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This idea was marked as implemented the 16 September 08.
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Written by Taku the 28 Feb 08 at 14:35.
Category: System.
Related to:
Nothing/Others.
Status: Implemented
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Description
cdroms are slow, don't allow to modify their content easily, they are weak and not as easy to carry as USB keys.
It would be great to provide Ubuntu as a liveUSB just as Mandriva does. We should be able to carry our distribution on any computer, manage our preferred settings (do I want binary drivers enabled ? what is my preferred resolution ?), etc.
The thing is not to make something transportable, but really a nomad system that could be used just the best way as it could on any computer.
Developer comments
This was implemented by two separate projects! Both Usb-creator (see the blueprint) and Usblive (see its website) allow you to build a live USB system on Intrepid.
The first one is available on the repository, and usblive in this PPA.
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xhaker wrote on the 28 Feb 08 at 14:43
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There is some script hanging around @ ubuntu-devel for setting up a livecd image into a liveusb key.
I've been using it to test Hardy Alpha images, and the
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Taku wrote on the 28 Feb 08 at 14:55
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Don't seem to support your keyboard well anyway :p (joke).
Yes I saw this but in my opinion there should be an "official packaging" for this type of media, and, as it is not used the very same way, and as it allows much more than a LiveCD, it would require additional specific pieces of software (to manage sessions, and preferences about hardware management for example).
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vintik wrote on the 28 Feb 08 at 14:57
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It is already possible to run Ubuntu as a LiveUSB (I've been doing it for a while). However, this requires partitioning your USB drive which can't be provided for in an image. While it would be possible to create an image that needs a single partition, this would be far from efficient, so I don't really think this idea is manageable.
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 Alan Pope (Ubuntu Developer) wrote on the 28 Feb 08 at 15:03
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The EeePC "eeeXubuntu" distro has a script on the CD which does this. This would be ideal, although it would be useful if the CD had a Windows, Linux and Mac tool so that whatever your PC currently runs, you can easily copy the contents of the ISO to a USB stick.
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greatbunzinni wrote on the 28 Feb 08 at 15:27
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This is the single most important feature that is missing from Ubuntu or, for that matter, every major linux distribution.
As someone who was forced to purchase a CD burner for the single task of being able to install Ubuntu, I feel that this issue is quite important. In this day and age of 6€ 1GB flash memory and sub-50€ multi-GB USB mass storage devices, being forced to have a CD burner and burn a CD in order to install the operating system is something that can't be quite justified, specially when having in mind that installing the OS is mainly a one time only task.
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xhaker wrote on the 28 Feb 08 at 15:46
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@ my first post: I meant to say "and the install takes less than 5 minutes."
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MakotoTheKnight wrote on the 28 Feb 08 at 17:14
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There are some pretty good points to this. Of course, using a GB stick should definitely be an option if you wanted to use that instead of a disk.
However, just like a solid-state drive, it can and will fail if used extensively enough. I haven't had the time to put a full Live-CD distro on a thumb drive, but if we use a USB drive as extensively as we would a disk drive, then we could see very many of them fried out.
I'm mixed on this one. It's a good idea, and should be an option, but I wouldn't want to spend $15 on a 1GB thumb drive just to buy another in 9 months.
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Corey wrote on the 28 Feb 08 at 18:00
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The main problem with this idea is the huge ammount of hardware that doesn't support booting from a USB device. booting from a USB is a feature that must be enabled in your bios if your bios even supports it. I do computer repair at work adn am often knee deep in various bios menus and I see this feature very rarely and only on some of the latest systems. As cool as it sounds, it just isn't going to be useful for the majority of users.
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Taku wrote on the 28 Feb 08 at 18:07
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You're right Corey, but it was the same for the cdrom, until the *techno movement* made it bootable.
It's juste a personnal feeling, but I think that the MacAir and the EEE from Asus won't be the only ones to be cdrom-less.
Then, having a portable system is a great thing, even for someone that has a computer at work and at home. No sync needed, would be a great news !
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michaelw wrote on the 28 Feb 08 at 18:55
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MakotoTheKnight: Good Solid state media is only likely to fail at approximately 2.5 million 1MB read or writes (cycles) or 2.4ish terabytes worth. Which is equivelent to loading ubuntu around 3,846 times. Where as a CD burner will write 190.4 GB worth of CDs before it fails based on the MTBF for writing and a 15 min write of a 650MB cd. (i feel a blog post coming on)
Installing from the Live USB would also save a huge amount on CDs which only get used once, not so much a cost thing but a bit of an environmental embarassment.
It should be relatively? trivial to create a python app which allows you to flash the CD iso to a usb drive.
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MakotoTheKnight wrote on the 28 Feb 08 at 20:12
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@michaelw: When you put it that way, I suppose I could throw my weight behind this idea. The only drawback is the older machines that don't support booting from USB, but if that issue can be worked out, I don't see why this can't happen.
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F for Fragging wrote on the 28 Feb 08 at 21:29
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Agreed. I don't like to spend money on CD's for burning Ubuntu ISO's, USB flash drives are reusable (CD-RW's aren't reliable), a lot smaller than a CD (some of them smaller than the USB port itself!), have more capacity and are reasonably cheap these days (less than € 15 for for 2 GB).
Flipside, I already tried to follow some howto's I found, but I didn't manage to get it to work, my USB flash drive wasn't recognized during boot, probably because somehow I couldn't activate the partition on my USB flash drive with fdisk.
The current howto's which can be found on the internet take too much time and are too complex, it would be a good idea if an application or a script (with options for both persistence and non-persistence) was created to do it automatically. And I mean, an official application/script, which is mentioned on the download page of Ubuntu's ISO's, so users don't have to google for a (relatively) complex howto to figure it out.
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codex wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 00:25
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LIve usb is perfect..
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Taku wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 01:24
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Yes dburanen, would be a great thing but not enough.
As we could do new things with this, we need additionnal software.
On a live-cdrom, we don't have to manage any session or hardware preferences, whereas we could do this (and we should) on a USB drive.
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Cappy wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 01:49
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It's already relatively easy to install Ubuntu onto a USB drive.
It would be nice for it to be an option when you click "Install Ubuntu" on the Ubuntu Live CD though.
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trocupei wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 02:36
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I know it is possible to do it. I could probably find the link where it's all explained. But it should be simpler because just today i was asked to fix (again) a windows xp based computer and also was told that it would be nice to have ubuntu on a Usb key.
Great idea for ubuntu in general
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hackel wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 03:51
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I'm not sure I would use a LiveUSB distro, however I would love to see a USB "netboot"-based installer. Let me download a nice, small 50M image, copy it to my USB drive, boot from that, then install the rest of Ubuntu via the network the way I always used to with Debian. I can't stand this nonsense of downloading an entire 700M CD image when I might not want all of those packages installed, let alone any of the live-boot stuff. This should probably be a separate "idea" post.
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HDave wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 03:58
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Like many folks, I first tried Ubuntu in VMWare just to get a feel for it. I hadn't run Unix since the eighties. I liked it, but was sorely disappointed when I realized that VMWare doesn't provide real 3d graphics capability.
But the thought of making a dual-boot machine was intimidating and I didn't feel right messing with my company's laptop. So instead I took the Ubuntu Live CD and used the install option to install it on a USB stick. This was 6 months ago and now I am so hooked up Ubuntu I almost never run Windows anymore. So I think this is a great idea for getting more folks to try Ubuntu because they don't have to change ANYTHING on their computer, yet they get the rotating cube!!
However, to those who say this idea is moot because you can "easily" do this today, let me reply by saying that while I am living proof it is possible for a linux newbie to create a bootable Ubuntu install on a USB stick, it was a GIGANTIC hassle. It ended up taking me many days to do it...here's why:
1) you need to partition and format the stick which is a scary, scary, thing to do because no window user has ANY idea what hda, sda, etc. mean and so you are constantly fearful of trashing your internal harddrive.
2) unless you go into an obscure "advanced" mode of the Ubuntu installer it will put GRUB on your internal disk thinking that your USB stick is another drive and you always boot from your internal disk. This is CRAZY!! Don't mess with my internal hard drive....put GRUB on the USB stick.
3) if you let Ubuntu put GRUB on your internal hard drive (trashing the windows MBR) and later when you try to boot without your USB stick...you WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BOOT. You will get a GRUB stage 1.5 error and you will be hosed because the GRUB menu is ON THE STICK! In other words, if you use the installer defaults, and then go on a trip without your USB stick or Live CD your laptop will be unusable (I did this...thank you).
4) when you put GRUB on the usb stick, and later try to boot from it, you will fail. This is because the hard drive identifiers in the GRUB menu are all wrong after you boot from your usb stick because the installer thinks hda is always your internal drive. When you boot from the stick hda is the stick.
5) Making a USB stick bootable is tricky business. Often times they must be formatted with MSDOS and therefore slapping GRUB on to it won't make it bootable...use have to use MS DOS utilities or linux equivs.
Sorry for all the detail...its a great idea. Lets make it happen such that the hapless Windows user never needs to see or think about GRUB or hda1 in order to fall in love with Ubuntu.
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stomfi wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 05:44
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If it is not running as a live system, but from a USB installed system, I think you need to run this after boot so that you set up XWindows for your resident card:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg.
I have found this is all I need to do when cloning drives to completely different hardware so it should work on an installed system on a USB key.
I might try it next month as I can get a decent 4GB stick for $AUD80.
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carolus wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 06:06
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Support shoud be included for USB hard disk drive, not just flash drive, so that you can carry around a complete Ubuntu system with plenty of extra applications and all your personal files to plug into any Windows box. For machines that do not support booting from USB, or for users who do not want to monkey with the BIOS on someone else's machine, there should be a boot CD that simply boots to the USB drive. That could be an option in the Ubuntu Live disk, which also contains the hardware scan routines required to configure a new machine.
The attraction of a Live CD is to avoid the risk and hassle of installation. A live portable HDD would have the same advantages with none of the disadvantages. Portable USB hard disk drives have gotten fairly cheap.
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Dmitri wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 07:11
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I don't really need a LiveUSB (other distros specifically take care of that and are made from start to be portable).
But I would like to be able to install Ubuntu and other distributions with USB drive. It would save me at least 10 CD's a month (well, I'm kinda hooked up on testing different distros).
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Tom Mann wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 11:23
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I spotted how to do this months ago on the Planet Ubuntu, there is a script that takes an iso and injects the files onto a flash drive. When booted the stick cannot be changed, but the speed is a lot better than that of a CD. Thumbs up!
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kseise wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 17:44
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It took some poking around, but I did this pretty easily once I found the hint.
1. Remove hard drive from Computer
2. Insert USB drive
3. Insert Ubuntu Installer disk
4. Install Ubuntu
5. Remove CD when prompted and shut down the computer
6. Re-attach internal hard drives.
7. Boot from USB
8. At GRUB screen, change the drive to boot from /sda to /sdb. (or whatever the USB drive is detected as)
9. Once booted from the USB drive, sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst
10. Change the reference to the Ubuntu install from HD0,0 to HD1,0. Save the changes.
11. Reboot to prove it worked.
It was actually that easy. The steps were determined from a variety of postings and some trial and error. The worst part was getting the hard drive out of my thinkpad.
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drinkypoo wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 18:40
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iso2usb is a bit rough, it makes two partitions, vfat and ext2, neither is at all suited for use on a flash device of any sort (fine for read-only...) and partitioning the device is utterly unnecessary in any case. You can use loadlin to load linux from dos, you can boot dos from a vfat if you like and then just mount that vfat and load your livefs from there. Then put home someplace on the vfat also. If you're going to go through a whole partitioning thing you should partition the entire volume with some filesystem which is friendly to flash and then put the contents of the livecd in that filesystem image. of course, you'd have to remake the initrd, to support that filesystem, which is probably why this wasn't done - it's the part that takes actual work. I'm not saying it won't work, only that it's about the least technically sweet possible way to accomplish it. IMO Ubuntu should have a LiveUSB maker that lets you make a LiveUSB from the LiveCD, it would require only the inclusion of one more filesystem driver module in the initrd and an installer script. It should also detect when you use a flash-based device for an install and pick an appropriate filesystem automatically.
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rebegin wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 21:30
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it sounds to a very great idea. but i think it could be done likewise puppy linux does it.
i've managed to put puppy linux onto my USB drive which has only one big fat32 partition, and it contains some file. it can save all my setup to a big file which has ext2 fs in it.
it is possible to create the live usb while you're running the livecd, even if you only running it from virtualbox for example.
this way you could download the iso of the livecd, run it in virtualbox or you can boot from it on any kind of pc, and make a persistance live USB, saveing all your setup, installed programs....of course if you already run linux a small program/script could do a liveUSB for you.
i'm sorry for my english, i hope you understand more or less what i mean :D
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Frozzare wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 00:23
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I think a LiveUSB should be grate! I think more should test that, when they don't have to burn a cd, and if they don't like it the just throw it in the garbages. With the LiveUSB they just have to delete it from the USB
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Felix_the_Mac wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 01:39
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Should have the option of having an encrypted install on the USB.
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asafbd wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 07:36
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it would be wondefull is the liveusb will have an easy way to sync with the ubuntu desktop
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Spitos wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 16:25
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Ubuntu isn't a live-distro.
The Ubuntu desktop CD is a good live operating system, but if you want a really live distro, you can use Slax or Knoppix. I think, Ubuntu must be a good desktop distro and improve her features to be that.
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kutta1234 wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 17:58
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www.pendrivelinux.com these guys are doing good job.
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probono wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 18:04
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I use Ubuntu as a Live USB distro all the time and it performs great.
It's already there.
All you need to do is basically copy the contents of the Live CD (including the hidden directories) to a FAT USB stick, and install MBR and syslinux.
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kila wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 19:41
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To replace CD/DVD with USB PEN drive just for installation may be need a special USB pen drive which can emulate CD/DVD-ROM drive. The USB flash formatted with CDFS (contain bootable Ubuntu CD image) the BIOS detect it as USB CD-ROM and boot from.
Some USB PEN drives have utility to format it, encrypt it and modify it's appear. So these drives can appear as a USB-ZIP or USB-HDD. Need new option to appear PEN drive as USB-CD/DVD-ROM.
(I used USB "modem" which have flash storage with CD-Emulation - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huawei_E220 )
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elitepenguin wrote on the 2 Mar 08 at 19:54
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I don't see why we want that. There are still much more important problems, such as suspend, network manager, missing/broken drivers.
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tomatz wrote on the 2 Mar 08 at 22:37
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First install vmware or virtualbox then google "pen drive linux" and read the howtos. The reason for installing vm will be apparent and make your life a hell of alot easier.
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roozeec wrote on the 3 Mar 08 at 09:46
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I use Ubuntu on Live USB to show to my friends, family etc... I wrote a script for doing this easily from an ISO (this works in persistent mode for all Ubuntu derivatives)
http://blog.roozeec.fr/zeeclive
But in french ....
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stylewarz wrote on the 3 Mar 08 at 12:59
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Hello, I had a IBM X41 a while ago and made my own bootable USB Stick to install Kubuntu because it does not have a CD Rom Drive.
http://wiki.unixboard.de/index.php/Bootable_USB_Key
It's in German but commands are always English so if you know a bit it will work.
As I read this I had this in mind.
The install USB Stick that can hold kind of a Profile with all the configs that a certain machine has. So to a later date you just plug the thing in, boot it and press "Install my Dell XPS M1330".
This would allow Users to share there config files so hardware tricks can be included from others (like webcam, fingerprint etc.)
Also all your "standard" software packages can automatically be loaded for the selected user oder group that uses the notebook (ok, I use my "baseinstall.sh" but its not hard to add that to this tool)
This was just a lightning throe my head...
cu
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vexorian wrote on the 3 Mar 08 at 16:41
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USB distros boot VERY slowly, so if this happens I hope work could also be put in making sure it doesn't take ages to boot, but a lot of people like the live USB option, this is almost a must do. +1 . There are already tutorials on making a live USB from the ubuntu live CD, so it shouldn't be difficult to offer this option .
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masterpi wrote on the 3 Mar 08 at 21:41
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We're quickly approaching the 1GB mark for most common and reasonably priced flash drive, so Ubuntu should definitely look into using USB as an installation medium, and providing an install wizard to install it. Also, I've heard they're working on installation to inside of a Windows partition for the next release; I don't know if anyone's thought of it yet but at that point you could skip the CD altogether and have an InstallUbuntu.exe or even ... gasp ... Ubuntu.msi
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seepage87 wrote on the 4 Mar 08 at 16:09
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I think most people here may not be thinking correctly. The fact that there are how-tos for it shows how popular of an idea it is, how important it is. It doesn't make it an unnecessary feature, or redundant because many of them are difficult (especially for converts who we should be targeting) or not quite what we're looking for.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but we don't just want an exact replica of the LiveCD functionality on a USB stick, nor do we want a full (k/x/e)ubuntu install on the USB stick. The first doesn't take advantage of the read/write and space capabilities of the USB stick (customize settings, add programs, etc), and second will have the hardware drivers, etc, customized for the computer you installed it on.
Ideally we want the flexibility of the LiveCD detecting the hardware and working on any machine reasonably well, with the customizeability of an installed version.
If you know of how-tos that do this, point them out and make note of what they fully are, but I still think it's worth folding that into the project so that anyone with a pendrive and some curiosity can copy the files to the drive and try ubuntu without having to refer to a how-to.
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budo wrote on the 6 Mar 08 at 14:08
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I agree with the comment above... but I was sure that Ubuntu was able to identify "new" hardware! So when an Ubuntu system, installed in an USB key instead of an HD, is plugged in a "new" computer, it is able to manage the hardware as long as it can fetch the appropriate drivers from the USB system itself, or from the network... Am I wrong?
However I'll vote this topic since it's true that many out there are scared about installing Ubuntu partitioning their HD, but a CD/DVD live system cannot be really used to work, but only to evaluate.
A system running on USB can be used for both!
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georgeen wrote on the 6 Mar 08 at 14:41
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The Ubuntu Live on HDD-USB or USB flash memory, would be a very successful marketing strategy, windows has third parties software to do it but always depends of Win installation oh hard drive. But Ubuntu could run from USB or even detect windows started machine and run inside, with that you can avoid until some point to carry a laptop (or even need it except if you need move and work simultaneously). and I tried for a year to do that with some success, but the process is difficult and isn't always successful. So In the LiveCD or whatever should have the option to install into a USB-HDD or USB- pendrive as a live Ubuntu, and of course that installation on portable devices has the option of install Ubuntu into the host machine or another USB device. Would be wonderful to has every I need on my pocket, and available if I have a PC available without re-install nothing.+1 If is is on a USB device should have an option to install with the current user options or even software this facilitate the spread for IT's for example or a some tipe of backup
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Dargor wrote on the 20 Mar 08 at 09:40
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PcLinuxOS has an install option in the liveCD to select an usb drive as the disk for the installation. I never tried it but sounds great!
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ubuntu_demon wrote on the 21 Mar 08 at 13:31
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The idea is nice. Your USB stick will wear out sooner though especially if /var is mounted on it (instead of on a ramdisk).
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mahjongg wrote on the 28 Mar 08 at 16:49
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This is a badly needed feature!
Ubuntu, either when booted in live CD_mode, or in normal mode, but with the Lice_CD in the player, should have a menu option that asks for a memory stick, (and if needed the Live_CD) then checks the size of the USB_stick, formats it, makes it boot-able, and put a remastered live_USB system on it created from the live_CD code.
A USB_stick is much easier to carry around with you than a CD, and can be used on systems that do not have a CD drive (like the Ultra Mobile PC's that are starting to become popular).
yes, there are all kinds of how-to's on the web to create a Live_USB, but most are confusing and hard to follow, it's actually quite hard for a new Linux user to figure out how to do it, and it shouldn't be that difficult to do! The easier it is to create a Live_USB stick the easier Ubuntu can be spread and flourish!
There is no better way to demonstrate Ubuntu to a friend than to pull out a Live_USB stick, and demonstrate it to him/her. In contrast, a live_CD is awkward to have with you at all times.
Also, there are several ways to set up the Live_USB stick, as it can be done as a "super floppy", or as a "hard disk", and with FAT32 or NTFS or a Linux filing system. We also need a USB stick that will boot with as many BIOS systems as possible, not all live_USB solutions are equal in this respect.
If Ubuntu generates a Live_USB automatically, it should do it in the best way possible. A handy feature would be if the Live_USB stick would support installing new software on the flash filing system, keep settings etc. and you would be able to store data files and documents on it too. An automatic Live_USB creation system would be able to create such an advanced Live_USB stick with a minimum of hassle.
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HDave wrote on the 31 Mar 08 at 18:47
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The comment above from SeePage87 is exactly correct. In needs to act like a LiveCD and pick the right drivers for every boot, yet be persistent for everything else.
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arzajac wrote on the 6 Apr 08 at 12:50
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"In needs to act like a LiveCD and pick the right drivers for every boot, yet be persistent for everything else."
If you partition your usb drive into one partition for the live OS, and make another partition Ext3 and name it "casper-rw", that's exactly what you get.
This works with minimal differences between the live CD and USB infrastructure, namely, you replace one bootloader with another.
To make the USB system work differently by being read-write is a more invasive change to the infrastructure. I wonder if it would be difficult to implement a persistent "casper-rw" loop file instead of a separate partition?
That way, you would only have to copy the live USB files, make it bootable (with ext3, you don't have to unmount the filesystem to make it bootable with extlinux - with syslinux, you must unmount) and then create a loop filesystem which fills the rest of the drive up (or as much as you want).
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nitro182 wrote on the 9 Apr 08 at 12:12
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I agree this idea. In add, I say that in LiveUSB you should be able to save your data or your settings just as in a normal "hard disk installation" Ubuntu. And if you shutdown, insert your usb pen in another PC and boot the LiveUSB again, you should have your saved data and settings.
Maybe my idea is not so original :D.
Sorry for my bad english.
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Redrazor39 wrote on the 27 Apr 08 at 02:24
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Only if it allows you to carry your entire computing system in your pocket (I mean putting all saved documents, pics, and other files on the USB as well). This way, if I invested in an 8 or 16GB USB drive and put Ubuntu on it, I could have all of my files on it and use it on almost any computer.
What I want to know is if computers do checks of USB ports and can boot from USB drives from a cold boot without booting the OS on the hard drive. If so, then this idea pwns.
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naja wrote on the 11 May 08 at 18:03
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In fact, I have ubuntu installed on a portable usb hdd. Not quite the same as a flash disk, but more potent. The main problem with it is hardware inflexibility.
It would be nice if i could, say have drivers for different video cards installed, and the system would automatically load the correct one.
Another similar problem is xorg.conf files. Right now, i have to go in recovery console and copy the correct xorg.conf file in /etc/X11....
If the system would be more flexible in this kind of sense, it would be better suited for the future where probalby we will all be walking around with our own os on usb...
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naja wrote on the 11 May 08 at 18:05
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In fact, I have ubuntu installed on a portable usb hdd. Not quite the same as a flash disk, but more potent. The main problem with it is hardware inflexibility.
It would be nice if i could, say have drivers for different video cards installed, and the system would automatically load the correct one.
Another similar problem is xorg.conf files. Right now, i have to go in recovery console and copy the correct xorg.conf file in /etc/X11....
If the system would be more flexible in this kind of sense, it would be better suited for the future where probalby we will all be walking around with our own os on usb...
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probono wrote on the 17 May 08 at 19:37
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I am working on a tool to easily create a bootable Live USB stick from a running Ubuntu Live CD:
http://klik.atekon.de/liveusb/
Feedback is welcome, testers are wanted.
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Taku wrote on the 17 May 08 at 21:54
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Wow great work probono !
It seems to be a great first step, sure, additional work has to be done (like "prefiered-drivers configuration", etc.).
But really great work, I'll test it ASAP :-).
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AndersFeder wrote on the 2 Jun 08 at 02:30
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The tool that Fedora has made is rather slick, though the interface could be brushed up a little.
The brilliance of it is that it runs from Windows, making it easy for the typical PC user who is unable to repartition their hard drive to experience the joy of a native Ubuntu installation and even carry it with them to the office or wherever.
A rather clever idea, really - if this gets implemented well, chances are it will be my standard installation.
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probono wrote on the 5 Jun 08 at 01:14
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Added persistent home as an option to the Live USB system creator at http://launchpad.net/liveusb (currently in the bzr version only).
Due to LP #219192 you need to edit your initrd though if you want to use persistence.
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tebibyte wrote on the 9 Jun 08 at 20:01
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It's a great idea. I just wouldn't want to lose the USB with my entire OS on it.
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avatar21 wrote on the 18 Jun 08 at 16:10
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Loved it, actually I'm using Ubuntu Live CD quite often, but I just don't like the CD keep loading ... it makes me feels like spoiling my drive.
Live USB is a brilliant idea :)
You got my vote
Regards,
Avatar Ng
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likemindead wrote on the 5 Jul 08 at 19:05
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Yes, please! I currently use Puppy Linux on a 1GB LiveUSB and love it. Actually, I'm using it right now on my father-in-laws laptop! I use Ubuntu on all of my own computers and I'd love to have it on LiveUSB (without having to use some third party scripts/patches/utilities). Can't wait for 8.10! Keep up the great work everybody!
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corneliux wrote on the 31 Jul 08 at 20:17
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Excellent ! Now , I can say : I will never boot on Window$
One question : Is it possible to have ubuntu in french or other language in the usb key ?
Thank's a lot for this application !
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probono wrote on the 2 Aug 08 at 10:23
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Yes, it is possible to use any language (that is supported by the Live CD).
When you run the tool from the Live CD, it will detect the currently running language and keyboard setting and use this as the default for the Live USB system.
So you have no special settings to do. Just run the Live CD with the language and keyboard settings you want, and run the tool from there.
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fordplay wrote on the 11 Aug 08 at 16:46
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will this work on a mac? I've had problems trying to do this in the past
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AndyCee wrote on the 12 Aug 08 at 09:18
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+1 for an easy, persistant USB install
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mujambee wrote on the 14 Aug 08 at 11:57
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I run Ubuntu from a USB stick, using the Live CD files and a casper-rw partition (followed tutorial on pendrivelinux.com).
It works fine, but there are some drawbacks in this approach:
1. On system startup I must reconfigure time zones, keyboard layout and network interface; it remembers some of these settings but does not honour them.
2. Upgrade Manager fails trying to upgrade some kernel packages, since it believes it's running from a Live CD.
3. If you plug the stick into an already running Windows system you will only see the LiveCD partition, so you can't exchange files with a Windows computer, since the LiveCD partition is almost full. (You could create a slightly bigger partition, but that means reducing space available to your filesystem).
On all systems I've plugged it (work laptop and a relative's desktop) it is /dev/sdb, I don't know what it does if you plug it in a different system with more hard drives.
So the LiveCD plus casper-rw is not the perfect solution.
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Oliv7 wrote on the 15 Sep 08 at 07:00
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For people interested in Live USB applications server, I created Cooperation-iws : http://cooperation-iws.gensys-net.eu.
This is a tool for remastering Hardy desktop live cd into a lampp server with open sources web applications in php, perl, python or Java.
The scripts are based on Reconstructor with an added functionnality to create Cooperation-iws live USB.
All the stuff (Demo CD /DVD) and live scripts are GPL and freely available.
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