Generally faster boot than Live or Persistent USB's.

You can run VBox and use virtual machines. Does not require reserved space for persistence.įaster boot, no automatic disk checking or Try Ubuntu/Install Ubuntu screen. Once casper-rw is full, the drive will not boot. Many persistent installs are limited to a 4GB casper-rw and a 4GB home-rw persistence file, to get more persistence requires persistence partitions. Swapfiles and partitions work and Hibernation can be enabled. If you have problems or wish to modify, the solution is the same as with an internal install, (You can ask for help in the forums).īetter security, you can use full encryption You can reset the pendrive by overwriting the old casper-rw file with a new one. You can use the persistent pendrive to install Ubuntu to another computer.Ī persistent install takes up less space on the pendrive. A Persistent install extracts the OS from a compressed file and saves data to an overlay file or partition each session, and a Full install installs the complete OS to the USB just like an install to internal disk.Ĭomparison between Persistent and Full install USB A Live install does not save between sessions. Ubuntu can be installed to a USB in different ways.

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