Failure installing Ubuntu 24.04 on an USB stick

[Volker Wysk]

Hi again

Am Dienstag, dem 27.08.2024 um 06:02 +0200 schrieb Volker Wysk:
> Hi, Liam!
> 
> Am Samstag, dem 24.08.2024 um 23:09 +0100 schrieb Liam Proven:
> > For what it's worth, when I install onto USB, I use a VM to do it. I
> > map the USB key as its hard disk. That way there is _no way_ that the
> > install can do anything that affects the real host OS, and GRUB
> > `os-prober` does not and can not pick up the host OS.
> 
> That sounds like a very good idea.
> 
> I've set up a virtual machine with virt-manager, and installed Ubuntu
> 24.04
> in it. It worked like a charm. But then I tried to do it like you. I've
> set
> up a second virtual machine. I've removed the virtual hard disk and chose
> "Add device" and then "USB Host Device". I've chosen my USB stick from the
> list of USB devices. 
> 
> When I started the virtual machine, my system system completely froze. I
> had
> to do a hard power-off.

I found the error. I have configured the USB storage device wrong. Now I
managed to install 24.04 on an USB stick, in a virtual machine.

Alas, there is one more problem. When I boot from that stick, I get a
message saying that the device (some device id) could not be found. And I
can't open the stick in my regular system, too. I get:

"Error mounting /dev/sdb2 at /media/v/073e7dcc-6860-4d72-
addb-397c0609c0ab: mount(2) system call failed: Structure needs cleaning"

Any ideas?

Cheers,
Volker