Hey guys,
So I've got some older components kicking around that I'm piecing together to make a media centre PC. Pretty much it's just going to be a streaming system, nothing incredibly fancy, and doesn't need a whole lot of storage space. I don't have an extra hard drive kicking around at the moment, so my question is this:
Can you install Ubuntu Desktop 16.04 LTS directly onto a USB flash drive, and have the system boot, and run 100% from the USB, just like an internal HDD (able to install programs and codecs)? If so, how would one go about this? Am I correct with these steps:
1. Burn bootable .iso image to LiveCD
2. Reboot system with the USB drive I want OS installed onto plugged in, and boot from LiveCD
3. Will the installer detect the USB flash drive as a potential boot drive, or does the flash drive need to be formatted a particular way first? FAT32, or ext?
4. Partition drive and install OS onto USB Drive.
5. Enjoy
Or is there a complete other way to do it that hasn't shown up in my searches?
Thanks in advance.
So I've got some older components kicking around that I'm piecing together to make a media centre PC. Pretty much it's just going to be a streaming system, nothing incredibly fancy, and doesn't need a whole lot of storage space. I don't have an extra hard drive kicking around at the moment, so my question is this:
Can you install Ubuntu Desktop 16.04 LTS directly onto a USB flash drive, and have the system boot, and run 100% from the USB, just like an internal HDD (able to install programs and codecs)? If so, how would one go about this? Am I correct with these steps:
1. Burn bootable .iso image to LiveCD
2. Reboot system with the USB drive I want OS installed onto plugged in, and boot from LiveCD
3. Will the installer detect the USB flash drive as a potential boot drive, or does the flash drive need to be formatted a particular way first? FAT32, or ext?
4. Partition drive and install OS onto USB Drive.
5. Enjoy
Or is there a complete other way to do it that hasn't shown up in my searches?
Thanks in advance.
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