One of the very few videos I found that explains/shows how to install onto a USB device from within Virtual Box. Pity this guy doesn't have more subscribers or views! Was definitely more helpful than many of the shit that's out there.
So easy to follow as I am actually adding Ubuntu to a new SSD initially externally connected via USB. This SSD will be then added to my old Macbook Pro for only Ubuntu, new life into old!! But when I came to actually doing it, some things were totally different and no installation was made to my SSD even with screen showing USB installation.
excuse me, in your case. how many available volume after this installation? for mine i use 128GB usb but when i do system monitor in ubuntu it only total 5GB
I tried ubuntu with persistence in my usb2.0 vut it was so slow Will this be faster ? Note: when I burn ubuntu in my usb and press try ubuntu works very fast! what should I do
MBR, you meant. I am worried about the same thing. Hoping to use this at public libraries around town and have no clue what their PCs are. And, I have one UEFI and one MBR/Legacy at home myself.
At 9:44 in try mode you might want to make sure your wifi is recognized where I had troubles where my wifi adapter was not recognized, before you do an install.
One downside to this method is that it may not detect and include any drivers, such as Nvidia, that you may need. You may need to manually install them.
Greetings again from Thailand. Interesting... Can a live USB "image" be created whilst the user is concurrently running his Linux environment? In effect creating a live backup/restoration USB of the executing desktop environment?
Yes, I've found that generally it should work as long as you don't have any specialised hardware. If you remove it when rebooting, you'll be back in Windows as if nothing happened :)
Do you know if this works with Boxes? I tried using VirtualBox on my Windows 7 laptop to install a Linux distro to a USB flash drive a while back, and I'm not sure why, but it didn't work. (I was following the instructions provided in someone else's video, and it seemed more complicated than it does here.) I only have Boxes installed on Linux Mint 19.3, and would prefer to not bother with VirtualBox on this machine, if possible. Anyway, thanks for the video. It is very clear and easy to understand. :)
Thank you so much. I must admit that I'm not very familiar with using Gnome Boxes to run VMs. I must look into it more. If Boxes can pass through a USB drive to the VM and see it as a regular drive, then I imagine it should work. Best of luck. Be sure to return to let us know if it works ;)
Thanks for the video. I would like to try this on my MacBook pro with a 128gb flash drive. Can you please tell me what platform package do I need from the Virtualbox website? Is it OX S Hosts?
Yes it should be the OS X hosts link you see on the VirtualBox website. However if you plan to use that same USB to then boot on your MacBook, it could be a bit tricky. Macs require EFI and possibly some other trickery to get booted, which I didn't cover in the video.
MX Linux's tiny cousin antiX (especially its base version) should be far faster than any he listed. It isn't as full of frills as other Linus distros, though, so many Windows users won't like it. If you need speed, though, this one is great. it was fast enough running from a 2.0 $5 flash drive!
Yes that is right. Luckily I haven't had any problem when I've moved the USB to real hardware and attempted to boot. I have either Intel integrated graphics or AMD graphics and the kernel seems to pick them up automatically out of the box. If you have Nvidia or require various wifi card drivers, you may need to install them manually once you are on real hardware.
I'm trying those exact procedures with a Ubuntu 20.04 and VirtualBox 6.1.18 and I'm getting the following error during the "Copying files" stage: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is not owned by us (uid 0), but by uid 999!(This could eg happen if you try to connect to a non-root PulseAudio as a root user, over the native protocol. Don't do that.) Do you have any clue how can I get past this?
Few things to check, this works best with a USB 3.0 drive and make sure it's connected to a USB 3.0 port also. You may also need to enable the xHCI controller in your virtual machine settings under USB.
@@Gmaaa There might be another option to try. Make sure that "Use Hos I/O Cache" in the Storage options of your VM is selected. I've also found this to increase speed in the past. See here: i.imgur.com/xvwrPqn.png
This guy failed to include a SHIT LOAD of details!!! If any of you get confused watching this vid ,I cant blame you-this tutorial is only good for experienced computer techs..
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This was the actual one that I was looking for. Most of the videos are " how to make bootable usb"😊😊😅
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One of the very few videos I found that explains/shows how to install onto a USB device from within Virtual Box. Pity this guy doesn't have more subscribers or views! Was definitely more helpful than many of the shit that's out there.
Very kind of you to say so.
I totally agree. I was not even aware of Virtual Box as everybody else are referring to Rufus or Etcher.
THANK YOU!! Of all the tutorials/descriptions of how it is accomplished, yours is down to the point!
Great to hear! Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment.
Thank you so much for the tutorial! I followed it to install Ubuntu 20.04 on a 128 GB (USB 3.2) pendrive and it worked perfectly.
Thanks Vince. This video was exactly what I needed - you explain things very well. Good on ya
Glad it helped!
Great tutorials, everyone else says 2 usb drives, this keeps it clean and easy ( i have VMware and didnt even think of it lol )
Cheers Bud :)
Awesome! Thanks.
So easy to follow as I am actually adding Ubuntu to a new SSD initially externally connected via USB. This SSD will be then added to my old Macbook Pro for only Ubuntu, new life into old!! But when I came to actually doing it, some things were totally different and no installation was made to my SSD even with screen showing USB installation.
your explanation is a kind of a magical
excuse me, in your case. how many available volume after this installation? for mine i use 128GB usb but when i do system monitor in ubuntu it only total 5GB
I think you needed to partition first to be safe, but maybe you can still partition after it is installed.
Bit of a noob question, but can this also be done with Linux Mint? It's the only kind of Linux that I'm familiar with so far.
I did this with a 64 gb usb 3.1 pendrive but it's running extremely slow. For booting up it's taking about 20 minute
I tried ubuntu with persistence in my usb2.0 vut it was so slow
Will this be faster ?
Note: when I burn ubuntu in my usb and press try ubuntu works very fast!
what should I do
Thanks a ton. I've given this a shot for now. Liked.
thanks a lot this helps me because I need to make a portable USB for a science project
Glad I could help!
hello sir, does this method still usable in 2022 or need to use other method? i'm trying to install linux mint to usb.
Would the pen drive so created would be UEFI or MR type? Or, it would be same, as was USB put in originally?
MBR, you meant. I am worried about the same thing. Hoping to use this at public libraries around town and have no clue what their PCs are. And, I have one UEFI and one MBR/Legacy at home myself.
Thank you... Is it impossible to accidentally install on your hard disk by this method?
How did u make it full screen
At 9:44 in try mode you might want to make sure your wifi is recognized where I had troubles where my wifi adapter was not recognized, before you do an install.
Great advice!
did anyone had any problems during the boot process? for me it remains stuck in boot sequence.
One downside to this method is that it may not detect and include any drivers, such as Nvidia, that you may need. You may need to manually install them.
Great video !! If it cant attach the USB install the extension pack from Virtual Box web site !
It should
I have Ubuntu downloaded on my PC already but I came here cuz I want to learn to do this
Xubuntu would be far better for a VM, USB install, or laptop - unless you are tech savvy enough to build up from an Ubuntu server maybe.
Greetings again from Thailand.
Interesting... Can a live USB "image" be created whilst the user is concurrently running his Linux environment? In effect creating a live backup/restoration USB of the executing desktop environment?
Via perhaps even the simple use of a dd copy?
Is this what you mean?
www.linuxandubuntu.com/home/make-your-very-own-customized-linux-distro-from-your-current-installation
@@sleepyeyesvince that is what he meant, I think, and what we could all probably benefit from.
hello, thank u for this great video ! but can i use this USB on any computer and use linux then remove it and use windows as usualy ??
Yes, I've found that generally it should work as long as you don't have any specialised hardware. If you remove it when rebooting, you'll be back in Windows as if nothing happened :)
Do you know if this works with Boxes? I tried using VirtualBox on my Windows 7 laptop to install a Linux distro to a USB flash drive a while back, and I'm not sure why, but it didn't work. (I was following the instructions provided in someone else's video, and it seemed more complicated than it does here.)
I only have Boxes installed on Linux Mint 19.3, and would prefer to not bother with VirtualBox on this machine, if possible.
Anyway, thanks for the video. It is very clear and easy to understand. :)
Thank you so much. I must admit that I'm not very familiar with using Gnome Boxes to run VMs. I must look into it more. If Boxes can pass through a USB drive to the VM and see it as a regular drive, then I imagine it should work. Best of luck. Be sure to return to let us know if it works ;)
why does this only boot from legacy? does that cause any issues with programming or security?
I think there is a UEFI option in settings-system-enable UEFI in VirtualBox.
@@sleepyeyesvince ok sweet. Ill take a look!
Thanks for the video. I would like to try this on my MacBook pro with a 128gb flash drive. Can you please tell me what platform package do I need from the Virtualbox website? Is it OX S Hosts?
Yes it should be the OS X hosts link you see on the VirtualBox website. However if you plan to use that same USB to then boot on your MacBook, it could be a bit tricky. Macs require EFI and possibly some other trickery to get booted, which I didn't cover in the video.
Subscribed man and please can you install debian on pendrive
MX Linux's tiny cousin antiX (especially its base version) should be far faster than any he listed. It isn't as full of frills as other Linus distros, though, so many Windows users won't like it. If you need speed, though, this one is great. it was fast enough running from a 2.0 $5 flash drive!
Installation begins at 6:37
Thank you for the knowledge man👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Great video, just what I wanted! Also, is it possible to boot into Linux Mint live USB with UEFI and Win 10 Secure Boot?
shift+restart and then select your media you want boot? or while pc booting click some keu like esc delF2 F12 what eva to get select where to boot
You installed it based on drivers of virtualbox
What about the real drivers?
Yes that is right. Luckily I haven't had any problem when I've moved the USB to real hardware and attempted to boot. I have either Intel integrated graphics or AMD graphics and the kernel seems to pick them up automatically out of the box. If you have Nvidia or require various wifi card drivers, you may need to install them manually once you are on real hardware.
I'm trying those exact procedures with a Ubuntu 20.04 and VirtualBox 6.1.18 and I'm getting the following error during the "Copying files" stage:
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is not owned by us (uid 0), but by uid 999!(This could eg happen if you try to connect to a non-root PulseAudio as a root user, over the native protocol. Don't do that.)
Do you have any clue how can I get past this?
this error don't stop the installation process just slow it down, wait it out.
after 4 hours of searching at last!
Which ubuntu version are you using?
IIRC at the time it would have been 19.10
In my pc, is verry slow to instalation.
Few things to check, this works best with a USB 3.0 drive and make sure it's connected to a USB 3.0 port also. You may also need to enable the xHCI controller in your virtual machine settings under USB.
@@sleepyeyesvince my PC is config with USB 3.0. but speed is low.
@@Gmaaa There might be another option to try. Make sure that "Use Hos I/O Cache" in the Storage options of your VM is selected. I've also found this to increase speed in the past. See here: i.imgur.com/xvwrPqn.png
@@sleepyeyesvince thanks, I will test. :D
Thank you!
Virtbox doesn''t see my USB :(
Same here.
@@philkfoto I solved that by running "sudo virtualbox".
5:40
This guy failed to include a SHIT LOAD of details!!! If any of you get confused watching this vid ,I cant blame you-this tutorial is only good for experienced computer techs..
Bye bye usb-booting packages errors ;)