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After I installed ubuntu on my usb hard drive, I am able to boot it. However, it keeps showing

initramfs unpacking failed: Decoding failed

Getting the message "[ 0.283078] Initramfs unpacking failed: Decoding failed" when booting ubuntu 20.04 then boots normal seems to show a solution to that. Then, I found out I can only read my hard drive. Executing

sudo update-initramfs -c

Returns

update-initramfs is disabled since running on read-only media

the install Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS executable thing on my desktop is also not allowing me to install ubuntu on my usb hard drive(not showing /dev/sdc as an option)

EDITED: I am booting from the usb hard drive. I followed this guide: https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/create-a-usb-stick-on-windows#4-boot-selection-and-partition-scheme I think it may be the reason of the read-only... now that I think about it... I will come back to this after school...

Can it be solved? Or should I just get a SSD?

Andy
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Ok. The guide only lead you to set up your usb or DVD to install the OS to ANOTHER drive. So I have to use another usb drive to make the installation work. Don't rufus the .iso to your DESTINATION drive guys.

Andy
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