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Installing Ubuntu on a USB hard drive from a USB stick
I am trying to install Ubuntu on a USB hard drive from a USB stick (as I understand installing from CD should be much easier, but CD drive is not working, unfortunately).
First I tried to install ...
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Why can't I boot Windows 7 from GRUB when an ext-HDD is connected?
I just installed ubuntu and I really like it, even though the dual-boot configuration took me at least 2 days :p
My dual-boot works fine, except for the fact my windows doesn't boot if one of my ...
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installed ubuntu on usb drive, grub not starting [duplicate]
I installed Xubuntu 12.10 on my 8gb usb drive, which was mounted on /dev/sdb with just one partition: /dev/sdb1, which I also installed grub on, as written in method 1 @ ...
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Grub2 attempting to boot hd1 when it should boot hd0
I'm attempting to perform a "normal" install on a USB3 SSD (I don't know if it is noteworthy, but I don't have a swap partition). The installation proceeds normally (I'm installing from a USB2 device ...
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Chainload boot of Ubuntu installed on 32GB SD card from legacy Grub boot on USB
I have Ubuntu installed on a 32 GB SD card (in the Storage Expansion slot on an Acer Aspire One) with Grub2 installed in the same partition. I boot into legacy Grub on a USB drive and would like to ...
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How to grub-install ignore specific drive/partition
Is it possible to use grub-install or update-grub to just search on specific disk/partition? (or ignore specific)?
I installed Ubuntu 12.04 on my hard drive, but i wished to do some testing on it ...
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How to use a bootable USB on another machine without grub?
I have installed (not live CD) Ubuntu on a USB stick, and now having dual boot with Windows. How can I use this USB on another machine, as the latter does not have grub.
How to make the USB ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on pendrive
I've got a problem with installing Ubuntu on Pendrive.
Steps I made:
Downloaded ISO from Ubuntu site.
Burn it on DVD.
Run PC from the DVD (pendrive is plugged in).
Followed instruction on the ...
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How to set up dual boot?
I used the USB installer to create a bootable USB pendrive from the Ubuntu 12.04 amd64 iso image.
I followed the basic installation and got Ubuntu on my laptop, alongside with Windows 7, which came ...
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Why can't I install GRUB on my USB drive?
I'm trying to install Lubuntu to a USB drive, but I'm having a difficult time installing GRUB to the drive. The rest of the install seems to go fine.
This is what I have tried
Went through the ...
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Ubuntu in USB.. Boot from fixed HDD?
I am having Ubuntu 12.04 minimal installed on my USB pen-drive; which I use on several systems as portable OS.
I was thinking to edit the boot parameters so that before the main Ubuntu OS is loaded, ...
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How to install a limited bootloader
When I installed Ubuntu on my USB flash drive (a proper permanent install, not a live cd with casper), the installer recognized the operating system on the host computer, a laptop, and made an entry ...
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How can I boot my usb from grub
I am dual booting ubuntu 11.04 and windows 7 and I have a bootable usb flash drive.
How can I configure grub so it will boot my flash drive?
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Grub fails to install on custom USB iso
I'm trying to create a custom iso of an Ubuntu install - that way, I can install a bunch of educational programs & plugins on one computer and they'll automatically be on every computer I install ...
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How to install grub on usb flash drive?
I was wondering if I could make an os-selecting-hardware-key or something like that.
I'm currently using a dual boot system (ubuntu 10.10 + win7) and i want to use an usb drive to specify the OS I ...
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Can I make grub2 boot from a CD in an external USB CD drive?
I would like to boot from an external USB CD/DVD drive on a Toshiba Portege which can't. I've tried with plop, but haven't had any luck.
