@@TechSolvePrac "hardwork"? your editing is primitive, and teaching skills are zero: why would you choose 2 same size same manufacturer flash drives for this - you immediately confused the guy in comment above (who asked if he needed second flash drive)...
@@cokeforever I didn't get your problem? You will need 2 flash drives. They can be of any make and model. First flash drive will be used to boot from it. Second will be used to install Manjaro with persistence. There is no confusion.
@@TechSolvePrac not for me and you, no... just dont call this quality vid or hardwork - it is not... you do know how to change video fragment speed in premiere? who would enjoy watching the file copy progress indicator?! p.s. this is called feedback, improve your future vids and your teaching skills... for free ) cheerz
Unfortunately, Manjaro no longer gives the option of where to place the boot loader. That part of the installer shown at the bottom at 6min43 is simply missing from the installer. There is no longer a section entitled “install boot loader on” with a dropdown list. I don’t dare proceed with the installation since I have no idea where the boot loader is going to be placed. Please, have you got any solution for this? With many thanks for any suggestions, and also for your great video.
I have at last got a Manjaro USB stick which works both with old MBR BIOS computer and also with my Asus Windows 10 UEFI laptop, and in both cases the bootloader is on the USB stick and does not affect the WIndows 10 bootloader or indeed the bootloader of the MBR BIOS computer. In order to get the option of where to place the bootloader with the UEFI laptop one has to choose the "replace an existing partition" when installing Manjaro on the USB stick. FIrst, with Gparted I created a 150 MiB FAT32 partition sdb1 labelled bootefi with flags boot and esp on the USB stick. I also created an empty ext4 partition sdb2 for the Manjaro installation. I first installed Manjaro using my old MBR BIOS computer, and selected to replace the ext4 sdb2 partition, and install the MBR bootloader on the USB stick. The resulting installation will boot on MBR BIOS computers but not UEFI computers. Before proceeding to the next step, copy the /boot/grub/i386-pc folder from the new installation and save it on some other partition for future use. Next I reinstalled Manjaro on the same USB stick with my Asus UEFI Windows 10 laptop, as before selecting the sdb2 partition (now with the Manjaro installation) for replacement by the new Manjaro installation. During the installation process one sees the section entitled “install boot loader on” with a dropdown list, and one can choose sdb (the USB stick). One obtains a Manjaro installation on the USB stick which will only boot on UEFI computers. FInally, copy the /boot/grub/i386-pc folder saved from the previous installation into /boot/grub/ on the new installation. The USB stick will now boot on both MBR BIOS computers and Windows 10 UEFI computers. On booting Manjaro one will see the option of booting into WIndows 10 although of course this will only work with the UEFI computer. If one reverses the installation procedure using first the WIndows 10 UEFI computer followed by the MBR BIOS computer, then one needs to save the /boot/grub/x86_64-efi folder from first installation and copy it to the /boot/grub/ of the second installation. On booting Manjaro in this case one will see the option of booting into the operating system of the MBR BIOS computer.
Nice effort. I think in new Manjaro version the option is removed. Need to rework on a simple solution using your method to that naive users can do it with ease.
@@TechSolvePrac The problem that I faced (maybe I did something wrong) was that the above process did not survive and update. If you update, grub files for some reason get removed.
@@shariarrahman7562 I have now been using the system for 7 months and have updated it many times - it is completely up to date. I have never once had a problem with the grub files being changed. Never a problem with booting on my MBR BIOS computer or Asus EFI computer, or indeed a Macbook Air.
when i try to burn filo to usb it said "File is an ISOHybrit but not compatible with using ISO/file copy mode so it'll be written via DD write mode" and after that it formatted usb to 4mb drive with a single boot.efi file
Use this usb to install manjaro. It makes separte partitions to store boot and setup files. These are not normally visible. Later format usb to restore its full capacity using one of the methods mentioned in www.techsolveprac.com/repair-flash-drive
@@TechSolvePrac i think its the problem of iso file because i tried to install mx linux and it went well. A window popped up and said, "The image you selected is an ISOHybrid, but its creators have not made it compatible with ISO/File copy mode. As a result, DD image writing mode will be enforced."
I have a doubt bro, will the manjaro grub boot menu open only when the usb is connected or everytime? I ask this because i already have Windows and Linux Mint installed in my pc using grub from Mint
@@zimmij73 Yes. Both USB Flash Drives should be plugged into the computer. From first USB, the Computer will boot and start Manjaro Installer. The second flash drive on which you want to install persistent and portable Manjaro should also be in USB slot. The installer will display the second flash drive.
TechSolvePrac thanks for the quick response I'm currently using a surface pro 2 with only one usb slot, is it possible to do all this with just one usb stick?
Can this be installed on the same drive as the installer? I have a 64GB usb drive and I wish to put both the installer and the install on it, even if it has multiple partitions.
@@TechSolvePrac Hi yes I did wait for a long time and tried the same process several times but it still got stuck. Does it have something to do with grub and how should i fix it?
@@danielwang1970 Grub is required to boot after the system is installed. It maybbe some read-write issue or some driver issue. This usually don't happen.
I've followed all the steps in this tutorial, except for choosing the boot loader's location because it's no longer an option in calamares, and my usb that I installed Manjaro on shows signs that it's installed correctly like having the correct root password, device name, user name, etc, but whenever I reboot it resets all changed data as if it weren't persistent. I'm using i3 and had issues before I could even get it to boot aswell. Please help!
Please give me some time. Since the boot loader option has been removed by Manjaro installer, it needs to be work around through some other method. If ok, you may try MX Linux on flash drive ruclips.net/video/swcuoscRu9c/видео.html
TechSolvePrac I'd like to use Manjaro if I can, but would it be at all possible to get the version of calamares used in this video? It would have the option then, right?
When I tray prepairing my Boot Stick with rufus it sometimes failes, and even when it "works" It wont Boot from it. I tried in UEFI but my security Boot doesnt allow this so I changed to Legacy but it still doesnt work. What can I do? But booting from a Stick worked in UEFI a few days ago when i did it with Linux Mint
when you install manjaro in the flash drive, the grub of windows does not get damage? this is possible to do with another distribution without damage the grub?. thanks for you answer.
@@TechSolvePrac There is no specific error, but in 6:22, where you pick the USB stick, mine isn't there. It can only find the HDD/SDD (my own internal harddrive). I formatted the USB stick to ExFAT, Fat32 and even NTFS, it still won't find it. Do you know why? :(
it WILL be slow the way he installed...he basically used flashdrive as an internal SSD, and obviously it will be slow...have u observed the live usb is snappy...yes..we got to use that way to install, and i cant find any video!
Because from first pen drive you have booted live operating system. And you cannot overwrite the pen drive which is in use and you are working on the operating system available on that. So you need a second pen drive or external HDD for portable operating system. Alternatively, you can use a DVD in place of first pen drive.
You need to use manual partitioning. Then create various separate disk partitions and mount different Linux operating system partitions such boot, root, home, etc. to these created partitions.
Does this save data saved to it? I am trying to run programs that when I turn off the pc it saves them when I come back to turn it on again. Will this method work for me?
Hi, thanks for the great video. I need a little help. After installing (persistent version, not live version) on the USB Flash Drive, how do I format the flash drive if I don't want Linux on it anymore (and just want to use it as a normal flash drive)? I have windows installed on my main system.
@@TechSolvePrac Wow that was very fast. Thanks a lot. Does this work if I flashed the image in DD image mode too? Since it won't be visible in my windows explorer?
I installed manjaro on another usb but when I tried to boot the usb it says os not found. Wasted my time twice. skip manjaro and use another distro this new version of manjaro sucks
@@stardust-kyun what? You dumb bro?what impatient are you talking about? Whats the connection of manjaro not working have to do with "impatient" that your talking about? You want me to wait for manjaro devs to patch fix the problem when there are better alternatives onhand. Are you stupid?
Manjaro has removed the bootloader option or may be they are fixing it that's why this problem occurs. Meanwhile you could try MX Linux on flash drive ruclips.net/video/swcuoscRu9c/видео.html
@Flav C this is the problem with Manjaro latest versions. Please try older Manjaro version as shown in video and later update it. Or else try some other Linux distro to install as persistence and portable.
I wanted to ask how much it took u to complete installation of the full version...many posts say it takes 10-20 minutes but in my case it had been more than 2 hours so I had to cancel
I have tried booting several times. Every time the pc comes on, the message says it won't authenticate. This happens only with Manjaro and Chalet. What is the problem?
Exactly when does this happen? I mean whether it happens when you are trying to install on flash drive or when you are trying to boot into flash drive after installation?
Many many thanks....I was looking for this type of installation.... Thanks for such an explanation.. ❤❤❤
Most welcome 🙂🙂.. don't forget to subscribe 🙂
The option to select the bootloader is no longer available in the installer! How to select that?
man I loved the way you described...... I am gonna try it
Thanks for the compliment... It made my day. It's a feel good factor when one's hardwork is acknowledged!!!!!
@@TechSolvePrac you're welcome
@@TechSolvePrac "hardwork"? your editing is primitive, and teaching skills are zero: why would you choose 2 same size same manufacturer flash drives for this - you immediately confused the guy in comment above (who asked if he needed second flash drive)...
@@cokeforever I didn't get your problem? You will need 2 flash drives. They can be of any make and model. First flash drive will be used to boot from it. Second will be used to install Manjaro with persistence. There is no confusion.
@@TechSolvePrac not for me and you, no... just dont call this quality vid or hardwork - it is not... you do know how to change video fragment speed in premiere? who would enjoy watching the file copy progress indicator?! p.s. this is called feedback, improve your future vids and your teaching skills... for free ) cheerz
Unfortunately, Manjaro no longer gives the option of where to place the boot loader. That part of the installer shown at the bottom at 6min43 is simply missing from the installer. There is no longer a section entitled “install boot loader on” with a dropdown list. I don’t dare proceed with the installation since I have no idea where the boot loader is going to be placed. Please, have you got any solution for this? With many thanks for any suggestions, and also for your great video.
I have at last got a Manjaro USB stick which works both with old MBR BIOS computer and also with my Asus Windows 10 UEFI laptop, and in both cases the bootloader is on the USB stick and does not affect the WIndows 10 bootloader or indeed the bootloader of the MBR BIOS computer. In order to get the option of where to place the bootloader with the UEFI laptop one has to choose the "replace an existing partition" when installing Manjaro on the USB stick. FIrst, with Gparted I created a 150 MiB FAT32 partition sdb1 labelled bootefi with flags boot and esp on the USB stick. I also created an empty ext4 partition sdb2 for the Manjaro installation. I first installed Manjaro using my old MBR BIOS computer, and selected to replace the ext4 sdb2 partition, and install the MBR bootloader on the USB stick. The resulting installation will boot on MBR BIOS computers but not UEFI computers. Before proceeding to the next step, copy the /boot/grub/i386-pc folder from the new installation and save it on some other partition for future use. Next I reinstalled Manjaro on the same USB stick with my Asus UEFI Windows 10 laptop, as before selecting the sdb2 partition (now with the Manjaro installation) for replacement by the new Manjaro installation. During the installation process one sees the section entitled “install boot loader on” with a dropdown list, and one can choose sdb (the USB stick). One obtains a Manjaro installation on the USB stick which will only boot on UEFI computers. FInally, copy the /boot/grub/i386-pc folder saved from the previous installation into /boot/grub/ on the new installation. The USB stick will now boot on both MBR BIOS computers and Windows 10 UEFI computers. On booting Manjaro one will see the option of booting into WIndows 10 although of course this will only work with the UEFI computer. If one reverses the installation procedure using first the WIndows 10 UEFI computer followed by the MBR BIOS computer, then one needs to save the /boot/grub/x86_64-efi folder from first installation and copy it to the /boot/grub/ of the second installation. On booting Manjaro in this case one will see the option of booting into the operating system of the MBR BIOS computer.
Nice effort. I think in new Manjaro version the option is removed. Need to rework on a simple solution using your method to that naive users can do it with ease.
@@TechSolvePrac The problem that I faced (maybe I did something wrong) was that the above process did not survive and update. If you update, grub files for some reason get removed.
@@shariarrahman7562 I have now been using the system for 7 months and have updated it many times - it is completely up to date. I have never once had a problem with the grub files being changed. Never a problem with booting on my MBR BIOS computer or Asus EFI computer, or indeed a Macbook Air.
6:45 thank you so much I was getting frustrated cuz it wasn’t working but I forgot to put the boot loader on the same drive
Welcome 🙂
when i try to burn filo to usb it said "File is an ISOHybrit but not compatible with using ISO/file copy mode so it'll be written via DD write mode" and after that it formatted usb to 4mb drive with a single boot.efi file
Use this usb to install manjaro. It makes separte partitions to store boot and setup files. These are not normally visible. Later format usb to restore its full capacity using one of the methods mentioned in www.techsolveprac.com/repair-flash-drive
@@TechSolvePrac i think its the problem of iso file because i tried to install mx linux and it went well. A window popped up and said, "The image you selected is an ISOHybrid, but its creators have not made it compatible with ISO/File copy mode. As a result, DD image writing mode will be enforced."
Dd image mode is fine. The only difference is that after flashing in DD mode no usable disk space is left on usb drive unkes it is deep formatted.
I have a doubt bro, will the manjaro grub boot menu open only when the usb is connected or everytime? I ask this because i already have Windows and Linux Mint installed in my pc using grub from Mint
Hi, thanks for the video
When I'm installing and I'm in the Partitions window, I don't have the option to choose the USB-Device
can anyone help me?
do I need two USB sticks plugged into my laptop?
@@zimmij73 Yes. Both USB Flash Drives should be plugged into the computer. From first USB, the Computer will boot and start Manjaro Installer. The second flash drive on which you want to install persistent and portable Manjaro should also be in USB slot. The installer will display the second flash drive.
TechSolvePrac thanks for the quick response
I'm currently using a surface pro 2 with only one usb slot, is it possible to do all this with just one usb stick?
Do you have a DVD writer in your computer?
TechSolvePrac unfortunately no
The installer only offers my HDD for installation but not the second, plugged in Flash Drive. I've been trying with both Manjaro 20 and Manjaro 21.
Try formatting the usb in FAT32 and changing USB ports.
Can this be installed on the same drive as the installer? I have a 64GB usb drive and I wish to put both the installer and the install on it, even if it has multiple partitions.
For me, the installation gets stuck everytime at 90% saying "Install bootloader". Any solution for this?
Just wait for longer or restart the process
@@TechSolvePrac Hi yes I did wait for a long time and tried the same process several times but it still got stuck. Does it have something to do with grub and how should i fix it?
@@danielwang1970 Grub is required to boot after the system is installed. It maybbe some read-write issue or some driver issue. This usually don't happen.
@@TechSolvePrac Probably because I'm on a MacBook?
I've followed all the steps in this tutorial, except for choosing the boot loader's location because it's no longer an option in calamares, and my usb that I installed Manjaro on shows signs that it's installed correctly like having the correct root password, device name, user name, etc, but whenever I reboot it resets all changed data as if it weren't persistent. I'm using i3 and had issues before I could even get it to boot aswell. Please help!
Please give me some time. Since the boot loader option has been removed by Manjaro installer, it needs to be work around through some other method. If ok, you may try MX Linux on flash drive ruclips.net/video/swcuoscRu9c/видео.html
TechSolvePrac I'd like to use Manjaro if I can, but would it be at all possible to get the version of calamares used in this video? It would have the option then, right?
Yes. Please explore majaro website for older versions archive. I will also explore and share asap.
TechSolvePrac thanks! I'll check that out when I can! :)
Ok
that guitar makes me want to punch my laptop !
You may mute your PC. 😭😭😭
When I tray prepairing my Boot Stick with rufus it sometimes failes, and even when it "works" It wont Boot from it. I tried in UEFI but my security Boot doesnt allow this so I changed to Legacy but it still doesnt work. What can I do?
But booting from a Stick worked in UEFI a few days ago when i did it with Linux Mint
You may try Balena Etcher
when you install manjaro in the flash drive, the grub of windows does not get damage? this is possible to do with another distribution without damage the grub?. thanks for you answer.
You may try MX Linux ruclips.net/video/swcuoscRu9c/видео.html
Writing this in January 2021, is the bootloader option still missing?
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For some reason i can't select and install it in my USB stick... Do you know why? :(
Where's the error
@@TechSolvePrac There is no specific error, but in 6:22, where you pick the USB stick, mine isn't there. It can only find the HDD/SDD (my own internal harddrive).
I formatted the USB stick to ExFAT, Fat32 and even NTFS, it still won't find it. Do you know why? :(
@@Mosestylez I have the same problem
I followed your tutorial and it worked, but the OS was laggy. What can i do to speed it up?
Have you inserted flash drive in USB 3.0 slot. As USB 2.0 has low read-write speed which slows the performance.
it WILL be slow the way he installed...he basically used flashdrive as an internal SSD, and obviously it will be slow...have u observed the live usb is snappy...yes..we got to use that way to install, and i cant find any video!
why the second blank usb drive?
Because from first pen drive you have booted live operating system. And you cannot overwrite the pen drive which is in use and you are working on the operating system available on that. So you need a second pen drive or external HDD for portable operating system.
Alternatively, you can use a DVD in place of first pen drive.
is the grub installed on the system or the USB drive??
It will be installed on drive. A drive without grub won't boot.
which version should I choose if I have 4 RAM?
4 GB ram is sufficient for any version
@@TechSolvePrac ok, thank you very much!
Most welcome 🙂
How can I install Manjaro on a specific partition
You need to use manual partitioning. Then create various separate disk partitions and mount different Linux operating system partitions such boot, root, home, etc. to these created partitions.
@@TechSolvePrac I tried that but at the end it says it cant create the root partition
@@TechSolvePrac can i change the system reserve partition format to fat32?
R u installing Manjaro on flash drive, or on hard disk? Is there an existing operating system already installed on the storage device?
Does this save data saved to it? I am trying to run programs that when I turn off the pc it saves them when I come back to turn it on again. Will this method work for me?
Yes. The data will persist after restart.
TechSolvePrac Ok good, but I saw that I will need two flash drives? One for the OS install and one for the storage itself?
Nevermind, figured it out.
The installation is taking too long to me, like hours.
It takes time due to slow write speed of flash drive.
@@TechSolvePrac And take too long to boot the system, so I gave up.
Why so slow? been installing for hours now.
It depends on your PC configuration.
can i make live persistence usb of fedora
Will make a video and share shortly
Hi, thanks for the great video. I need a little help. After installing (persistent version, not live version) on the USB Flash Drive, how do I format the flash drive if I don't want Linux on it anymore (and just want to use it as a normal flash drive)? I have windows installed on my main system.
You need to format the flash drive as described in this post www.techsolveprac.com/repair-flash-drive to make it reusable with normal capacity.
@@TechSolvePrac Wow that was very fast. Thanks a lot. Does this work if I flashed the image in DD image mode too? Since it won't be visible in my windows explorer?
@@regal_7877 Yes. It works for dd mode also.
I installed manjaro on another usb but when I tried to boot the usb it says os not found. Wasted my time twice. skip manjaro and use another distro this new version of manjaro sucks
Just because you weren't able to do something immediately doesn't mean it sucks...it just means that you're impatient.
@@stardust-kyun what? You dumb bro?what impatient are you talking about? Whats the connection of manjaro not working have to do with "impatient" that your talking about? You want me to wait for manjaro devs to patch fix the problem when there are better alternatives onhand. Are you stupid?
Manjaro has removed the bootloader option or may be they are fixing it that's why this problem occurs. Meanwhile you could try MX Linux on flash drive ruclips.net/video/swcuoscRu9c/видео.html
@Flav C this is the problem with Manjaro latest versions. Please try older Manjaro version as shown in video and later update it. Or else try some other Linux distro to install as persistence and portable.
@Flav C Yes. SSD will be much faster.
I wanted to ask how much it took u to complete installation of the full version...many posts say it takes 10-20 minutes but in my case it had been more than 2 hours so I had to cancel
Sometimes it takes Longer. Wait as much as possible else restart whole process again.
I have tried booting several times. Every time the pc comes on, the message says it won't authenticate. This happens only with Manjaro and Chalet. What is the problem?
Exactly when does this happen? I mean whether it happens when you are trying to install on flash drive or when you are trying to boot into flash drive after installation?
Try disabling "Secure Boot" in your BIOS.
@@PablosCorner Thank you, this is the solution!