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A person has a computer with no HDD but 8GB RAM and USB3 port.

Also has 8GB USB3 pendrive with Ubuntu Live on it (non-persistent).

The computer is then started with the pendrive, with the toram option. " toram" is typed after pressing F6 or tab at startup. may need to press tab first.

Is the O/S that is running in RAM able to do a Persistent install to the original pendrive using the program mkusb so that there are persistent partitions

I am pretty sure this is not a Duplicate of: Can Ubuntu be installed to the pendrive it was booted from?

Edit: Note to remove and reinsert pendrive removed as it is unnecessary.

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Use Ubuntu Running in RAM to make a Persistent Install

Yes you can use Ubuntu running in RAM to make a Persistent install to the USB drive it was booted from, with or without a hard drive and only one USB stick.

Boot the USB drive using the toram option, that is at boot, press shift if it is a SDC install, if It is a UNetbootin install press tab at the boot menu.

Type " toram", (that is space toram) after the three dashes in the boot script.

After Ubuntu boots, download mkusb ( https://help.ubuntu.com/community/mkusb ) and the Ubuntu iso of your choice.

I prefer going to GParted or Disks to unmount the usb drive partition so I can see what is happening. Unmount it using your preference.

Start mkusb, select 'Install...' select 'Persistent live...' and point it at the downloaded iso, select persistent and select the USB drive to be installed to.

At persistent live drive settings, Select 'Use defaults' and then select percentage of space for persistence. Allow mkusb to complete the install.

Not too hard and hopefully useful for someone without a hard drive and only one flash drive and a good internet connection. Method also works if there is an internal hard drive.

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