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I'm looking for a bit of advice regarding Linux Live booting from USB.
So I tried building a bootable Persistent Ubuntu Live USB the following way:

  • downloaded Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS ISO,downloaded Linux Live USB Creator,
  • followed the LiLi USB Creator wizard, says everything is fine.

I choose USB to boot from and I'm presented with the Ubuntu boot menu.
From there, no matter if I choose Persistence, Live or Integrity Check I always get an error that doesn't allow me to actually get to Ubuntu proper:

black screen with text... ends: initramfs unable to find a medium containing a live filesystem

I'd like to mention that I'm using a fresh Windows 10 and a brand new USB stick (16GB, usb3.0) and my motherboard is MSI 970 Gaming. I'm quite a beginner on Ubuntu.

David Foerster
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Reliable tool to create a persistent live drive - mkusb

I suggest that you try mkusb, which can create persistent live drives from all Ubuntu and Ubuntu community flavour desktop iso files (Kubuntu, Lubuntu, ... Xubuntu).

help.ubuntu.com/community/mkusb

help.ubuntu.com/community/mkusb/persistent

If you are starting from Windows, you cannot use mkusb directly, but you can download a compressed image file with a system, that is already a Lubuntu persistent live system with mkusb installed. (There are other alternatives too.)

Compressed image file with a persistent live system

Use a cloning tool, for example Disks or mkusb in linux, or 7-zip and Win32 Disk Imager in Windows to expand and {copy/clone/flash/burn/restore/install} this kind of files into a USB pendrive, a flash memory card or a hard disk drive or SSD with at least 8 GB.

  • You can use the Lubuntu system made this way as it is,

  • but if you want standard Ubuntu, you can use mkusb in this Lubuntu system, and install a persistent live Ubuntu system into another USB pendrive.

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