Using this tool you can create a Bootable USB drive for any Operating system out there including Windows and Linux.

When I tried using the Fedora 18 64-bit ISO as the source, the tool did not seem to respond and this happened pretty much everytime. Although I was under the impression that this tool could be used to create a bootable drive for any operating system ISO, but I was wrong. That concludes how to Install Ubuntu from USB.Ubuntu already has a builtin tool using which you can make a bootable USB drive fro Ubuntu. If all went well, you should be booted into a completely Portable Ubuntu that runs entirely from USB.

Elect to boot from the external USB Drive you installed to, and then reboot.

Boot into your system BIOS or Boot Menu.

Next, be sure to remove the live media you used to perform the installation.

When the process has finished, choose the option to restart now.

Click Install Now to proceed to install Ubuntu on your USB device.

You should now have efi, swap, and ext4 partitions on your device.

Note: You can reduce the size and create additional partitions for other usage (perhaps for sharing files between Windows and Linux).

Create an Ext4 journaling file system partition, using the default size, set the mount point to / and click OK.

Once more, right click on free space and Add.

This time, create a 6000MB swap area partition and click OK.

Again, right click on the free space and Select Add.

Create a 100MB EFI System Partition and click OK.

Now, right click on the free space and select Add.From the Device for boot loader installation drop list Ģ.) From the Window, Right click the related /dev/sd(x) device and select New Partition Table (this removes any existing partitions).After step 4, when you are prompted to unmount partitions that are in use, Select YES Once the Live system is up and running, Click the install Ubuntu icon from the desktop to begin the installation.Create a YUMI Live USB containing Ubuntu.Installing Ubuntu from USB to a hard drive or another external USB device. How to Fully Install Ubuntu from USB to a hard drive Backup any information on your USB device (it will be wiped).External USB hard drive or Fast SSD flash drive.* As an Amazon Affiliate this site earns a tiny commission from purchases via these links. The Sandisk Extreme Portable SSD might also work well for this application. For this tutorial, I used a very fast Solid State SanDisk Extreme PRO Flash Drive with 420MB/s read 380MB/s write speeds. Due to extensive read and write operations, it is best to use a Solid State Drive. Note: This process will create a complete full installation (not a Live Install with a compressed Squashfs).

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