Ubuntu woes

[GrockleTD]

Attempted to install Ubuntu on my secondary PC, and i am wondering since the installer was giving me trouble if i could temporarily (until november 4th) use the "try ubuntu" feature and be able to download programs, or would this kill the flash drive?

[Windows7ge]

You could but instead of doing that what kind of problems was the installer giving you?

[Electronics Wizardy]

When you try ubuntu and do things in a live disk, its all done in ram, and nothing is written do the usb unless use use the persistance mode for live disks.

[Sauron]

2 minutes ago, GrockleTD said:

would this kill the flash drive?

That's not the problem - if you use "try mode" everything you do will be lost when you turn your pc off. I don't think the pendrive is at risk because you aren't actually writing anything to it.

[GrockleTD]

3 minutes ago, Sauron said:

That's not the problem - if you use "try mode" everything you do will be lost when you turn your pc off. I don't think the pendrive is at risk because you aren't actually writing anything to it.

well, i was wondering if it would be a problem running it a month straight, as this is mean't to be my rig for folding@home

[GrockleTD]

4 minutes ago, Windows7ge said:

You could but instead of doing that what kind of problems was the installer giving you?

when i got to where to select the disk i wanted to install to, it would freeze up, and the installer would crash. unfortunately, this was about 1AM last night, so i cannot remember what the exact error was. i suppose i could try re-making the installer?

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, GrockleTD said:

well, i was wondering if it would be a problem running it a month straight, as this is mean't to be my rig for folding@home

I wouldn't run a folding at home rig off a live disk. Just install ubuntu onto a usb ssd or boot from network. Then you don't have to reinstall on reboot.

[vanished]

1 minute ago, GrockleTD said:

well, i was wondering if it would be a problem running it a month straight, as this is mean't to be my rig for folding@home

As mentioned, without a persistence partition or file, the entire local storage of the live system is actually your RAM so there would be no load on the flash drive.  Only potential issue would be running out of RAM since you need to have enough to hold the system itself, plus any installed apps, and what actually goes in RAM while running.  I've done it before with no issues, but never for that long.  My one tip is do not install updates.  What would normally be a small net change in disk space to a locally installed system will be a huge increase in disk usage for a live system because it cannot alter what's on the "burned" image, only add to it by nearly duplicating everything touched in memory.

[Sauron]

Just now, GrockleTD said:

well, i was wondering if it would be a problem running it a month straight, as this is mean't to be my rig for folding@home

You might run out of ram at some point, and it won't be very fast, but it should work. I suggest you try to solve your problems with the installation though.

Just now, GrockleTD said:

when i got to where to select the disk i wanted to install to, it would freeze up, and the installer would crash. unfortunately, this was about 1AM last night, so i cannot remember what the exact error was. i suppose i could try re-making the installer?

Check the md5 sum of your image file, it may have been corrupted. If it wasn't, try reflashing your pendrive. If you get the same problem try a different distribution to rule out the possibility that it's a bug with Ubuntu. If you get the same problem with a different distro there might be something wrong with your hardware, in which case you could try posting in the troubleshooting subforum.

[Windows7ge]

2 minutes ago, GrockleTD said:

when i got to where to select the disk i wanted to install to, it would freeze up, and the installer would crash. unfortunately, this was about 1AM last night, so i cannot remember what the exact error was. i suppose i could try re-making the installer?

What program did you use to create the installer?

[GrockleTD]

1 minute ago, Windows7ge said:

What program did you use to create the installer?

Rufus

[Windows7ge]

Just now, GrockleTD said:

Rufus

Did you use default settings or did you customize it? (sometimes you need to set UEFI BIOS or Legacy)

Which version of Ubuntu?

[GrockleTD]

1 minute ago, Windows7ge said:

Did you use default settings or did you customize it? (sometimes you need to set UEFI BIOS or Legacy)

Which version of Ubuntu?

default, and would having made the installer on a an AMD system for an Intel PC, caused any problems? also, 18.04 i believe

[Windows7ge]

1 minute ago, GrockleTD said:

default, and would having made the installer on a an AMD system for an Intel PC, caused any problems?

No.

 

1 minute ago, GrockleTD said:

18.04 i believe

That's fine. I would try remaking the bootable thumb drive and making sure the default settings match up with how the destination system is configured. If it still freezes try a different thumb drive.

[samcool55]

14 minutes ago, GrockleTD said:

Rufus

I would try UUI: https://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/

Has support for a LOT of distro's and also allows you to easily create an extra file that the live boot can use as storage so you don't lose your stuff after a reboot.