

Create 2 GPT partitions: first as FAT32/EFI (100MB), the rest as EXT4 16GB is a good size, USB 3.x drive+port is fasterģ.
#Put grub on usb stick install#
Plug the USB stick where you want to install Ubuntu in full mode On Boot menu, meke the USB/Ubuntu/Linpus entry to be the first oneĢ. be sure to have "Boot Mode" to UEFI, USB Boot activated enter Bios with something like Esc/F2/Fn+F2 Boot in UEFI mode from Ubuntu USB install stick Target USB drive (like 16GB - I use 32GB here)ġ. Installation Ubuntu USB drive (like 8GB) It is easier if they are different sizes - so you can differentiate them easily You need an installation USB drive and a target USB drive.
#Put grub on usb stick Pc#
move away EFI/ubuntu and EFI/Boot from your PC's EFI directory, so you can restore your PC boot to the initial state.ĭetailed version - for less experienced users copy recursively the directories EFI/ubuntu and EFI/Boot from your PC's EFI partition to the USB's EFI partition/directory. create the missing EFI directory on the (empty) USB's fat32 EFI partition Normally the install will not break the existing Win10 boot. You need to move the 2 new directories to the USB drive, in the EFI partition. The bug is that Ubuntu installer will not install any EFI/Grub files on the USB drive, but it will put them on your first hard drive - for example in the EFI partition created by Win10.

create second partition ext4 on the rest of the space.create first partition fat32 of 100MB, set the flags 'esp' and 'boot'.format the target USB drive with "gpt" partition table (not msdos).
