I want to install Ubuntu on a 8 GB flash drive

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I facing problem I enter to bios to go to the flash after that to boot to ubuntu to install it I faced that

There is two options

-install ubuntu (notworking)

-safe graphics

Just safe graphics works

But install ubuntu not working

I think because the flash 8 gb they need more I think right??

While I install the ubuntu it become black screen I think the size that why opreating system not working

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You need to partition and format the flash drive if you are going to install Ubuntu on it.
Make the same partitions you would on a hard disk
eg

  • esp partition 512Mb fat32
  • linux root filesystem partition ext4 all unused space

8Gb should be enough space, unless you want to write a lot of user data to the flash drive.
16Gb would be better, and you should use a usb3 flash drive and socket.

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I think I will try usb 16 gb a

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The installer can do that in the background if you accept the defaults…

I’d imagine 8 GB is just too small for Ubuntu… I wouldn’t even consider less than 32 GB…

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So I think I will change it to32 Gb usb

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I think you’d better go with an external SSD or HDD at least.
Pendrives are not ideal for running an OS, as it involves a lot of writing.
The OS will run sloooow on a pendrive, and the pendrive is going to fail much sooner than with normal use.
Or at least try to use F2FS.
But I vote for external drive, not a pendrive…

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I got it thank you for helping really !!!

I will have the flash and download ubuntu on virtual machine after that to make my flash on fsf2 I need commands for terminal and thats it

I change my usb to fsf2 congurlations !!

After that I will install on ubuntu on it

Thank I love foss community​:heart_eyes::relieved:

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Be aware that while grub2 supports f2fs, there may be issues with booting,

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/F2FS

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How do I know,

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I am not sure, I have not used f2fs.
I read that grub may not be able to find the files it needs in /boot.
Try it and see what happens… Linux is all about being able to experiment with things.

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I will learn dual boot ubuntu and windows 11

On usb 8 gb

And making shrink 50 Gb for ubuntu

And disable the bitlocker

And thats it we did it

And any issue facing I will search about it

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Interesting - F2FS looks ideal for things like RPi - but - Raspbian just defaults to ext4 for root “/” whether booting off external USB 3 or locally off SD-Card…

Note : I run 2 x Pi4 and 1 x Pi5 off external USB 3 SSD (the Pi5 is running Ubuntu 24.04 for arm64).

I have a pair of Pi Zero 2W and a Pi3B running on SD-Card…

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