Failure installing Ubuntu 24.04 on an USB stick

[Volker Wysk]

Am Donnerstag, dem 29.08.2024 um 09:07 -0400 schrieb Jeffrey Walton:
> On Thu, Aug 29, 2024 at 5:55 AM Volker Wysk <post at volker-wysk.de> wrote:
> > [...]
> > I've ordered another USB-Stick. It might be the one I tried with is
> > defunct.
> > (There's nothing but junk in retail, when it comes to USB-Sticks.)
> 
> Look for a SSD drive with a USB interface, like
> <https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08GYM5F8G>. Read speed is 420
> MB/s, write speed is 380 MB/s. It will feel like a regular SSD.
> 
> I keep a copy of Windows2Go on one so I can flash the BIOS/UEFI on my
> machines. Other than the SanDisk, there are no Windows machines in our
> household.

Thanks for the tip. The one I've ordered (that's the second one) is similar.
It's a HP HPFD911W-128, with 500 MB/s read speed and 450 MB/s write speed.
It costs 33 €, so the price is similar too.

Cheers,
Volker