How I installed Lucid on a USB flash disc - WAS: Please, Ubuntu, do not embarrass me again!

[Basil Chupin]

On 07/06/10 22:33, Basil Chupin wrote:
> On 07/06/10 06:18, jon at jcosby.com wrote:
>> Quoting "Basil Chupin"<blchupin at iinet.net.au>:
>>
>>> Methinks the answer I am seeking is given here:
>>>
>>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick
>>>
>>> but I haven't finished reading it all yet.
>>>
>>>
>> Good to see you found it. It would be good to know if everything goes 
>> well.
>>
>>
> I'll let you know as soon as I have installed it on the (new) USB 
> stick I am getting tomorrow.

This afternoon I installed Lucid 10.04 on a USB flash disc/memory stick 
(from now on called "flash") as I promised I would do (above).

To start with, I did not follow any of the earlier instructions I 
referred to - I just installed Lucid as one would install it on a normal 
HD-oriented system.

But there are qualifications.

Firstly, all my computers have HD sitting in cradles. For this 
installation I removed both the HDs to ensure that I don't something 
wrong and accidentally wipe out one/both of the HDs with a "production" 
version of Lucid installed.

Next, my BIOS is set to have:

first boot device as USB-ZIP;
second as CDROM;
third as HDD-0;
fourth as HDD-1

In order to install 10.04 I reset the first boot to "Disabled" because 
the system will not boot from the an empty flash.

Next I inserted the flash, started the computer and inserted the CD with 
Lucid on it.

The CD booted, I chose Install - and installed Lucid as one would 
normally install Ubuntu on an HD.

No drama, no hassles. I installed all the normal apps, I now have on my 
"production" system and everything is working fine.

CONS:

The installation - and the running system - will be slower than the HDs 
you are using, and this speed will also depend on the speed of the flash 
you have installed. I installed it on a flash which is not particularly 
fast (I didn't want to sacrifice my 16GB Corsair on this project as I 
don't find if the installation takes a few minutes more or that an app. 
takes a few seconds more to do its work).

The flash I installed Lucid on is a 8GB flash. Following installation I 
have 3.1GB+ free - which I need to investigate because I didn't expect 
that Ubuntu would take up 5GB.

While I now have Lucid running on a flash - with TV and DVD and 
everything - I do not know what would happen if I were to take it to my 
friends place to show him what Ubuntu is all about (and this is the 
reason why I did this installation). The Live CD is designed to work on 
any computer but this installation is tailored to my particular 
computer. As I write this I have not had the chance to test the flash on 
one of the computers I have (will do so probably tomorrow).

PROS:

I have a fully working Lucid sitting on a small, compact, light, flash - 
and the HDs are not spinning and spinning around generating heat.


BC


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