Thank you ADA, this worked great. I removed my M.2 SSD from my laptop before live booting into Linux Mint on the 1st USB and this forced the GRUB to be installed on the 2nd USB (External SSD) and worked a treat :D
Great tool. Every time I insert a USB drive to the office computer, it is being blocked due to network domain policies. But now, I am able to copy files to and from USB port-restricted PC's by booting the system through USB. Big thanks for the tutorial 🙂 🙏
Be careful. Circumventing IT policies like this can get you in trouble. If a certain IT policy is making it hard for you to get your work done and hurting your performance, it's the company's problem, not yours. Because you're getting paid regardless. Just make sure management is aware of the issue and you're putting in the tickets and doing everything you can to follow the proper channels to get the problem resolved so they can't blame you for not doing anything about it. Don't risk your job if it has no effect on you getting paid for your time.
Thanks man it worked i really appreciate it from my heart Tip: DON’T ADD SWAP MEMORY WHEN USING A FLASH DRIVE CAUSE IT WILL TAKE TOO LONG TO COPY FILES (atleast for me)
This is the best Video for installing Linux Mint (persistent) on an USB-Drive i found. Very important for me was the bootloader (EFI) Information at the end of the Video. Thank you very much.
I've been waiting for 3 hours and it's still installing. The progress bar has stopped moving. It's the second time I'm trying already. It shouldn't be taking that long.
Beware I wanted a Bootable Linux Mint 21 with persistance and my account and created a non EFI or Legacy device, so the instructions, were a little different. After the install I wasn't able to reboot to Linux Mint 20.3 from the system I made the USBs on, I presume it had something do with the the bootable steps. Luckly I had a Timeshift backup just before starting this process. The USB did work which was nice. Just beware somehow I managed to change the host system, which I wasn't expecting.
I am having trouble installing, i followed all the instructions and changed the EFI entries, but when i try to boot into the usb drive from another pc it tells me: firmware bug no firmware reserved region can cover this rmrr. Someone had the same?
I tried again, now using a laptop without any hard drive in it.. and the installation did everything correct by installigng the boot/efi on the correct partition (as it was the only one available) but now it only keeps restarting the machine after bios page.. (aftrr 5sec of switch on, the machine resets itself again..)
Never work from external because codec installed in local system. By moving efi file all system will be closed . Never switched to either windows nor Linux mint. Bad experience by practice
I tried with Windows 11 and Linux Mint 22. Before I plugged in the second USB I removed the Live stick just to check if Windows would start up normally. Upon reboot Bitlocker then asked for the long key! Is this supposed to happen also after a session with the second USB?
The problem with that setting is it’s often limited if you have a 128 GB flash drive I’ve noticed with some versions of Rüfüs it only supports 60 GB of persistent newer versions may have changed. Another reason why this is better than persistence using Rufus is you can change system settings and do more than just storing files it’s easier to install software to a portable USB then it is to install to a persistent live USB. If you’re looking to just maintain the files then you’re right persistence in Rufus is the way to go but if you want to be able to install software and use it as a full mobile operating system, Using the Lenox installer and installing directly to the US me the full operating system is the way to go.
Say I want to use this drive for distro hopping. Can I just install using the default (non-advanced) option and leave the partitioning/formatting as it is? I'll probably try out Manjaro, Fedora, and Pop OS on this drive.
What partitions are recommended for a 32gb usb? Root Home swap etc?
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Hi!! I installed LM on my SanDisk Extreme Go, but it works EXTREEEEEEEEEEEEMELY slow... First of all, it took like 5 hours the install, and it takes like 5 minutes starting the system... I dont know if I did something wrong...
You did nothing wrong if you can boot into the system. I used SanDisk Extreme PRO. I think they are similar. Did you maybe connect the stick to a USB 2 only port? The stick has for some reason low r/w speed
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@@agiledevart There are only usb 3.2 ports in my laptop... 🐌😢
Following your step with EFI entries and it worked well with USB drive although the bios detects 2 Ubuntu partitions. So I have manually to delete the Ubuntu partition from bios and also make sure to not plug the usb drive has partition otherwise I'd ruined it.
Thanks Brotha! I was having an issue with my Win11 VM & MacOS. Years ago (I Started Mint 3/4) and even thru the early 2010s, Mint couldn't Install from one USB to Another. Everyone including myself argued and Tried this but it Wouldnt Work. For a While, UNetBootin in Ubuntu/Mint Would Allow a Persistence File (Radial CheckBox) that WORKED FLAWLESSLY! Then around the Time of Ubuntu 16.04, UNetBootin Removed it, OR the Option was there, but it never worked Again. I have an 8Gig (HUGE in 2012) Mint 17 Persistence Drive that I carried Everywhere, Especially when I went back to College Night Classes.
Mind that you can't use this USB on other computers. I think Linux mint installs drivers that make it only compatible with the machine its installed on. Either that or the grub loader doesn't recognize the USB partitions when plugged into new pcs
I wish the partitioning would be automatically made, like when you install windows, more user friendly I mean. I'll try to install this on an SD card memory, do you think it would work just like if it was a USB? Thanks.
@AgileDevArt Thank you for the video. The USB works great after these instructions, but will not work on any other computer (other than the one I built it on). I've spent a few hours testing, between three different computers. Testing the usb on any other computer takes me into emergency mode. I think the EFI folders must be specific to the originating computer. Can you confirm or provide some advice? Thank you!
I guess there is now also an entry in EFI Bios, which is only on your PC. I am still strugling with that. Some things were simpler in the time of MBR+BIOS. Also I read somewhere it should find it on other PC if the standard filenames for efi are used. Maybe that is also a reason.
For some reason, the laptop I'm using will not let me install Linux. I have tried installing to a good hard drive, and an SD Card. I would have to reinstall to get the error code again. It basically said my DVD Drive is dirty; (I did not choose that drive. weird.). I guess I'm just going to put that older ACER out for sale; I can't do squat with it.
Long process, but went off without a hitch! (Except for the ones I created for myself) Thank you for this! Edit: went with the Xfce Edition instead of Cinnamon.
You are superb,badass man You are amazing sorry , i found a problem , i am not able to boot the smae live usb in other cpu (except one in which i in stalled in usb).
There are number of problems that could be causing this if you have installed the grub menu onto your PC but not onto your flash drive you will only be able to run this USB on a computer that has the grub menu on boot. When you get your USB to start up in the computer that it does start up then I have read that people have been using some software that will install the grub menu onto the USB for them I don’t remember the name of that program. If you can find a way to either install grub on all of your PCs that you’re using it with or if you can find a way to install grub on your flash drive itself that may solve your issue. Also if you’re using a very old computer I think it’s known as legacy hardware then Linux will automatically install a more legacy version of the operating system so be aware of that the newer systems and the older systems can’t be mixed with this flash drive. If you’re having trouble running it on another PC try using a PC that is made around the same year of the PC that it worked on originally. Because they will restructure your installation based off of the PC that you’re installing it on or from I hope some of this is helpful I am also experiencing troubles getting my base computer to start whenever I try to install to USB and I think it has to do with something about grub
the EFI partition shows as fat32 while in windows and the ext4 is not usable while in windows, linux or other system how can I utilise that other partition ?
i can see your face and your desktop, i can not see nesesary windows on my smatphone- on my computer i have launched mint instalator- too small windows, to small resolution. i dislike your movie
Dude, I just have to tell you thank you. I've scoured so many forums trying to figure this out for a couple days to no avail. You're the best!
Thank you ADA, this worked great. I removed my M.2 SSD from my laptop before live booting into Linux Mint on the 1st USB and this forced the GRUB to be installed on the 2nd USB (External SSD) and worked a treat :D
Great tool.
Every time I insert a USB drive to the office computer, it is being blocked due to network domain policies.
But now, I am able to copy files to and from USB port-restricted PC's by booting the system through USB.
Big thanks for the tutorial
🙂
🙏
Be careful. Circumventing IT policies like this can get you in trouble. If a certain IT policy is making it hard for you to get your work done and hurting your performance, it's the company's problem, not yours. Because you're getting paid regardless. Just make sure management is aware of the issue and you're putting in the tickets and doing everything you can to follow the proper channels to get the problem resolved so they can't blame you for not doing anything about it. Don't risk your job if it has no effect on you getting paid for your time.
Amazing video. Worked like a charm. Don't forget to watch to the end for the stuff about copy/pasting boot and efi folders to the new drive.
Thanks. Your instructions worked like a charm.
Installed on a 1 TB SSD.
Thanks man it worked i really appreciate it from my heart
Tip: DON’T ADD SWAP MEMORY WHEN USING A FLASH DRIVE CAUSE IT WILL TAKE TOO LONG TO COPY FILES (atleast for me)
I am newbie on linux, i was troubling to get work linux mint on my usb external device and your explanation was on point. Thank you.
This was the most helpful video I have found all year... Thank YOU!
This is the best Video for installing Linux Mint (persistent) on an USB-Drive i found. Very important for me was the bootloader (EFI) Information at the end of the Video. Thank you very much.
Thank you. This video really helped me!
Extreamly helpful. Thanks.
Very helpful. Thanks a lot ❤
I've been waiting for 3 hours and it's still installing. The progress bar has stopped moving. It's the second time I'm trying already. It shouldn't be taking that long.
Beware I wanted a Bootable Linux Mint 21 with persistance and my account and created a non EFI or Legacy device, so the instructions, were a little different. After the install I wasn't able to reboot to Linux Mint 20.3 from the system I made the USBs on, I presume it had something do with the the bootable steps. Luckly I had a Timeshift backup just before starting this process. The USB did work which was nice. Just beware somehow I managed to change the host system, which I wasn't expecting.
i am not able to boot same pendrive in other cpu
Great!! And thank you speaking to us (and English!!!)
So install on usb fat32 or EXFAT format?
Thank you for this guidline with step-by-step
At 5:20 when you open the partition it opens. But when i try it, it says I don't have permission. Please help
Maybe your Windows has bitlocker activated, disable and try again.
Thanks! I'm making this comment from my newly installed Linux Mint Edge on my 1tb USB drive!
Worked like a charm!
This mostly works for me but how do i get access to copy the folders from my internal disk to my external?
Fixing EFI entries: yes, my EFI folder was missing. But when I went to live drive, it has no first partition: only one full system partition...
I am having trouble installing, i followed all the instructions and changed the EFI entries, but when i try to boot into the usb drive from another pc it tells me: firmware bug no firmware reserved region can cover this rmrr. Someone had the same?
Thank you for making this!!
I tried again, now using a laptop without any hard drive in it.. and the installation did everything correct by installigng the boot/efi on the correct partition (as it was the only one available) but now it only keeps restarting the machine after bios page.. (aftrr 5sec of switch on, the machine resets itself again..)
Problem solved. I had to change my BIOS to legacy, UEFI wasnt happy with it..
Never work from external because codec installed in local system. By moving efi file all system will be closed . Never switched to either windows nor Linux mint. Bad experience by practice
Installed it but used the OEM option and didn't verify the ISO as it ws tooooo complicated. Please advise and shall I reinstall like you say?
This worked great thanks
Hi! I followed your instructions but when testing there is 34mb free space infront of the filesystem partition. How do I fix this?
I tried with Windows 11 and Linux Mint 22.
Before I plugged in the second USB I removed the Live stick just
to check if Windows would start up normally.
Upon reboot Bitlocker then asked for the long key!
Is this supposed to happen also after a session with the second USB?
Why not use the persistence slider in rufus? Would that not be used for maintaining files from old boots?
The problem with that setting is it’s often limited if you have a 128 GB flash drive I’ve noticed with some versions of Rüfüs it only supports 60 GB of persistent newer versions may have changed. Another reason why this is better than persistence using Rufus is you can change system settings and do more than just storing files it’s easier to install software to a portable USB then it is to install to a persistent live USB.
If you’re looking to just maintain the files then you’re right persistence in Rufus is the way to go but if you want to be able to install software and use it as a full mobile operating system, Using the Lenox installer and installing directly to the US me the full operating system is the way to go.
Awesome!
I don't remember doing this when making my first mint usb...
Say I want to use this drive for distro hopping. Can I just install using the default (non-advanced) option and leave the partitioning/formatting as it is? I'll probably try out Manjaro, Fedora, and Pop OS on this drive.
What partitions are recommended for a 32gb usb? Root Home swap etc?
Hi!! I installed LM on my SanDisk Extreme Go, but it works EXTREEEEEEEEEEEEMELY slow... First of all, it took like 5 hours the install, and it takes like 5 minutes starting the system... I dont know if I did something wrong...
You did nothing wrong if you can boot into the system. I used SanDisk Extreme PRO. I think they are similar. Did you maybe connect the stick to a USB 2 only port? The stick has for some reason low r/w speed
@@agiledevart There are only usb 3.2 ports in my laptop... 🐌😢
hi, did you solve it?
@@comoyun I didn't 😅
Is it the extreme pro SD card or the SSD because SD cards don't have the fastest speeds
Thank you, your guide is useful.
Following your step with EFI entries and it worked well with USB drive although the bios detects 2 Ubuntu partitions. So I have manually to delete the Ubuntu partition from bios and also make sure to not plug the usb drive has partition otherwise I'd ruined it.
Thank you so much for the great tutorial. Every over Tutorial didnt work for me.
Error uefi Bios Lapgop not Accepting Rufus formatted usb drive?
Installation FAILURE ?
Dell E7440 i5 Gen4 Laptop?
Thank you very much! 😊
When I boot the install test it only let me move the mouse but unable to click on it
Thanks Brotha!
I was having an issue with my Win11 VM & MacOS.
Years ago (I Started Mint 3/4) and even thru the early 2010s, Mint couldn't Install from one USB to Another. Everyone including myself argued and Tried this but it Wouldnt Work.
For a While, UNetBootin in Ubuntu/Mint Would Allow a Persistence File (Radial CheckBox) that WORKED FLAWLESSLY!
Then around the Time of Ubuntu 16.04, UNetBootin Removed it, OR the Option was there, but it never worked Again.
I have an 8Gig (HUGE in 2012) Mint 17 Persistence Drive that I carried Everywhere, Especially when I went back to College Night Classes.
Mind that you can't use this USB on other computers. I think Linux mint installs drivers that make it only compatible with the machine its installed on. Either that or the grub loader doesn't recognize the USB partitions when plugged into new pcs
wait what
shoot
I wish the partitioning would be automatically made, like when you install windows, more user friendly I mean. I'll try to install this on an SD card memory, do you think it would work just like if it was a USB? Thanks.
I'm not sure about SD. If you can boot from it then it should work I guess
Why it say error need install kernel first
You are the best
Linux instsller crashes whenever i launch it
Hey man, good video, unfortunately my usb does not show up on the drop down list only my other ssds and such, do you know why?
Please make video on How to install MX linux live persistent on USB
Will we loose data on main operating system
@AgileDevArt Thank you for the video. The USB works great after these instructions, but will not work on any other computer (other than the one I built it on). I've spent a few hours testing, between three different computers. Testing the usb on any other computer takes me into emergency mode. I think the EFI folders must be specific to the originating computer. Can you confirm or provide some advice? Thank you!
I guess there is now also an entry in EFI Bios, which is only on your PC. I am still strugling with that. Some things were simpler in the time of MBR+BIOS. Also I read somewhere it should find it on other PC if the standard filenames for efi are used. Maybe that is also a reason.
So I have to install Linux onto the pendrive that is running the Live Image?
Is it safe?
im not sure, i think all of the system data go's into ram but I'm doing it 2 drives to be safe
For some reason, the laptop I'm using will not let me install Linux.
I have tried installing to a good hard drive, and an SD Card.
I would have to reinstall to get the error code again.
It basically said my DVD Drive is dirty; (I did not choose that drive. weird.).
I guess I'm just going to put that older ACER out for sale;
I can't do squat with it.
Long process, but went off without a hitch! (Except for the ones I created for myself) Thank you for this!
Edit: went with the Xfce Edition instead of Cinnamon.
Can I install it on 16GB USB drive??
Yes
How large a USB drive?
i think it was a 128gb
@@octalillusion its minimum 4GB
does which mirror you download the linux mint iso matter?
It doesn't matter
@@agiledevart thanks!
The link is down
You are superb,badass man
You are amazing
sorry , i found a problem , i am not able to boot the smae live usb in other cpu (except one in which i in stalled in usb).
There are number of problems that could be causing this if you have installed the grub menu onto your PC but not onto your flash drive you will only be able to run this USB on a computer that has the grub menu on boot.
When you get your USB to start up in the computer that it does start up then I have read that people have been using some software that will install the grub menu onto the USB for them I don’t remember the name of that program.
If you can find a way to either install grub on all of your PCs that you’re using it with or if you can find a way to install grub on your flash drive itself that may solve your issue.
Also if you’re using a very old computer I think it’s known as legacy hardware then Linux will automatically install a more legacy version of the operating system so be aware of that the newer systems and the older systems can’t be mixed with this flash drive. If you’re having trouble running it on another PC try using a PC that is made around the same year of the PC that it worked on originally. Because they will restructure your installation based off of the PC that you’re installing it on or from I hope some of this is helpful I am also experiencing troubles getting my base computer to start whenever I try to install to USB and I think it has to do with something about grub
work in 32gb space?
It should work
@@agiledevart wait, do you need 2 flash drives?
My pc ended up in emergency mode only as linux mint won't boot. waste of time
fine
the EFI partition shows as fat32 while in windows and the ext4 is not usable while in windows, linux or other system
how can I utilise that other partition ?
I just has 1 usb
sorry, your movie not help me
Me too
Skill issue
Working😅
too fast movie, this is my first contact with linux- i must search another solutions, sorry, you can not help me
Ignore this coment
Pendrive morado letre E:
Pendrive rojo letra D:
Do you need to talk a little slower and go a little slower?
Sorry, you can slow down the video, maybe it helps
Ok, you lost me at the partitions
i can see your face and your desktop, i can not see nesesary windows on my smatphone- on my computer i have launched mint instalator- too small windows, to small resolution. i dislike your movie
I can't boot from usb HDD but when I put the HDD inside pc it can. What happen😣
i think you had your bootloader install to the HDD
Is there a way to do this with only one usb drive?
I think so if you have an internal hard drive to use (or use part of, partition for install)