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I want an actual installation on my 1 USB, not a live USB with persistent storage. Thank you for any help!

Risen
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    You've not provided any product/release specifics, as Ubuntu is available in more than one product, with different ISOs & installer(s) found on those ISOs. With some of them installing to a different thumb-drive is easy, with others it's more complex; though hardware/firmware can also play a part (ie. one product/release on one make/model machine is easy, but same Ubuntu product/release on different make/model won't be easy due to firmware differences). Yes it's possible for some Ubuntu products & on some hardware. – guiverc May 19 '22 at 05:43
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    You can also (I'm unsure if you're asking this) make your installed systems boot loader offer to boot an ISO installed on partition; so only a single-USB-drive (where the installed system will go to) is required.. but that's a lot more work than just using two-thumb-drives; and how to do this varies on your machine/firmware/OS-installed etc. – guiverc May 19 '22 at 05:45
  • Does this answer your question? Can you install Ubuntu from the hard disk? – karel May 19 '22 at 13:38
  • @karel: The OP is asking how to do a Full install to USB, not a live USB with persistent storage. Your link is mostly about Wubi, nothing about Full install to USB. – C.S.Cameron May 19 '22 at 14:28
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    create-a-full-install-of-ubuntu-22-04-to-usb-device-step-by-step https://askubuntu.com/questions/1403792/how-to-create-a-full-install-of-ubuntu-22-04-to-usb-device-step-by-step – C.S.Cameron May 19 '22 at 14:30
  • @C.S.Cameron Your way is correct as both of us know, but I put my link here for the OP to read because the OP doesn't want to use a 2nd USB as installation media. – karel May 19 '22 at 14:38
  • Can Ubuntu be installed to the pendrive it was booted from?: https://askubuntu.com/questions/855039/can-ubuntu-be-installed-to-the-pendrive-it-was-booted-from or If you are running Ubuntu on your hard drive: 20.04 booting .iso from GRUB menu – C.S.Cameron May 19 '22 at 14:54
  • Does this answer your question? How to Create a Full Install of Ubuntu 20.04 to USB Device Step by Step – Simon Sudler Sep 20 '22 at 21:33
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    Does this answer your question? Can Ubuntu be installed to the pendrive it was booted from? – pbhj Oct 05 '22 at 23:50

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