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Create Ubuntu LiveUSB Environment

• Have a USB flash drive (32GB+ USB3+ preferred).

• Download latest ubuntu desktop ISO. Available from: https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop

• Have a ubuntu linux environment to install the liveusb from.

• Install the drive creation tools:

$ sudo add-apt-repository universe
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mkusb/ppa
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt install --install-recommends mkusb mkusb-nox usb-pack-efi

Find out what storage devices are connected:

$ lsblk

• Figure out which device is your flash drive.

e.g. /dev/sdh

Write a persistant Ubuntu LiveUSB Environment to the flash drive

1. Press the windows key on your keyboard to bring up the ubuntu app search screen.
2. type mkusb
3. Run the mkusb tool by clicking on it.

1. Choose: i - "Install (make a boot device)".
2. Choose: p - "Persistent live – only Debian and Ubuntu".
3. Select the ubuntu ISO file on your machine.
4. Select the device that matches your USB drive to install onto.
5. Choose just: "usb-pack-efi (default grub from ISO file)"
6. Tell the program how much space to give to the liveUSB ubuntu install for it's own storage, about half of the disk should do (4GB+).
7. Confirm everything is correct, as continuing with incorrect settings may destroy your data.
8. If everything is correct, select "go" and click "go".
9. Wait for the program to write to the USB drive.
10. Choose: "Quit"
11. Choose: "Quit"
12. Press return in the console windows to exit it.

Your USB drive should now be ready to boot from.