Questions tagged [mkusb]
For the mkusb tool to create boot drives
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How to Make BIOS/UEFI Flash Drive with Full Disk Encryption
Ubuntu 18.04 Full Disk Encryption now works on Full install flash drives.
The ability to separately encrypt home directory / home partition has been eliminated.
How to make an Encrypted BIOS/UEFI ...
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Live USB error "you need to load the kernel first"
I've got an mkusb live USB (Ubuntu 18.04 with persistence) that boots fine on some of my computers. On one laptop I get the following error:
error: disk `hd0,4' not found.
error: you need to load the ...
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Can a Persistent Ubuntu install be made to the pendrive it was booted from?
A person has a computer with no HDD but 8GB RAM and USB3 port.
Also has 8GB USB3 pendrive with Ubuntu Live on it (non-persistent).
The computer is then started with the pendrive, with the toram ...
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How to create a multiboot USB that allows persistence, non-persistence and data partition?
I want a complete guide to make a generic multiboot USB.
Requests:
Multiple iso boots;
Multiple persistent boots (unlimited size);
One partition to data storage;
What I've tried:
MultiSystem only ...
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Live Ubuntu USB with persistent storage Using mkusb
After considerable review of the options, I tried and failed to create a usable live Ubuntu USB with persistent storage using what seemed like "best practice" instructions at https://www.howtogeek.com/...
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Trying to Set up VirtualBox with Live Persistent USB made using Mkusb
I have a live persistent USB for Ubuntu 16.04 that I created using mkusb and it gives me exactly what I was wanting: a portable ubuntu that I can use across more than one laptop.
I am not able to get ...
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Unable to install mkusb
I was trying to create a persistent storage on a Live Ubuntu USB drive. Then I came to many tutorials that required mkusb. I've searched for many ways to install it but I couldn't, even after adding ...
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Password for live USB with persistence
I recently used @Harsh 's mkusb instructions to successfully create an Ubuntu 18.04 live USB with persistence greater than 4 GB. The default user is Ubuntu and the default password is , that is to say ...
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mkusb fails to make persistent USB
As per the advice in this question, I have attempted to use mkusb to make a persistent USB drive. However, it fails to do so (or any other function it has when pointed at that USB)
If it is relevant, ...
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How to make a data partition on multiboot usb flash Drive?
I successfully created a multiboot persistent USB flash drive with multibootusb. The persistent storage was limited (4GB).
However, how can I add a data partition that can be read on Ubuntu and ...
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/usr/sbin/grub-probe:error:failed to get canonical path of /cow. From Live USB with Persistent Storage (mkusb)
When I do sudo update-grub I receive this message:
/usr/sbin/grub-probe:error:failed to get canonical path of /cow
I went through all google solutions none of them work presumably because I am ...
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mkusb doesn't detect my usb drive
After some troubles (in this question), I managed to install mkusb manually.
But for some reason, it didn't detect my USB drive. I tried to format it (as ext4 and fat32), mount/unmount (some errors, ...
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Custom fstab + grub menu in bootable persistent USB created with mkusb
I have created a custom live CD image (erm... live USB, I suppose it'd be more accurate) through a combination of Cubic (to generate a custom .iso) and mkusb to provide it with persistency through a ...
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automount a partition of a USB stick in a persistent live linux made with mkusb
How to automount a partition of a USB stick at /media/lubuntu/name every time the stick is plugged into the PC when the /etc/fstab file is empty on every new boot?
I assume this is because I'm running ...
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