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Ubuntu Server on a bootable USB drive with persistent storage

Sgraffite

Sgraffite

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I'm not having any luck getting this to work. I'd like to be able to run Ubuntu Server from the flash drive. I'm using the Universal USB Installer from here.

I've tried multiple times with Ubuntu Server 11.10, and every time it I get the same results. The computer will boot to the Ubuntu menu, and I choose the top option "Run Ubuntu Server". It beeps and then shows a count down saying it will boot in 5.. 4.. 3.. etc. Then it beeps again and repeats.

Just for fun I set it up using Ubuntu Desktop 11.10, and it worked the first try. I was able to boot up, get a GUI, and open FireFox and surf to a web page.

Is there an extra step or something I need to do to get Ubuntu Server to work with this?
 
You're just booting the installer? The server version doesn't have a "live" system option, it only installs onto something else.
 
I've had issues in past with Ubuntu server wanting to be installed from /dev/cdrom0 or similar... it seems to be hardwired to look for the installer there.
 
D-EJ915 said:
You're just booting the installer? The server version doesn't have a "live" system option, it only installs onto something else.
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Well that would probably be the reason. Other members running Ubuntu from a flash drive are using the "live" option, or is there a way to actually install an OS onto the flash drive?
 
I have never gotten Server to work with a USB drive at all, even just the installer. Why won't Desktop work for whatever you are trying to do? Why don't you just get a small SATA drive for the OS?
 
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