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How to ... install Ubuntu 8.04 on a USB flash drive

From the Hardware 2.0 mailbag: Can you install Ubuntu on a USB flash drive?Yes, yes you can. Here's how ...
By Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Contributing Writer
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Kicking off the Ubuntu install after booting up off a Live CD

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... waiting ...

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The installation wizard is pretty straight forward at this point ...

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... do you know where you are?

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More simple stuff ...

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At this point make sure that you choose "Guided - use entire disk"

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Remember you logon details!

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Click on the Advanced ... button and choose the right drive to install Ubuntu onto - make a mistake and you've just become a Linux user!

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From this point on it's plain sailing!

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The install process will take some 5 - 15 minutes

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Done!

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