This may be necessary for most new portable computers without DVD drives and is handy for others because a USB flash drive is so convenient. Ubuntu can be installed from a USB flash drive. See also: Installation/FromUSBStickQuick for beginners starting from Windows. Install Ubuntu to your internal drive (hard disk drive or solid state drive or external drive).Configure your computer to boot from USB flash drive and boot from it.Tools for this purpose are described in this help page. Put Ubuntu onto your USB flash drive alias 'stick' alias 'pendrive' alias 'thumb'.Download the iso file into your running computer (for example into the directory Downloads in the internal drive, not into the USB flash drive that you want to make into a USB boot drive).Ĭheck with md5sum (or another checksum tool) that the download was good. Get the correct Ubuntu installation file, 'the iso file', via this link or Ubuntu flavour via this link. The general procedure to install Ubuntu (or Ubuntu flavour, Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Xubuntu. Booting USB drives with grub2 and iso files 'grub-n-iso'.Portable installed system booting from UEFI and BIOS.Stable portable systems - good for USB sticks.Creating a bootable Ubuntu USB flash drive from Mac OSX.mkusb - dd image of iso file to USB device safely.Install and run Startup Disk Creator alias usb-creator.Creating a bootable Ubuntu USB flash drive from Ubuntu.Pendrivelinux's Universal USB Installer.Creating a bootable Ubuntu USB flash drive from Windows.

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