#Install linux on usb disk how to#
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#Install linux on usb disk windows#

There is nothing wrong with having a вЂњfull toolbox,вЂќ but sometimes loading individual tools on the distro of your choice can be a hair-pulling experience. In less than an hour, you can have a running pen testing box with more tools than you will ever use. Kali has become a go-to distribution for hacking, and rightly so. Kali Linux is an open source project that is maintained and funded by Offensive Security, a provider of information security training and penetration testing services.

If youвЂ™re just getting started in penetration testing, or are simply interested in the basics, this blog is for you. IвЂ™m Bo, a penetration tester at CompliancePoint (and also a customer of Rapid7). The workaround is mentioned in that same thread, basically use a different boot loader.The following is a guest post from Rapid7 customer Bo Weaver. I've checked, the UUIDs, the one given in the error message matches the UUID of /boot, so the configuration of the boot partition at least is as expe

However, trying to boot using the freshly installed grub instance, I get the error 'no such device: ' There's also this thread, titled: Grub and NVMe device that discusses a booting issue with this laptop, GRUB, and NVMe HDD's. If you installed linux-mainlineAUR then change that to linux-mainline. Where linux is the name of the image loaded on boot. In this case, the following may resolve your issue. If you experience 'cannot find root device' on boot, it may be due to the nvme module not being present in initramfs. The location of the nvme module for 'NVM Express' SSD has changed between linux kernel version 4.3 and 4.4.

#Install linux on usb disk how to#

In the section below that, NVM Express SSD, there's guidances on how to get the SSD to be detected properly during boot/installation:

#Install linux on usb disk install#

Set to Off or AHCI (AHCI is recommended) before attempting to install Arch. When the SATA-controller is set to RAID On in Bios, the hard disk (at least the SSD) is not recognized. What can I do to both install and boot up Mint, now on a computer with no OS?ДЄccording to the ArchLinux Wiki with respect to this laptop (Dell XPS 13 (9350)): Since then I have reset to factory BIOS settings and I get a 'Missing Hard Drive' message on boot. I have manually toggled 'RAID On' to AHCI in the BIOS and that allowed me to complete the Linux install wizard, but gave me a Dell Support window message on boot about a missing OS. Output of lsblk -f: NAME FSTYPE LABEL UUID MOUNTPOINT It appears to be trying to install on the USB drive, as this is a 256GB hard drive. After being asked about language, keyboard and WiFi I'm told that I only have 10GB of space, which is not enough to install. I start it, and then begin installing from the install icon on the desktop. I reboot the machine and hold down F12, then choose to boot from the USB.ДЄ second screen allows me to 'Start' Linux. I have added Mint to an 8GB USB stick via Yumi. I also tried Ubuntu with the same results, but I'll talk specifically about Mint in this question as its my desired distro. I'm trying to install Linux Mint on a Dell with no installed Hard Drive. This is no longer a dual-boot specific question and has been updated.

#Install linux on usb disk windows#

Update: I've deleted Windows and reset BIOS factory settings and the problem persists.

There seem to be similar questions here, here and here but with no confirmed answer, and no answer that addresses my situation satisfactorily.