whitehalibut
January 4th, 2011, 06:07 PM
Recently, my laptop was dropped frying the factory installed hard drive. I'm not able to purchase a replacement immediately, but still need to use my laptop. I was able to get a hold of a 16 GB flash drive onto which I installed Ubuntu. When I install Ubuntu onto the drive the same way I installed it onto my hard disk originally it won't boot, but if I install it as a live CD it refuses to save any of the changes I make (which I know is the way live CDs always work).
So, finally, here is my question, is there a way I can install Ubuntu onto my flash drive and have it boot and save the way a hard drive typically would?
The flash drive:
http://www.products.geeksquad.com/pc-345-32-geek-squad-16gb-usb-20-flash-drive.aspx
The Laptop
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834107032
The Ubuntu version
Maverick Meerkat, 10.10
So, finally, here is my question, is there a way I can install Ubuntu onto my flash drive and have it boot and save the way a hard drive typically would?
The flash drive:
http://www.products.geeksquad.com/pc-345-32-geek-squad-16gb-usb-20-flash-drive.aspx
The Laptop
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834107032
The Ubuntu version
Maverick Meerkat, 10.10