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I have a UEFI device with no USB flash drive or CD/DVD. Very much new to ubuntu so unsure what to do. Any suggestions would be helpful.

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    Your question does not show your skill level. Installing manually (without a DVD/USB) is not safe, easy, or fast for a beginner. There are plenty of traps and opportunities for catastrophic mistakes. Advice: Borrow a friend's empty USB flash drive for the afternoon. – user535733 Jun 16 '21 at 15:45
  • You can not install ubuntu out of the blue. You need a LiveCD or LiveUSB to install it. During installation, you can choose to install side-by-side and that gives you possibilty to dual boot with your existing OS. – Karlom Jun 16 '21 at 16:30
  • Check this out although might not work for you https://askubuntu.com/questions/339427/is-it-possible-to-install-ubuntu-through-network – Ankur A Sharma Jun 16 '21 at 17:34
  • Just about everyone has a smart phone that can be used to install Ubuntu. – C.S.Cameron Jun 17 '21 at 03:03
  • What OS are you dual booting with? If Windows, you can boot Ubuntu Live using Grub2 for Windows and install Ubuntu as dual boot from there. see https://askubuntu.com/a/1290304/43926 – C.S.Cameron Jun 17 '21 at 05:12

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Install Ubuntu from Smart Phone using DriveDroid

https://www.drivedroid.io/

DriveDroid simulates a USB thumbdrive or CD-drive by using the Mass Storage capabilities in the Android/Linux kernel. ISO/IMG files that are stored on the phone can be exposed to a PC like any other USB thumbdrive capabilities. That includes allows booting from the drive as well. The combination makes it quick and easy to do OS installations, rescues or have a portable OS on the go.

My experience with DriveDroid can be found here: How to install Ubuntu using a smart phone as the installation media?

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