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I am new to partitioning and allocating memory and storage. I downloaded the Ubuntu ISO and ran it on Rufus USB wizard and it created the Ubuntu file on my USB drive. I finished the process, and restarted my computer. I booted up into Ubuntu from the USB drive and Ubuntu is running 10 times faster than windows and it is just fantastic. I don't know if I had an option to allocate disk space to my drive, but if I did, I would have added 20gb to the boot drive. My USB stick holds 60GB and now I am out of memory from downloads on Ubuntu. I have lots of storage left on my computer and the USB stick only holds a very small amount. Is there a way I can put more storage onto the Ubuntu OS?

I have tried understanding allocating space and partitioning videos but I don't really have a clue as of what's actually happening.
If I make a partition, that will only be for what is on my Windows OS right?

Unless, there is a way to partition between booted OS. Someone help me figure out what I am doing wrong or what I need to do next.

Thank You!

abu_bua
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Jared Nott
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It sounds like you are considering a dual boot machine.

The Ubuntu installer will help you to resize your Windows partition and creating another partition for Linux to boot from without data loss. (YMMV). At this stage you can select the size you want to allocate or even use partition magic afterwards. This may also be the option you are looking for.

After you've installed Ubuntu, you also have the option to mount another partition for extra space afterwards. You could use the USB disk that you mentioned as a storage drive. If you don't have access to another drive to install in your system.

In the case of Linux you can add a persistent mount option to /etc/fstab. Look for examples when you get to this stage. Note the different file systems you need and what has to be where and how big you need them to be. [Be aware, adding an external (USB) disk to fstab can cause problems if if it's not found when fstab is loaded. ]

Starbuck
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DanieW
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If you want a portable linux instalation, UNetbootin (no affiliation) is a great tool for creating live USB linux drives via windows, OSX, or linux. It will allow you to setup persistence on your live disk, without having to setup partitions yourself. It provides download links for various distros and has the ability to write any ISO as a boot disk.

This would require you to write a new live disk, so backup any data you want to keep on another drive first. If your current live disk isn't already setup for persistence, you'll lose any data on it when you shutdown anyways.

  1. Download the ISO for the distribution you want a live USB for, then load the ISO.
  2. Choose the drive you want to use, and how much space you want available for persistent storage. If you don't see it in the dropdown menu, it may not be FAT32 format.
  3. Click OK and wait for all files to be copied from the ISO.
Starbuck
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