[Bug 1687333] Re: Provide a method for installing Ubuntu directly into an USB drive

2017-05-04 Thread sudodus
@Filiberto, For a live-only pendrive and a persistent live pendrive 4 GB is enough. But you may want at least 8 GB (better a fast USB 3 pendrive with 16 GB) for a persistent live drive. For an installed system at least 8 GB is necessary for testing. For real usage you need at least 16 GB (space

[Bug 1687333] Re: Provide a method for installing Ubuntu directly into an USB drive

2017-05-04 Thread Filiberto
How much should be the storage of the pen drive where we can install the ISO? Is it enough 4 GB? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1687333 Title: Provide a method for installing Ubuntu

[Bug 1687333] Re: Provide a method for installing Ubuntu directly into an USB drive

2017-05-01 Thread Alberto Salvia Novella
Thanks for the info. I think the easiest solution is having the internal drive with the stable Ubuntu release for production, and having the development release in a pen drive. Then configuring the BIOS to boot from the pen drive first if connected, so for testing you only have to plug it in.

[Bug 1687333] Re: Provide a method for installing Ubuntu directly into an USB drive

2017-04-30 Thread Brendan Perrine
I have for a while been dual booting a stable install alongside a development install even on external drives. This does not have the grub panicing if a drive is missing in bios mode with a missing drive and goes into recovery mode with even less options. Granted the choosing wrong partition can

[Bug 1687333] Re: Provide a method for installing Ubuntu directly into an USB drive

2017-04-30 Thread sudodus
It is straightforward to use zsync to keep the daily iso files up to date. There are links at http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/ This way you need only download the differences between yesterday's and today's iso files. And the iso files are checked automatically by zsync. Then you can use the daily iso

[Bug 1687333] Re: Provide a method for installing Ubuntu directly into an USB drive

2017-04-30 Thread Alberto Salvia Novella
@ Brian Murray I mean using the method in bug #1687332, which is using Ubiquity on a production system to create a development installation in an USB drive. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1687333] Re: Provide a method for installing Ubuntu directly into an USB drive

2017-04-30 Thread Brian Murray
Why would you "have to upgrade to the development release" after installing a daily Live CD? A daily Live CD is the development release of Ubuntu. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1687333