INSTALL LINUX ON USB HARD DRIVE HOW TO

In this case, copy these files from syslinux-6.03.zip archive to the target hard drive вЂ“ libcom32.c32, libutil.c32, ldlinux.c32, vesamenu.c32 and menu.c32. If at boot, it shows errors like вЂњFailed to load COM32 file vesamenu.c32вЂќ Usually an external hard drive appears as вЂњMass Storage MediaвЂќ in the list of boot media. You can reboot your PC and when press F12 to select a boot media when the PC is about to start. Your bootable external hard drive is ready for use.For Ubuntu variants, first rename isolinux folder to syslinux, then inside the syslinux folder rename isolinux.cfg to syslinux.cfg.

For Puppy Linux rename isolinux.cfg to syslinux.cfg.

Assuming F: is drive letter for your external hard drive, give the following commands:

Open an elevated command prompt ( Win+X and select Command Prompt (Admin)).

It is located in the BIOS/Win32 folder inside the ZIP archive.

Extract syslinux.exe from syslinux-6.03.zip and save it in the root folder of your external hard drive.

Extract all the contents of the ISO file to you external hard drive.

Right-click on the Linux ISO file, select 7-Zip and then Open Archive.

Format your external hard drive with FAT32 file-system.Download the latest ISO for Puppy Linux, Ubuntu Linux (or its variants like Lubuntu).And if you want to use your portable external hard drive as the bootable installation media for installing Puppy Linux or any variants of Ubuntu Linux then here is how it is done:

INSTALL LINUX ON USB HARD DRIVE HOW TO

We have previously posted about how to install Windows 10 from an external hard drive. But if you do not want to use a pendrive for some reason, and want even faster and smoother installation process, then you can use an external hard drive as the installation media. Nobody really uses CD/DVD media to install operating systems these days, now the trend if to use USB 3.0 pendrives to install Linux or Windows on your computers.

Install linux on usb hard drive