with slight change. I can install it on a usb3 16gb. On usb partitions delete the entire usb then set the boot loader with usb. It will create the boot partition. Then u can add the main ext4 partition. This way it can be used as a usb without hurting main bootlader.
hi mate also wanna install linux ubuntu on my external usb drive if do the same method at video should it break my windows bootloader ? i mean when not plugged the ubuntu drive at usb port it will boot normaly as always directly to windows ? and when i wanna boot into ubuntu then plug usb drive restart and press f12 to select ubuntu ?
@@statdunk so when i install ubuntu like at the video when finished installing on my external ssd usb drive before restarting i must plug out the installer drive ? and does my windows bootloader will stay ? i mean right now how it works when ubuntu external ssd not connecter it will directly boot into windows not with the grub bootloader ? also tnx for your reply
@@okanakiii when u plug and change into legacy secure boot off it will be ubuntu, when u unplug and cahnge into uefi and secure boot on it will be windows. But always be careful
Overall, these are great videos and my complements to you. In this case, the problem I ran into was that on an older machine, when you get to repartitioning the 2nd USB, the initial selection DOES NOT create a bootable partition. Since my system is not UEFI, the partition created was just 1MB with no other options and it was NOT bootable. Don't know a way around this so I am just using the original USB to run UBUNTU but not install it and see how far I can get.
Hey sir, can u help me? I can't unmount my usb flashdrive, when i clicked unmount there's message : couldn't unmount /dev/sda1 # unmount -v '/cdrom' unmount: /cdrom: target is busy. I use 32Gb fd
I tried the above steps. But my USB doesn't show Freespace. And I am not able to set the root directory. I am trying to install Ubuntu 24 though. Any suggestions?
Damn it! You skipped over the part I am having trouble with. Don't just assume we can boot from a USB, because that is the very step I am having trouble with. I select the USB and it still boots Windows 11!!
I've already achieved this, how do I get into the system when I turn off the PC, do I need to go to the BIOS and press something? or what? because then I managed to enter once and then no more
hi, i tried to follow your method but when i get to the very end and i try to do the installation on the second usb drive, the installation is starting the at some point fails i don"t really have more information about what failed so i'm confused, can you help me whith where i shoukd look ?
On 1 we install iso and we boot from that usb but we cant install ubuntu on the same usb because it includes the iso if we try to install ubuntu into it the iso will be deleted and the installation not work thats why using another usb for installing the ubuntu
It is taking hours to install : didn't work. It said successfully completed after about 16 hours. Wouldn't boot, and had to repair my windows installation. I did every step correctly.
Friends, after the installation is completed, I remove the USB and press the enter button, then the PC turns off and on and this continues, I wonder what is the problem?
Is it possible to mount the downloaded iso installer to a virtual drive with a program like PowerISO, and install it from there? Instead of creating a usb installer
Hello ! What are the possible causes and troubleshooting steps for the ‘integrity: Problem loading X.509 certificate -65’ error message during Ubuntu installation? ?
Yes, the USB created with Rufus is just a testing (live) version of Ubuntu with the installer, and with this version you install the full Ubuntu system on the second USB drive. You always install linux using a live/testing version
Let's say I want to install Kali alongside Ubuntu on the USB drive where I have two partitions. So I will install ubuntu 23.04 on the USB drive as first on one partition following your method and I'll have the system up and running (still haven't try, but we assume it). I can then install kali on the second partition and have there a dual boot? Is there something I need to do to fix the bootloader or EFI partition on the USB drive to start Kali linux? Or does the grub installed alongside ubuntu will load Kali too? Many thanks!
Hey what if i select as my main boot the ubuntu ssd and second the windows ssd? Is that possible that if the usb ssd is not conntected the system boot up from the windows ssd as default so ignore the "main" boot? Or can i select if my main running boot is windows which one i want to boot if I start my computer without going in the bios everytime? I am very new at the topic maybe i missed something :)
I cannot pick 1 partition for bootload on my usb, can you help me? The installation is successfull but if 1 go to bios and change the boot, the flashdisk is not detected because the format ext2 not fat32
Hello, I didn't understand how to do this correctly and installed ubuntu unknowingly and erased my ssd drive. After a few hours I tried to open windows again without my usb in, but it booted in linux. Im currently at my friends computer trying to restore my original ssd and found this video. Thank you for the tutorial !!
Hi! I have two questions. 1: This installation is a full install of ubuntu not a live or frugal install. How does the full install know which drivers should be loaded at boot? As I know only live systems check the hardware before loading, full installs are a little bit customized to the hardware which installed them. 2: I own a DataTraveler MAX and it is extremely slow during any kind of boot. I have tried ventoy, rufus, WinNTSetup, native grub install from command line, it takes several minutes to boot while another cheap pendrive is booting instantly. Any experience with this? Thank you!
I have the same issue but with a different kingston pen drive. Slow as shit but my cheap pen drive that was 1/5th the price is much faster. As for the full install I am also having issues. It is not as easy as this guy makes it out to be. The install comes out customized to the host PCs hardware. There are also some bootloader issues that also stem from information being grabbed from the host PC I believe. All of these videos like this are straight up BS. Its not this simple and the USB only seems to work on the host PC.
can you access the files that you create inside of ubuntu via windows (i.e. if for some reason you are unable to boot to the usb drive, would you still be able to access the data in the usb drive)?
Take care with advice from the EXPERT. As can be seen in the comments many people have experienced problems, and even fucked up harddrives which were supposedly not involved. When using Rufus I was met with messages about grub I didn't quit understand. Then booted up and didn't get the Ubuntu start screen, but was offered 3 choices, none of them worked and it timed out with an error message. If you try this, be sure to remove all drives that are not needed so at least you won't damage anything.
Hi mate, your video is very helpful for me to install the Ubuntu 23.04 directly into the flash drive. But, I just curious, will it install the grub bootloader permanently in my laptop? the reason I asked was, I don't want to have the grub bootloader in my laptop since I want to have a fast booting into my windows. And I just want to choose manually booting from usb flash drive only when needed.
It took for me almost 2 hours to complete installation. In the beginning there was some kind of unpacking, and it lasted 30m without changes, I was about to cancel the installation, but then it was completed at the rest of the system was installed within next 1.20h Now I am going to restart pc and see if everything is ok
After restarting pc the bios kept reloading without loading the Ubuntu, I switched boot drive priority as the system started with wrong partition disk(or whatever it is called). And finally the system started loading with Ubuntu logo on the screen and loading animation and i can't understand if is stuck on the loading screen or it is actually loading lol
One single slash mark fixed several hours of beating around the whole internet. Thank you so much!
Dude didn't blink once
😮😮😮
That’s when you know he’s hydrated
Crazy, looks like a deepfake
the power of linux
Blinking is wasting time not using Linux
I will give it a try, your video makes Ubuntu fairly easy to master !!! Thank you.
VERY clear video--Thank you so much for posting it!
I got a new Win 11 laptop and had to disable BitLocker within Windows, and also turn off Secure Boot before the laptop would allow me to start Ubuntu from a flash drive. You may want to mention this in future episodes. ;-)
I was able to install Ubuntu 24 to a 2 TB SSD that connects with a USB-C cable using your current instructions. Keep up the good work!
@@RealStuntPanda bro prob skipped half of the video
Sorry I can only give just one like! Great job mister.
This is very helpful. Thanks for making this video.
Hi. I am a fan of your videos. Thanks for the efforts.
Is the most powerfull topic about install ubuntu in usb, I was for hours looking for until what to find it in this channel.
Thanks! Great jod.
It very slow on usb ?
maybe you wanna tell your audience that in some machines you need to switch off SECURE BOOT in order to boot from a USB
I figured this one out the hard way 😂
thank you man i had this 4:48 issue
Short and clear, thank you!
Tks for the helpful video. I would suggest doing the same installation to an external 128 GB SSD drive connected to an usb-3 port, it will be much faster and it will not cost too much.
I wanted to mention that the guidance you provided didn't quite do the trick. I gave it several tries attempting to install it on an external 128 GB USB-Sandisk drive, which was connected to a USB-3 port.
Here's the thing: the tool you mentioned for individual partitioning is actually different in my 23.04 Ubuntu. But get this, according to some TH-cam clips, my version has been available for over a year. Isn't that interesting? Unfortunately, even other guide clips didn't pan out. So, for the time being, until I get my issue sorted out, I'll stick with my USB test version.
Now, when I noticed the low percentage of thumbs up for this particular clip, it got me thinking. It's quite likely that there's a much larger audience out there dealing with similar or different kinds of problems.
Well... after 3h of trying to install Linux on my flash drive (25MB/s writing speed) I just gave up.
@@ilove2learn783 In my case, it cracks on the Windows UEFI boot system, which will not boot via USB with an EXT3 media and Linux system.
The boot master sectors may work with a HDD or SDD, yet they don't with a USB EXT3 boot partition.
I will try to fix it by installing the boot partition on a FAT32, hope that the BIOS recognizes the boot sectors;
For the actual Ubuntu /media/ubuntu/casper system I'll take the ext3 file system for.
Also watch "Switched to Linux", on YT, a pragmatic smart guy, chapter »Installing Linux on a USB? Consider this.«
In the long run, it will always be worth taking an external 2.5" drive, as the USB chips, no matter how valuable, will cause problems after a while.
The video is correct and very helpful but be aware to select the correct device to install grub (in 5:38), if you don't adjust it the grub will be installed on your HD/SSD and you will need to choose the OS in every boot.
By any chance, do you happen to know how to reverse that if the grub was actually installed on the HD/SSD?
@@joesalaz1703 If you want to recover the windows boot loader you can use a windows installation disk/thumb drive to recovery the MBR (Search for windows recover mbr).
YOU have new laptop, what about old laptops? Especially with broadcom wifi boards?
Thank you for that, if only for showing me how to get expandable folders back! :)
Great tutorial
I installed Mint on the USB, and ran on the original computer without problem. However, I cannot get USB Mint to boot on another computer. Could you please help?
Great work. Thank you so much for the tutorial.
So you wait my time till the end
Amzing
I don't have an activities menu on display
Thank you so much ❤ you are my new subscriber
It s also working with 24.04 with slight change. I can install it on a usb3 16gb. On usb partitions delete the entire usb then set the boot loader with usb. It will create the boot partition. Then u can add the main ext4 partition. This way it can be used as a usb without hurting main bootlader.
hi mate also wanna install linux ubuntu on my external usb drive if do the same method at video should it break my windows bootloader ? i mean when not plugged the ubuntu drive at usb port it will boot normaly as always directly to windows ? and when i wanna boot into ubuntu then plug usb drive restart and press f12 to select ubuntu ?
@@okanakiii if u do it correctly nothing gonna change in your drive. Ubuntu tells u to remove the installer usb when it is done.
@@statdunk so when i install ubuntu like at the video when finished installing on my external ssd usb drive before restarting i must plug out the installer drive ? and does my windows bootloader will stay ? i mean right now how it works when ubuntu external ssd not connecter it will directly boot into windows not with the grub bootloader ? also tnx for your reply
@@okanakiii when u plug and change into legacy secure boot off it will be ubuntu, when u unplug and cahnge into uefi and secure boot on it will be windows. But always be careful
Helpful!
Fantastic video quick and easy. Thank you!
i dont have two usb sticks what should i do?
When i go to Gparted it says live session usar and its asking me to put in a password but i never set up a password so idk what the password is.
I installed the ubuntu but it's very slow and it won't connect to the wifi any fixes?
You da goat fr
Overall, these are great videos and my complements to you. In this case, the problem I ran into was that on an older machine, when you get to repartitioning the 2nd USB, the initial selection DOES NOT create a bootable partition. Since my system is not UEFI, the partition created was just 1MB with no other options and it was NOT bootable. Don't know a way around this so I am just using the original USB to run UBUNTU but not install it and see how far I can get.
Can't amoubt because the usb mount point is /cdrom and it says that cdrom is busy, can you help me sir?
I have the same issue =(
Hey sir, can u help me? I can't unmount my usb flashdrive, when i clicked unmount there's message :
couldn't unmount /dev/sda1
# unmount -v '/cdrom'
unmount: /cdrom: target is busy.
I use 32Gb fd
Same issue please help
Same issue
This guide killed my bootloader... thanks for this.
I tried the above steps. But my USB doesn't show Freespace. And I am not able to set the root directory. I am trying to install Ubuntu 24 though. Any suggestions?
Hi. Followed your initial steps but, no ISO image was downloaded to my PC. Tried 3 clean downloads and nothing! What am I doing wrong?
It's 5.69 GB. Maybe not enough space to download?
Damn it! You skipped over the part I am having trouble with. Don't just assume we can boot from a USB, because that is the very step I am having trouble with. I select the USB and it still boots Windows 11!!
İf you were able solve it can ypu explain i have same issue as well
Oh and how to boot back to windows after using it if you know
Great video man, btw, you looks creepy in the bottom corner with no background...haha. Greetings from Mexico.
my install is halted during the full install into another usb ; it's not proceeding .. what should i do?
I've already achieved this, how do I get into the system when I turn off the PC, do I need to go to the BIOS and press something? or what? because then I managed to enter once and then no more
great video
just in case you don't have 2 USB, you can run your live ubuntu on virtualbox and install on the usb from there
@@StuffFromTheWeb92 can you please explain this?
hi, i tried to follow your method but when i get to the very end and i try to do the installation on the second usb drive, the installation is starting the at some point fails
i don"t really have more information about what failed so i'm confused, can you help me whith where i shoukd look ?
Can anyone explain why are we using 2 usb drives ? is it necessary?
On 1 we install iso and we boot from that usb but we cant install ubuntu on the same usb because it includes the iso if we try to install ubuntu into it the iso will be deleted and the installation not work thats why using another usb for installing the ubuntu
It is taking hours to install : didn't work. It said successfully completed after about 16 hours. Wouldn't boot, and had to repair my windows installation. I did every step correctly.
lol
you have a garbage flash drive lmfao
use SSD instead, they are so dirt cheap these days and just plug it into an enclosure
Will the Grub menu will stay as it is after ejecting usb and restarting windows machine? I want the grub menu to pop up only when usb is plugged onto
Friends, after the installation is completed, I remove the USB and press the enter button, then the PC turns off and on and this continues, I wonder what is the problem?
hello i would like to know if i can do the same with a partioned hdd, there's some data on it, so i can't format the whole disk
How to get gparted installed? Put gparted iso on 1st, 2nd drive? Use terminal commands?
Do Ctrl+alt+T and type sudo apt install gparted
It's been over 4hrs now.... How long will it take to complete the installation???
I havd followed exactly but my my computer cant boot from the newly configured USB. Any troubleshoot?
Thank you
Is it possible to mount the downloaded iso installer to a virtual drive with a program like PowerISO, and install it from there? Instead of creating a usb installer
Hello !
What are the possible causes and troubleshooting steps for the ‘integrity: Problem loading X.509 certificate -65’ error message during Ubuntu installation?
?
Is it possible to basically move an already installed os on a laptop to the usb?
This guy.. thank you !!!! 😄
All this is fine, bur why does ever time I boot back to windows, the time gets reset to 6hrs before? Any tips?
So is it the first USB for Rufus setup, and 2nd USB for full Ubuntu system?
Yes, the USB created with Rufus is just a testing (live) version of Ubuntu with the installer, and with this version you install the full Ubuntu system on the second USB drive. You always install linux using a live/testing version
Can you please tell me if there is a way of installing a whole ubuntu in one drive. So the bootable and save files to that drive. If so how?
is it possible to do this when you only have one usb drive available?
I am now try 10 distributions, and non of them have suport for broadcom wifi
After installing ubuntu, how can I reject the flash drive and reboot back to the Windows OS?
Let's say I want to install Kali alongside Ubuntu on the USB drive where I have two partitions. So I will install ubuntu 23.04 on the USB drive as first on one partition following your method and I'll have the system up and running (still haven't try, but we assume it). I can then install kali on the second partition and have there a dual boot? Is there something I need to do to fix the bootloader or EFI partition on the USB drive to start Kali linux? Or does the grub installed alongside ubuntu will load Kali too?
Many thanks!
What about ecrypted USB installation?
Hey what if i select as my main boot the ubuntu ssd and second the windows ssd? Is that possible that if the usb ssd is not conntected the system boot up from the windows ssd as default so ignore the "main" boot? Or can i select if my main running boot is windows which one i want to boot if I start my computer without going in the bios everytime? I am very new at the topic maybe i missed something :)
Does the same steps works for Ubuntu 24.04 as well ?
Yes
Is there a reason why you didn't create a swap (and home/data) partition?
why I cant unmount mine it said #unmount -v 'cdrom' umount: /cdrom: target is busy.
help
im having same issue
how can I restore the data from the USB drive after using that drive for installing ubuntu?
I cannot pick 1 partition for bootload on my usb, can you help me?
The installation is successfull but if 1 go to bios and change the boot, the flashdisk is not detected because the format ext2 not fat32
Where is the “activities” tab? I don’t see it
I see people complaining it took to long to install use high speed flash drive it will do much better
i use a regular usb 3 16 gb flash drive. it ends at around 30 mins.
Hello, I didn't understand how to do this correctly and installed ubuntu unknowingly and erased my ssd drive. After a few hours I tried to open windows again without my usb in, but it booted in linux. Im currently at my friends computer trying to restore my original ssd and found this video. Thank you for the tutorial !!
Happened to me when I was a kid, use system backup or programs to backup your stuff again
Didn't find only one usb drive process videos link. Did you create that?
usb After installing Ubuntu on it, it won't boot hp It stops at the logo and continues to be suggested. I use translation, so it can be unnatural.
Bro , actually in the partition process , my usb is not showing , and when I go to unmount it , it is showing can not cause already in use ....help
Try formatting it through Windows before you try to install.
How can we install Ubuntu in UEFI mode? Do you have any video guide for it?
Why my installation dont get completed?!
Does anyone know where the video he is talking about in the end is ? I only have on usb drive and would like to install persistent ubuntu on it.
It's this one
th-cam.com/video/gFakleOvC_0/w-d-xo.htmlsi=pe8Gk9uHuUImOhdI
Can i use the linux-usb drive on legacy bios and uefi machines ?
thanks so much for helping me and all other dumbasses 🙏🏻🗣‼‼
AWESOME !!!!!!!
Hi! I have two questions.
1: This installation is a full install of ubuntu not a live or frugal install. How does the full install know which drivers should be loaded at boot? As I know only live systems check the hardware before loading, full installs are a little bit customized to the hardware which installed them.
2: I own a DataTraveler MAX and it is extremely slow during any kind of boot. I have tried ventoy, rufus, WinNTSetup, native grub install from command line, it takes several minutes to boot while another cheap pendrive is booting instantly. Any experience with this?
Thank you!
I have the same issue but with a different kingston pen drive. Slow as shit but my cheap pen drive that was 1/5th the price is much faster. As for the full install I am also having issues. It is not as easy as this guy makes it out to be. The install comes out customized to the host PCs hardware. There are also some bootloader issues that also stem from information being grabbed from the host PC I believe. All of these videos like this are straight up BS. Its not this simple and the USB only seems to work on the host PC.
can you access the files that you create inside of ubuntu via windows (i.e. if for some reason you are unable to boot to the usb drive, would you still be able to access the data in the usb drive)?
Bro I have check from ubuntu to access files in the ssd(having windows) I am able to access all the files without any hassles
Nice video, tnx vm. I cannot find your video where you tell how to make a fuul Os with only one usb-stick. Can you help me?
Take care with advice from the EXPERT. As can be seen in the comments many people have experienced problems, and even fucked up harddrives which were supposedly not involved. When using Rufus I was met with messages about grub I didn't quit understand. Then booted up and didn't get the Ubuntu start screen, but was offered 3 choices, none of them worked and it timed out with an error message. If you try this, be sure to remove all drives that are not needed so at least you won't damage anything.
Why didn't you use Etcher instead? You could have avoided using two flash drives and in my opinion it's much simpler.
so the full u
buntu install will be on the second usb?
@@jimgar8855 yes
Do we have to do disk partication for this or no thankd
Can i do the same process for a android box like the HD96Max
Hi mate, your video is very helpful for me to install the Ubuntu 23.04 directly into the flash drive. But, I just curious, will it install the grub bootloader permanently in my laptop? the reason I asked was, I don't want to have the grub bootloader in my laptop since I want to have a fast booting into my windows. And I just want to choose manually booting from usb flash drive only when needed.
It should not install grub bootloader or anything on your laptop. If it does then it's a bug.
That's exactly what just happened to me. I was very careful, but somehow grub is now on the windows disk.
@@michaelenelmaryep, same here
Same here
Will it work on MacBook, With external NVMe storage?
When I Start Installation of Ubantu,It never ends. its Endless
Please someone help me
can you please let me know which linux distribution works better with Nvidia GPUs? I have had lots of headaches since years for this reason
Mx linux
Does it also possible to others linux distro such as Pop! OS?
It took for me almost 2 hours to complete installation. In the beginning there was some kind of unpacking, and it lasted 30m without changes, I was about to cancel the installation, but then it was completed at the rest of the system was installed within next 1.20h
Now I am going to restart pc and see if everything is ok
After restarting pc the bios kept reloading without loading the Ubuntu, I switched boot drive priority as the system started with wrong partition disk(or whatever it is called). And finally the system started loading with Ubuntu logo on the screen and loading animation and i can't understand if is stuck on the loading screen or it is actually loading lol
So i pressed esc button and it was actually loading network dispatcher and other services. Now it stuck on gnome display manager
Installation was successful. First loading till desktop took another 10+ minutes
Dang do youy really need two drives. I feel like you could do it with one (I only have one)
Im trying to start installed os, but its infinitly loading
High speed usb drive, Which speed do you recommend?
Like the ones in the description
Its working 😮😮😮
Can I download 24.04 LTS ISO directly to a USB drive?
Yes, but it will not work. You need rufus
@@agiledevart Rufus doesn't run on Ubuntu Linux and Balena Etcher won't install because of bugs so I guess I'm screwed.
@noneovyerbusiness4909 follow the official instructions
ubuntu.com/tutorials/create-a-usb-stick-on-ubuntu#3-launch-startup-disk-creator
does this also work with server installing to usb device?
hi mate. is it the same process for installing it on an sd card?
Yes
@@agiledevart Thanks mate!