Quick Guide: Installing Ubuntu from a USB memory stick
This guide will help you install Ubuntu on your
computer by using a USB memory stick. USB memory sticks are sometimes
known as flash drives, memory pens or USB Mass Storage devices.
Installing
from a memory stick is useful if you have a computer without a CD drive
(such as a netbook), or prefer the convenience of a memory stick.
Alternative methods are available, like installing Ubuntu from inside
Windows.
It
should take around 30 minutes to complete this process, plus the time
it takes to download the 700MB installer file. Downloading from a
torrent is by far the fastest way of getting it.
This
guide will assume that you are running Windows. More comprehensive
documentation which covers other operating systems is available at Installation/FromUSBStick.
What do I need to get started?
To install Ubuntu from a USB memory stick you need:
1. A memory stick with a capacity of at least 2GB. It will be formatted
(erased) during this process, so copy any files that you want to keep to
another location. They will all be permanently deleted from the memory
stick.
2. A computer that can boot (start-up) from a USB memory stick. Many older
computers can't boot from USB – check the boot options in your BIOS (see
Start the Ubuntu installer) to see if yours can.
3. A computer with at least 384MB of system memory (RAM), 6GB of available
hard disk space and a 700MHz or faster x86 processor. Most Intel and AMD
processors are x86 processors. 32-bit and 64-bit processors are
supported.
4. A working Internet connection.
Get a copy of the Ubuntu installer
You need a copy of the Ubuntu installer CD image (.iso) so that you can put it on a memory stick.
2. Choose your country (or one nearby) from the Download location drop-down list.
3. Click Begin download to download the .iso image file needed to install Ubuntu. This will be about 700MB in size.
Put the installer on a memory stick
1. Plug-in your USB memory stick.
3. Open Universal USB Installer and choose your USB & select your .ISO that you downloaded before.
4. Then Click Start & wait for a while to create a bootale usb stick.
5. After doing this,Your Pen Drive is ready to boot.
6. Restart Your Computer & Goto Bootloader.Then select your USB from the Boot Menu.
7. If you see a purple Ubuntu boot screen with white icons at the bottom (Figure 2), your computer has successfully booted from the memory stick. Skip to the Install Ubuntu section.
8. Use it Live.
Install Ubuntu
If you have successfully booted from your memory stick, you should now
be looking at the purple Ubuntu boot menu. To start the Ubuntu
installer:
- Wait a few seconds and Ubuntu will start loading. Otherwise, you can press a key and a boot menu with more options will appear.
After a minute or two, an Install window will appear. Select your language from the list to the left of the screen and click Install Ubuntu 10.04.
- Follow the instructions on the screen to select your country, timezone and keyboard layout.
When you get to the Prepare disk space screen (Figure 3), choose one of the following options to determine how to put Ubuntu on your hard disk:
If you want to keep Windows installed and choose whether to start Windows or Ubuntu each time you start the computer, choose Install them side by side. This is called a dual-boot
setup. Use the slider on the colored bar at the bottom of the screen to
choose how to share disk space between Windows and Ubuntu (Ubuntu
should have at least 4 GB of space).
If you want to remove Windows and replace it with Ubuntu, choose Erase and use the entire disk.
All of the files on the disk will be deleted before Ubuntu is put on
it, so make sure you have backup copies of anything you wanted to keep.
For more complicated disk layouts, choose Specify partitions manually. You can manually add, modify and delete disk partitions using this option.
5.
When you click Forward, you may receive a message saying that the changes will be applied (Figure 4). This normally happens if you resized a partition. If you click Continue,
your hard disk will be changed permanently and you won't be able to go
back. Make sure you're happy with any changes that you made.
6. Follow the rest of the instructions to choose a username and password and migrate files and settings from Windows.
7. Click Install.
The installation will begin, and should take 10-20 minutes to complete.
When it is finished, choose to restart the computer and then remove
your memory stick. Ubuntu should start to load.
