Install on USB Stick

borgward · 12-31-2023, 12:36 PM

Is 30GB USB stick big enough to install 18.04 on. Can boot to live session but when I attempt normal or limited install it fails.

I know 18.04 is not or soon to be unsupported. Trying to follow the Linux Foundation Introduction to Linux – Full Course for Beginners which uses 18.04. That tutorial is installing on a 30GB partition on a virtual machine. I do not have enough RAM to do that.

yancek · 12-31-2023, 01:45 PM

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Is 30GB USB stick big enough to install 18.04 on.

Yes, more than enough for a basic install.

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when I attempt normal or limited install it fails.

You forgot to post the point of failure, any warning/error messages so no way to help.

wpeckham · 12-31-2023, 01:57 PM

I do not trust USB Thumb drives for a traditional install. Also, such an install gives you ONE (1) image per device.
I use Ventoy and set up Persistance for the images on it so that I can carry two or more images on the same device and select which I want to run (or install) at boot time.

borgward · 12-31-2023, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by yancek

Yes, more than enough for a basic install.

You forgot to post the point of failure, any warning/error messages so no way to help.

Just at the place to select time Zone I got message 'installation failed' I guess the reason is that the stick can not install on itself. I would have to unmount the live session and then not be able to install because ...

I will try installing from one stick to another stick.

Maybe I need to put a live session on DVD and then install from it to USB stick.

yancek · 01-01-2024, 05:29 AM

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I guess the reason is that the stick can not install on itself

That would have been useful information to put in your initial post. It is possible to install from the same usb installing to but using another usb or dvd will make it a lot simpler. Also, if you currently have a Linux system on your computer using Grub2, you could simply boot the downloaded Ubuntu 18.04 iso using an entry in the grub.cfg file. You could do an online search for booting Ubuntu from an iso using Grub as there are countless sites explaining this with example entries.

borgward · 01-01-2024, 11:34 AM

I tried installing from the USB stick sda to another stick sdb. That did not work. I think I needed to unmount the second USB stick. Will try later.

I tried another route. I installed Ubuntu 18.04 on an extra laptop. If anything breaks, no real harm done.

friendlysalmon8827 · 04-03-2024, 04:40 PM

If I understand correctly the OP says that he/she is using Ubuntu 18.04 which raises suspicions as I do believe that Ubuntu 18.04 has been officially EOLed.

borgward · 04-03-2024, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by friendlysalmon8827

If I understand correctly the OP says that he/she is using Ubuntu 18.04 which raises suspicions as I do believe that Ubuntu 18.04 has been officially EOLed.

Linux Foundation Introduction to Linux – Full Course for Beginners which uses 18.04. Don't know why they don't use something current.

wpeckham · 04-03-2024, 07:46 PM

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Linux Foundation Introduction to Linux – Full Course for Beginners which uses 18.04. Don't know why they don't use something current.

How about because "current" is a moving target and rewrites and republishing of documents is far slower than the progress of a software project with a large team?