Hi there,
so as I already had some issues with the boot loader of Win10 I wanted to install Linux directly on my USB device. Keeping everything separated and simple.
I saw that normal USB sticks don't perform well with the persistent mode (StackExchange Advice). So i got the fastest random r/w I was able to find (Kingston Data Travel Max with 1000mb/s read900mb/s write and 100-200mb/s random r/w) which should be more than fine for a direct install (recommendation was >20mb/s random r/w)
Now i just picked the first version on LinusDistroWatch that i found which was Linux Mint. However I saw that it won't work as intended, as it its a copy of Ubuntu which shares a common and old installation bug of Ubunut. It doesn't mention which bug# exactly so i couldn't take a look at it:
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtop...693e7771896556
My question:
How do I then install Ubuntu on my new USB thumb drive without touching my Windows Bootloader? The GRUB2 bootloader should go ONLY on the USB thumb drive (so i can take it anywhere i want). Like the linked post says the bug however always writes the GRUB2 on the 1st NVME killing my Win Bootloader. I am not a fan of removing my first NVME physically and i don't want to remove it with each Upgrade/Update to prevent killing my bootloader.
Hope there is a simple fix or what I need to consider during the installation interface questions =)
Thank you!
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