I want to install Ubuntu onto my sandisk usb stick NOT onto my hard drive win 10. There isn't enough room (with all my other stuff) and I don't want to overwrite (as bad as win 10 is). Plus I want the luxury of mobility - tablet to pc and vice versa and even external!!!
Asked
Active
Viewed 608 times
1 Answers
1
Follow the normal install procedures and pick the usb drive as the destination for installation.
The install process provides an option for which drive to install Ubuntu. Most likely your main drive is /dev/sda. Your Pendrive will be the next available letter. If you only have the two drives it'll be /dev/sdb.
When performing the install it'll give you a size and desciption of the drive you choose. This should make it clear which drive is your usb drive.
Proceed with a normal install. On the option for specifying the Boot drive, you can pick either /dev/sda or /dev/sdb.
Picking /dev/sda Your main drive will not interfere with your Windows installation... just the boot manager. Picking your main drive will add both your Ubuntu from the pendrive and your Windows from your main drive to the boot options when you boot your computer. If you remove the Pendrive, you'll still see the Ubuntu boot option... it'll just not come up if you select it. Your Windows will still boot, undisturbed.
If you select the pendrive as your boot drive, you will have to access the computer's BIOS each time you decide to change which operating system to boot to.
L. D. James
- 25,444