its probably not a good idea cos it would be real difficult to boot from it. If this is because of the virus in your windows install, then try this: http://housecall.trendmicro.com
thanks il try that, i still want to use ubuntu but when i reboot i lose all my data, is there an some way to backup your data in ubuntu? also im have trouble installing wine from the the wine site it says wine could not be found could some body try it and see if its just me?
This article might help you out: http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2008/05/08/usb-ubuntu-804-persistent-install-tutorial/#more-387 But, my experiences with installing Ubuntu/ any of the big Linux distros on USB drives haven't been pretty, believe me. It works, but get ready for a whole lot of mucking with terminal commands . If you just want Linux on a stick, I recommend Puppy Linux (http://www.puppylinux.org), which is by far the easiest to put on USB. Instructions are here: http://www.puppylinux.org/wiki/how-tos/easy/intall-puppy-a-usb-drive-using-unetbootin-puppy-40-windows
O-o so...many.....commands, but i guess it will be worth it so that i dont have to install and reset all of my settings, but how do i know which usb drive is which?
When in Windows, go to My Computer, and then plug in your USB, if done right, a new port will appear which will have the name of the USB.
I have BackTrack 3 Final installed on my 4 GB flash drive, and Clonezilla installed on my 256 MB flash drive. Both needed a batch file to be run to make it bootable, but both had a version made exclusively for the flash drive. Meh.
