sudo qemu -hda /dev/sdc -cdrom kubuntu-10.04-desktop-i386.iso -boot order=d
That’s it.
(you can also try VirtualBox)
Except that I get an error: “Executing ‘grub-install /dev/sda’ failed. This is a fatal error.”
After this Ubiquity crashes.
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that’s hardly an easy or great way to install ubuntu on a usb hard drive
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Thanks for pointing that out. Any better ideas?
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i just saw on the one hand “hda”, on the other hand “sda”. maybe it’s that?
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qemu –help
-fda/-fdb file use ‘file’ as floppy disk 0/1 image
-hda/-hdb file use ‘file’ as IDE hard disk 0/1 image
-hdc/-hdd file use ‘file’ as IDE hard disk 2/3 imagethat’s where hda comes from.
/dev/sdc is the usb image on the host computer
/dev/sda is the only hard drive Ubuntu live session sees. -
Burn the ISO to a CD or USB stick and boot from that, then run the installer as normal and install onto another USB stick?
That’s how I did it.
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Why not just use unetbootin ???
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Unetbootin will give you a live USB stick, but it’s not quite the same as having a full install on a stick.
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@Alan: That’s the first thing I tried – but the installed didn’t let me select the drive to install to, it only showed hda, the internal hard disk. Is ubiquity supposed to support USB drives..?
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I have kubuntu running from usb hard drive, I installed it like Alan did.
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