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Is there any easy way to install a Linux distribution directly to a USB drive?

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I want to install Debian directly onto my USB drive. Is there an easy way to do this directly without having to reboot to run the installer?

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some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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Copy a live cd iso using dd.

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bjornsno@lemm.ee
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This doesn’t really install it, though, you can’t update or permanently edit and config, set up users, or anything like that. I would guess OP wants something more like booting the ISO in a VM, allocating a thumb drive to that VM, and then installing a full system to it with a boot loader.

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