For questions regarding storage drives that connect using a USB port.
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Strange USB flash drive problem [closed]
I have a USB flash drive, but I cannot access it. Ubuntu does nothing when i plug it in, nothing appears (but the LED on the drive lights up). When I plug it into a Windows 8 machine, an icon appears, ...
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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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ubuntu install problem all versions [duplicate]
i have purchased an asus f202e-ct063h touch screen net/ultrabook.
i plan to dual boot windows 8 and ubuntu.
This model does not have an optical drive. i have made bootable usbs using the ubuntu ...
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How to mount a CD ROM from a USB CD ROM drive on Ubuntu 10.04.3 server
I am trying to mount the installation CD rom drive using a USB CD ROM drive on Ubuntu 10.4.3 server to extract additional packages (since I do not have internet active on the server). I plugged the CD ...
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2answers
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Flash Drive Boot Issue
I tried to install Ubuntu 13.04 onto a flash drive and everything seemed to go smoothly, but after it told me to restart (and I did), it said t insert a boot device (which should be the flash drive, ...
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Encrypting FAT32 with Luks
In previous versions of Ubuntu I was able to encrypt USB flashdrives using the disks tool in any format I pleased. Now unfortunately I am only able to encrypt a flash drive in EXT format. This is ...
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Boot Ubuntu on USB flash drive in Mac OS X 10.4… and Ubuntu
I would like to create an OS-agnostic installation of Ubuntu on a flash drive, that boots under Ubuntu and under Mac OS X.
Ideally the process would look like:
Install Ubuntu 11.10 (or 12.04 if ...
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USB hard disk and USB flash drive keep unmounting and remounting
I wanted to backup some files on my external hard disk and just barely managed to do so, because it randomly unmounted and mounted again. My first thought was that the hard disk's life is about to ...
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1answer
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How do I remove a partition from elements external hard-drive?
The hard drive was partitioned to have a ubuntu ISO boot as we didn't have a 2GB USB at the time to just put ubuntu on (What a fail I know -.-'). This partition was made with backtrack 5 KDE R3 ...
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“Safe(ly) remove function/button” shows up for usb external hard drive but not usb flash drive [Ubuntu 13.04]
I have to use udisks --unmount /dev/sdb1 && udisks --detach /dev/sdb to remove usb flash drive while I can use Safe(ly) remove function/button for usb external hard drive.
How can I made that ...
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formatting USB Flash memory for ubuntu ext4
A new USB Flash memory viewed in Disk Utility has Partition Type FAT and Type is also FAT.
I want to use this device for my tar backups and I have no need for portability to Windows so I decided to ...
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Version 12.04.2 crashed when booted from a USB
I've been trying to run Ubuntu 12.04 on my new bespoke computer. I don't have a HDD as i am saving for a decent one and have been trying to run Linux of off a USB boot disc.
I can load up on the "Try ...
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Stuffing In Multiple Bootable ISO's On The Same Pendrive
I recently installed ubuntu 13.04 from a bootable 8GB usb pendrive which was created using power iso when i was on windows.Is there a way of stuffing in another bootable windows and a freebsd iso file ...
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4answers
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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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2answers
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After upgrading to 12.10 usb drives fail to mount
Following upgrade to 12.10, my usb drives - both pen drives and a usb hard drive - fail to mount with the error message:
Unable to mount *name of drive* volume
Adding read ACL for uid 1000 to ...
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1answer
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Unmounting drive in Xubuntu
Every time I try unmounting / ejecting / safely removing a drive in Xubuntu, I get the following dialog:
However, most of the time it seems like there isn't any data that needs to be written or a ...
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1answer
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USB External Hard drive unplugged but still shows up!
I am running on Ubuntu 12.04. I have physically unplugged an external hard drive from my laptop, but for some reason it is still shown as mounted in Nautilus. When trying to get rid of it by ...
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USB boot doesn't work
I have installed Ubuntu on a USB stick and tried to boot it on my PC, but when I did this all that happend was a flickering appearing, going on and on and on. Nothing happens.
What can I do about ...
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Detect and mount devices?
I upgraded Ubuntu today and everything works smooth except that Ubuntu doesn't detect any other storage devices. My / and /home partitions work fine, but my other partitions are just not detected. I ...
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Windows 8 Recovery USB
How can I make a Windows 8 Recovery flash drive from the Windows Recovery .iso from Ubuntu? In other words, how can I make my flash drive bootable from the Windows 8 Recovery .iso from Ubuntu?
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How to use QQDVR on Ubuntu?
I want to use zoneminder, but the CCTV DVR cable is RG59 not USB , so I bought QQDVR.
I use terminal : lsusb
Bus 002 Device 007: ID 04b4:8613 Cypress Semiconductor Corp. CY7C68013 EZ-USB FX2 USB ...
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Ati Radeon HD4600 nad blank screen after switch to graphic mode
Ubuntu 13.04 on my computer AMD Sempron 2300+, 2GB RAM, ATI Radeon HD4600 is running normaly from Live CD and from pendrive created by Universal USB Installer. When installed system on my pendrive by ...
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How can a usb be detected but not show up anywhere?
I started the morning by trying to create a bootable usb using a 2gb stick and the startup disk creator. It seemed to run through the whole process just fine until it got to a screen that read ...
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Run Ubuntu from SD Card on Android Tablet
I'll be acquiring my first tablet in a few weeks, and haven't tinkered with Android much besides my 1st gen Motorola Droid (I had an HTC Sense, but a power surge fried it and turned it into a brick, ...
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How can I securely erase a hard drive?
I'm planning on selling a USB external hard drive that currently contains an old Ubuntu installation with stored passwords and banking information.
How can I securely erase the drive before selling ...
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2answers
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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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How to format a USB flash drive?
In Windows there is a straightforward "Format" option in a flash drive's right-click pop-up menu. Where's that in Ubuntu?
I understand there's always standard partition management command line stuff ...
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Installing ubuntu for mac, on a usb-drive
After following all the steps on how to install Ubuntu [12.04] on a flash drive, i get the error that the usb stick cannot be read. Options are to format, ignore or reject it. Also tried to shutdown ...
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Optimal Temporary Install on usb
I want to install Ubuntu 12.04 to a 16GB usbstick because my harddrive just died (I am currently on a ubuntu live cd). Because of various reasons, I won't have a new proper HDD/SSD for at least 2 ...
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USB memory devices not working (unable to mount)
I have annoying problem here. On my laptop all of my USB memory devices stopped working. It all worked fine until few days ago, I don't remember doing anything to affect it myself. Until that day I ...
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3answers
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USB slots stop working suddenly from time to time
After re-installing Lubuntu 12.04 system on my laptop an older problem re-emerged after a few days and installation of different programs: without apparent reason the external mouse and sometimes ...
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How to create a bootable USB from a .iso file?
I am trying to create a bootable USB stick from a .iso image (it isn't a linux distro or anything of the sort) intended for use with a CD. I've tried UNetbootin and dd but they don't boot.
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Install Ubuntu Server to a flash drive, permanently
First thing, I wanted to make sure, there is an understanding what this post is NOT about:
This is NOT about creating bootable USB key
This is NOT about simply booting from USB
What I am looking ...
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1answer
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Ubuntu will not boot from my external hard drive
I got a 16GB Flash Drive and turned it to a bootable USB with Pen Drive Linux using the 13.04 64 bit iso. I then booted from it and went to the setup procedure and installed it on a 500 GB external ...
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How to make a Ubuntu USB Flash Drive Installer?
How to make a Ubuntu USB Flash Drive Installer with the latest version of Ubuntu (13.04 right now)
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Unable to Boot Windows 8 after installing ubuntu in pendrive
I installed Ubuntu on my 32GB pen-drive which is a clean installation.After installation I unplugged my pen-drive now I cannot boot in to windows.
It says grub rescue.
What do I do.?
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Ubuntu 12.04 does not recognize Kingston DT108 16GB memory
I bought a Kingston DT108 16GB and Ubuntu did not recognize it.What should i do??
Output of dmesg | tail after connecting pen drive
[ 1455.253010] CPU5: Package power limit notification ...
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/sda, hard drives, USB drives, all missing
After updating, my system doesn't detect any partitions or USB drives save for the two partitions I use as / and /home.
/dev/sda doesn't even exist. I'm not sure if that's normal because I haven't ...
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USB DVD Drive not playing DVDS
I am running Xubuntu 13.04 and I have a USB DVD Drive as its a notebook. The only problem is that it's not playing DVD's or CD's. Ive installed Restricted extra's to see if that would sort it but it ...
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How to speed up copying files to NTFS drive?
I recently bought new USB 3.0 flash drive (write speed: 110 MB/s, read speed: 190 MB/s). And I have Dell XPS 13 (it has SSD and USB 3.0).
My problem is speed of copying files to the USB flash stick.
...
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Simplest sync option to mirror local directory with USB on plug-in
I have a simple USB thumbdrive, which functions as drive for my cars stereo. I'd like to use either a tool or something scriptable to achieve the following:
When the drive is plugged in, it is ...
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Ubuntu booted from live USB freezing on boot message
This is my first time really getting to know Linux. I'm booting Ubuntu 12.10 on my HP G65 Notebook, which is pre installed with Windows 7 64 bit, from a live USB. The HP loads just fine and proceeds ...
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How do I boot Ubuntu from my usb flash drive?
I have been using Windows 7 Home Basic for years, and now I'm bored and my PC is getting slower by the day. So I decided to try Ubuntu. I formatted an 8GB Transcend USB Flash drive and put Ubuntu in ...
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Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS boots to command line of some kind
I recently built a computer, then installed Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS (Desktop, AMD64)using the Universal USB Installer from pendrivelinux.com.
When it was first installed, the Unity bar (at the left) was ...
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How can I change permissions on external drives?
I wanted to change permissions on my external drives that are automounted however I have tried by sudo nautilus and then going to gui and permissions and changing it however it does not let me.
I ran ...
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location of usb write cache
I've been having issues writing large file transfers to my USB stick. Many times it sits for hours "writing" but i'm not sure if it is frozen or actually writing.
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Can anyone point me to a guide for installing Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on to a USB Thumb Drive?
I am currently looking to change my home NAS from FreeNAS to Ubuntu server 12.04 LTS.
I have had a look but all the guides I can find are about making a live USB not a USB with the Full install on it.
...
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USB Flash Drive Automounting
I'm trying to prevent my USB flashdrive from getting automounted upon insertion.
I've already set automount to false under org.gnome.desktop.media-handling, yet the flash drive continues to get ...
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making a bootable, 'portable' usb drive [duplicate]
I have a leftover laptop drive and sata - usb adapter. I'd like to make it bootable and 'portable'. Would it be able to recognize host machine's network card for instance? For the sake of experiment I ...
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How to install AR5523 chipset wifi in Ubuntu 12.04?
My usb wifi device is OvisLink Evo-W108USB
lsusb
Bus 001 Device 008: ID 0cf3:0002 Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5523 (no firmware)
I tried to install rpm from manufactured after convert to .deb ...
