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A Much Easier Way to Install Ubuntu on a USB Device

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 3, 2008

[ Thanks to dave for
this link. ]

“I was reading How to install Ubuntu Linux from USB Stick posted
on this site a while ago, and found it to be quite some work to get
Ubuntu working on a USB stick. Besides, having to prepare your USB
device, creating a separate partition on it which will be more or
less ‘useless’ after the installation, giving up 750MB of
space?

“There had to be a better way.

“Together with a colleague of mine, I decided to figure out
whether there could be an easier way to install Ubuntu on a USB
device…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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