I want to install Ubuntu 16.04 on an external USB flash drive (let's denote it by USB A). My computer is running windows 10, with a fairly new motherboard.
I did the following:
I prepared an installation media (a different USB flash drive, USB B) using Rufus. I have two options in BIOS, to either boot to USB A as UEFI or not. I booted as UEFI.
I created two partitions on USB A, one a swap with 8gb, and another one with ~56gb as ext4. I entered setup from Ubuntu, using "try Ubuntu" option.
As setup starts, I get a warning that BIOS mode operating system was detected, I choose force UEFI mode and continue with setup.
At some point, installation crashes with grub-efi-amd64-signed failed installation /target/. I tried to repair with boot-repair and get "GPT detected. Please create a BIOS-Boot partition” error.
I'm completely new to Ubuntu. I have searched the forums and while there has been many discussions on relevant topics, I didn't find the right answer (or maybe I didn't get it).
- Do I need to rerun Ubuntu setup?
- How do I avoid this error or fix it after setup is complete (assume the answer to A is no).
- Will running setup from a different computer work (the installation media is a usb drive, and the target media is also a usb drive)
Safe boot and fast boot are disabled.
