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I'm trying to install a copy of Ubuntu on a 32GB USB drive, and after having downloaded the ISO image and created the bootable drive with Rufus, I boot from the USB and start the installation process as normal. However, when I reach the option to choose which drive to install the OS on I am presented with my SSD (sda), HDD (sdb), and windows boot manager, but not the USB drive itself. Can anyone shed any light on what I could be doing wrong?

Leo Barlow
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    Do you have similar problems if you partition the USB drive, put the installer on the first partition and have some space to put the OS on? – Jakke Jul 11 '16 at 15:05

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That's to be expected. If you were allowed to do that, then the installer would overwrite itself, and then you'd get a kernel panic and/or an I/O error.

Besides, doing a full install to a USB drive isn't a good idea anyway.

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  • Does a live session include the same features as a full install? For some reason I cannot change my screen resolution to the correct value, which I thought might have been a simple bug with the 'try before installing' version. Thanks for the answer! – Leo Barlow Jul 11 '16 at 15:21
  • @Ord3r - Yes, it includes everything. As for the resolution issue, did you try booting with the nomodeset kernel parameter? – You'reAGitForNotUsingGit Jul 11 '16 at 16:33