Failure installing Ubuntu 24.04 on an USB stick

[Volker Wysk]

Hallo Ralf!

Am Samstag, dem 24.08.2024 um 21:25 +0200 schrieb Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-
users:
> > Guten Abend Volker,
> > 
> > "Many distros (like Ubuntu/MX/LinuxMint ...) provide feature for
> > persistence. This allows saving any changes you make to the live system,
> > so that they are still present the next time you boot to it. In normal
> > case, we create a separate partition to do this which is not so
> > flexible.
> > Now Ventoy brings a new feature here. You have no need to create any
> > partition, no need to add persistent boot parameter. Just put a
> > persistence data file in the 1st partition and tell Ventoy by the json
> > configuration, and that's all."
> > - https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_persistence.html
> > 
> > The good
> > 
> > thing is that if you use a fast USB stick on a fast USB port, the Live
> > Ubuntu flavour does run with excellent performance, all additionally
> > installed packages and user settings are restored.
> > 
> > The weaknesses
> > 
> > are that you have to be careful and after the Ventoy boot menu you need
> > to start the Ubuntu Live Flavour from the Ubuntu Live Flavour boot menu
> > before it auto-boots. When it boots automatically, the settings made by
> > the user are overwritten with the defaults of the Live Ubuntu Flavour,
> > but the additionally installed packages are still available. The
> > original kernel of the ISO is always booted, so that you cannot use the
> > advantages of a newly installed kernel with new hardware.

I've read a little. I don't want this. I prefer a real, regular installation
on USB sticks. 

I've read this guide: https://itsfoss.com/intsall-ubuntu-on-usb/ (How to
Install Ubuntu Linux on an External USB Drive to Make an Actual, Portable
Linux System on USB). Oh dear! Why does my maintenance USB stick even work?
It works on both my old non-UEFI laptop and my UEFI desktop. Probably it
won't work on other UEFI systems.

You could install a regular system with the trick lined out in the above
guide (deleting the efi mark on the EFI partition and restoring it afters).
But the method which Liam layed out (using a virtual machine) would be much
better.

I'll try again with a virtual machine.

Cheers,
Volker