DavidVS
January 10th, 2011, 07:52 AM
Hi!
I am happy using Ubuntu on my laptop, as a fairly newbie user.
Next, I want to put Ubuntu on my 16 gb USB thumb-drive so that I can use Ubuntu on any computer willing to boot from a USB drive (at my office, my wife's desktop, etc.)
I cannot find how to do this. All my search attempts show me how to put an "install disk" onto the USB thumb-drive using the command:
System -> Administration -> Startup Disk Creator
Tangential story... I tried the above. The first time I booted from the thumb-drive it asked me whether I wanted to try using Ubuntu from the thumb-drive or install. Having to make that selection with each boot would be a slight pain, but not a deal-breaker. But then the thumb-drive OS detected my laptop's wireless card, asked to install a driver, and then asked to reboot. Now it does some odd blended boot where it skips my hard drive's Grub Loader (so it *is* still booting off the thumb-drive) but goes to my hard drive's account sign-in. Strange!
So... How can I make a USB thumb-drive that boots Ubuntu Desktop just as a normal hard drive, with accounts and the ability to install drivers and new software?
Thanks for your help,
David V.S.
I am happy using Ubuntu on my laptop, as a fairly newbie user.
Next, I want to put Ubuntu on my 16 gb USB thumb-drive so that I can use Ubuntu on any computer willing to boot from a USB drive (at my office, my wife's desktop, etc.)
I cannot find how to do this. All my search attempts show me how to put an "install disk" onto the USB thumb-drive using the command:
System -> Administration -> Startup Disk Creator
Tangential story... I tried the above. The first time I booted from the thumb-drive it asked me whether I wanted to try using Ubuntu from the thumb-drive or install. Having to make that selection with each boot would be a slight pain, but not a deal-breaker. But then the thumb-drive OS detected my laptop's wireless card, asked to install a driver, and then asked to reboot. Now it does some odd blended boot where it skips my hard drive's Grub Loader (so it *is* still booting off the thumb-drive) but goes to my hard drive's account sign-in. Strange!
So... How can I make a USB thumb-drive that boots Ubuntu Desktop just as a normal hard drive, with accounts and the ability to install drivers and new software?
Thanks for your help,
David V.S.