How To Install Linux On An External Drive Or SSD With Disk Encryption. Plug & Play on PC & MAC!

[@francisg131]

Hi, I had already installed Ubuntu in dual boot on my surface pro 6. However, I wanted to transition to an external SSD and followed your instructions to do so in order to install Ubuntu on my Samsung T5 SSD. Ubuntu is now available on my external SSD, but I can no longer access my dual boot Ubuntu in my laptop. Could you perhaps provide any advice on booting the old Ubuntu back? It hasn't been overwritten because my Windows storage is still the same, meaning its still in my system. However, when I try loading the old dual booted Ubuntu in the UEFI, nothing happens

[@SanderCokart]

if you followed the step of deleting the UBUNTU folder of the EFI on the MAIN disk then you deleted the dual boot. So sadly I have no idea how to recover a UBUNTU that is already on the system. It is not something I tested... Maybe I should have put a warning of ALWAYS MAKE A BACKUP

[@francisg131]

@@SanderCokart I was sure to not delete the Ubuntu folder since I knew that I wanted to keep the dual boot access, but when I tried booting up Ubuntu in the UEFI, it booted up the external SSD Ubuntu and not the old dual-boot version (even after removing the external SSD) Last night (prior to seeing your message), I had tried a command that I thought would help: bcdedit /set {bootmgr} path \EFI\ubuntu\grubx64.efi because I thought I was missing the grub to boot the old ubuntu. This, however, did not work and instead brought back the black GRUB screen you fixed in the video. Worse yet, I can no longer boot into Windows as well (it just keeps loading into the black grub terminal or back into the UEFI) and I'm unsure what happened

[@francisg131]

I figured I'd add a comment on how I finally fixed my issue, and save anyone from the headache I experienced. In the case that someone is following this tutorial on a laptop WITH dual-boot Ubuntu: you can follow this tutorial, but DON'T delete the UBUNTU folder backup because you'll need it. This tutorial, however, will likely screw up the UEFI settings for the old dual-boot Ubuntu (like it did for me) and you just need to fix those settings in an Ubuntu Live terminal. Below is the video I followed to regain access to my old dual-boot Ubuntu: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kGjJhIKIjb97fJo If you somehow used the command (bcdedit /set {bootmgr} path \EFI\ubuntu\grubx64.efi) and messed up your Windows Boot Loader as well, follow this video to fix it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/opCsZX5oYrellbs Overall, I now have access to Windows, Ubuntu in dual-boot, and another Ubuntu on my external SSD. Thank you for the video! Hopefully my comment helps out anyone that experiences the same problems I've encountered

[@SanderCokart]

@@francisg131 thank you for sharing!!

[@nandaykerkar5849]

@@francisg131 I too have a dual boot of Windows and Ubuntu 16.04. I just created an Ubuntu 18.04 on an external SSD. Now, when the SSD is connected, the new Grub loads up with all three options. But when the SSD is not connected, I get a black screen with a cursor to type a command. Upon typing "exit" and pressing enter, it boots into Windows. I am unsure if this is normal or there is some way that I can change it to make the booting smoother. My booting sequence is currently Ubuntu (SSD) -> Ubuntu (dualboot) -> Windows Boot Manager. SATA operation is set to AHCI (I had set it to AHCI since dual-booting it; am not sure if I should change it back to RAID) Questions: 1) Have you made any changes to the Grub? And what is your new Boot sequence? 2) Do you recommend any deviation from Sander's video with regards to booting except for skipping the deletion of the ubuntu folder? 3) Did you turn your SATA operation back to RAID mode at the end? I also am clueless about how to access my ubuntu 16.04 without connecting my SSD to access Grub. Any help in this would also be wonderful. P.S.: I am kinda new to all this. So any help would be greatly appreciated.

[@bwan2012]

So I have tested this on Ubuntu 21.04, it works thank you! The only thing I need to mention because of a couple failed attemps.... make sure your external HDD/SDD is formatted as GPT.

[@shri_nath3371]

Yeah I am having external hdd with 1tb storage , should I need to format it as gpt ? Thanks in advance

[@xavierbautista7693]

Can all ssd be formatted this way

[@spokiechris7685]

13:04 if you get the error: "gnu parted cannot resize this partition to this size. we're working on it!", then it is because the fat32 EFI partition (the first one you made) has to be at least 256 MB instead of 100 (I used 300 just to be safe). This did work for me

[@siddhakampalmal9626]

This tutorial is a life saver. I always wanted to have a portable linux on my system like spy movies but was not sure how to do it. I did the procedure taking the risk of keeping all my drives mounted and not making any recovery backups.😅😅 Didn't encounter any problems like mentioned in the video but encountered a peculiar problem. Just want to add some pointers on that. 1. If you happen to have a primitive bios setup like Lenovo then after making adjustments in the boot order and windows boot loader you still might not be able to go into the windows. For that just open the bios, make windows bootloader the primary. Then change the system to defaults and save. Then try rebooting without the Linux ssd attached. Hopefully the system will be booted with a diagnostic option and will get back into your old windows OS. 2. But now you cannot just plug and play the drive. Instead when you want to use the Linux system plug it in, then go the security settings and advanced repair. Now boot it from the Ubuntu option and you will be able to use it like a normal PC. 3. As for the port selection , I used it from different ports as well as extendable USB hubs. No issue with that. Now the remaining things to be checked are, whether the SSD works on a different machine or not and if a cloned SSD works like the original or not.🤔🤔

[@paulnyirinkindi9880]

This is Genuinely useful and much appreciated. You've earned a new sub

[@Qemuel8]

IMPORTANT : I've found the biggest problem in this video that made me fail installation way too many times!!!! 13:20 he says right click on the Root partition or sda3 but he clicks on the partition we created earlier. They are not the same. And the video cuts too quickly to be able to see. Make sure you pick.the right partition watch closely!

[@SanderCokart]

Yes the logical volume of SDA3 😂

[@sriadityadeevi5271]

Amazing Video. I followed this video thrice for installing Ubuntu 18.04, 20.04 and 22.04 on external SSDs. Works like a charm!!!

[@canerkoyuncu6771]

hii can you help me bro

[@spokiechris7685]

18:00 for anyone getting "grub-install: error: install device isn't specified", specify the drive after the command itself. In my case this was "sudo grub-install /dev/sdc", note that for you your external drive might not be called 'sdc', so double check that it's not sdb or sda or something.

[@maksymoliinyk2647]

Thanks man. You can't imagine how many lives have you saved

[@FumaxIN]

Oh man... this is the best guide out there. Tes got some errors like apt configuration error, busybox init error, getting into minimal grub with insmod normal not wprking.... But after 6-7 tries I finally did it. Again This is the best guide ever. Thank you so much.

[@ellistonvallarino1836]

PERFECT!! THANKS!!! SAVED MY LIFE!

[@the_name_game]

I’m stuck @15:45. I think you say we should start up our new Ubuntu, but I cannot because I am stuck on the previous GRUB command line and cannot get past it to access the new Ubuntu. Any ideas? I feel like some steps are missing here

[@almya9883]

Great video and great content. Thanks. Exactly what I have been looking for!

[@ZayMeisters]

this channel deserves more subs tbh

[@omdevs]

Oh boy! Thank you sir! Love this!

[@1461543]

I have a dell G15 and a Toshiba HDD, following the tutorial works just fine (works like dual boots when my external hard drive is connected, and windows boots normally if external hard drive is not connected). I however have to follow the “Fix Potential Issue” part of the video, but I didn’t specify the efi file as per 18:45 of the video. Wish you all good luck

[@rezamohammadi4997]

Hi, Thanks for this excellent tutorial. There is just an important piece of info missing, which is that the external SSD should be GPT! I followed everything you mentioned using an mbr type disk and ran into several issues down the road. I'd suggest that you add somewhere into your explanations that we need to first format the SSD and make sure it is GPT type.

[@vedantg8372]

Got it in 1st go thanx man was looking for this❤️.

[@immanueljzv6832]

@Sander Cokart At 15:38 when yo mention newly installed ubuntu you do mean the ubuntu on the USB right a I can't access the ubuntu on the SSD

[@SanderCokart]

I meant the one you just installed on the ssd

[@Luceq]

awesome vid mate. I gonna try on an old system to avoid windows troubles!

[@riskyraccoon]

Why no swap?

[@SanderCokart]

Makes it by itself I think. Don't quite remember

[@riskyraccoon]

@@SanderCokart I don't think it does lol

[@Kattoe]

This is a very good explanation!

[@raghvendramishra2862]

A lots love for making picture clear with this amazing video .

[@monterey-pc]

15:38 How to boot to newly installed ubuntu if the error occurred???? I don't get it. I have tried to boot from live ubuntu and find the fstab, but no luck i can't find the uuid routing.

[@yoavyosifor2546]

I run the update-initramfs -k all -c and after it finished I close the terminal and try to boot again with the ssd conected, but I didn't saw the external drive in the boot, how can I solve it >?

[@jamesmason7694]

awseome mate thanks very much i was looking for this kind of stuff

[@SanderCokart]

Thats why i made it 😏😉

[@canerkoyuncu6771]

8:40 I can't add a file on the disc. and my file system is exfat already. How can I solve it?

[@timbui5556]

You are an amazing teacher. Thank you for a very informational video!

[@yoooooooo9938]

Hi, at 14:19 I’m stuck at « sudo mount /dev/mapper/vgroot-lvroot /mnt » it says « mount : / mnt: special device /dev/mapper/vgroot-lvroot does not exist » pleeeeease help 🥺

[@kowloon5731]

Hi, I have a USB drive installed with a live Ubuntu 22.04. Using it, I successfully installed Ubuntu 22.04 on an external SATA Seagate HDD, which was connected at the time to my laptop using a USB-SATA cable. Next, I attempted to do the same to an external SSD hard drive that was exFAT formatted, and the attempt failed. The process got hung at the page where I was prompted to entered my password. Primarily, the soft-key: "continue" wasn't active to be pressed. Do you have any idea what went wrong?

[@chintan_jana]

Hello, I too have a Seagate SSD which is exFAT formatted. I haven't yet installed Ubuntu on it yet but I want to. So, how did you navigate/ solve the problem you faced? If there was no solution then a confirmation of that would be great as well. Thanking you in advance.

[@Kilgore4000]

Simply amazing. Great explanations and examples with exact text. I only ran into one problem with the tutorial. When using Gpart to give the partitions names and labels, Gpart wouldn’t allow me to access the “name partition” box but allowed access to the “Label Box.” That is, the name partition box was “greyed out.” To fix this problem, I opened a terminal and typed “Sudo parted /dev/sd# mklabel gpt” where “#” is the letter for external HHD. For example “Sudo parted /dev/sdc mklabel gpt” allowed me to give names such as “rootfs” to sdc3 and “home” to sdc4 as described in the Tutorial. Best regards PS. Seems related to SSDs but I’m not an expert or well versed.

[@SanderCokart]

Making it a GPT partition table fixes the issue according to some viewers and me.

[@radimek3122]

i solved this by going to device section in gparted and creating partition table..... Then it worked fine, thx

[@isaccdelavega4723]

Thank you so much I was just having this issue

[@frankruan6842]

Best guide, working now, thanks 😘

[@CactusVoid]

It works wonderfully, thanks a lot!

[@hidalg]

Thanks man, I already finish installing ubuntu

[@SanderCokart]

Cool!

[@Gabriel.4190]

15:38 When he said "Boot into newly installed Ubuntu" He sounded as though he couldn't quite recall exactly how it was he was suppose to recite the script and fell short of the word installation.

[@SanderCokart]

Yeah. It's a makeshift teleprompter using a cardboard shoe box and a piece of glass. One day I'll have one that isn't super tiny 😂

[@Gabriel.4190]

@@SanderCokart I would just like thank you for this video, I reference frequently as it is decisive enough that anyone from novice to a more advanced linux user should or would come to appreciate. It works for most if not all Ubuntu desktop installations.

[@SanderCokart]

@@Gabriel.4190 You're welcome! I'm very much a novice haha

[@alwandiaridwanwadiska690]

Thank you so much... love your explanation

[@SanderCokart]

You're welcome!

[@nishadraisinghani1578]

Damn man life saviour....so simple so goof thankyou very much

[@SanderCokart]

You're welcome!

[@ghyathnoureddine8332]

I followed this tutorial 3 times, Easy tutorial, nice explanation and a great person. Many Thanks !!!

[@erickvazquez3763]

LOL both articles mentioned were my mains as well

[@nikhil7318]

Hey I got into problem when I am creating partition it showing me this error Unable to read the contents of this file system! Because of this some operations may be unavailable. The cause might be a missing software package. The following list of software packages is required for fat 32 file system support: dos/stools, mtools

[@rickbekkers2854]

at 10:16 i just get an error code saying: requiested hash ash=sha512 is not supported. failde to set pbkdf parameters. how do i fix this?

[@oscarjacome1199]

How do you make use of the rest of the drive? The four primary partitions are the limit. Unless I missed something?!

[@SanderCokart]

You can set a a specific size for every partition. I left a bunch unallocated to be used as a steam gaming drive

[@oscarjacome1199]

@@SanderCokart cheers, but how do you partition the unallocated space? Four *primary partitions* are the limit on a drive.

[@ErenC137]

I look for an answer to the same question, I left 250gb unallocated, how can I use it on windows to store some games on it ?

[@asadk9449]

Any luck figuring this out anyone?

[@SanderCokart]

Make sure it's a GPT partition table

[@lechsiz1642]

4:30 reason is NOT Windows. Problems can occur on Linux, too. I tried to use a BootRepair that was on a live Linux Mint USB and it put all kinds of lines on my grub page before I got nervous and aborted the process (too late). Most installations onto USBs call for disconnected all other drives.

[@jastenang1427]

hello, im having a problem at 14:19 part of the video. when i type “sudo mount /dev/mapper//vgroot-lvroot /mnt” the terminal response is “mount: /mnt: special device /dev/mapper/vgroot-lvroot does not exist.” i really do hope u can help me with my problem. thankyou

[@SanderCokart]

Yeah gonna have to double check you wrote exactly what I wrote in the command line cuz nowhere in my video is a vgroot-lvroot

[@jastenang1427]

@@SanderCokart okay thankyou so much!!

[@Rozbujnik_Rumcajs]

If you can't name partition or esp flag doesn't automatically check when you check boot flag, it's clear sign that your disk is MBR. Stop and format it as GPT.

[@Choccka]

Hi there, at 3:44 it says 'MBR' Partition scheme...i assume this is wrong and i should choose GPT?! I did it with MBR and now get the info, that the scheme for my drive is 'msdos' when executing "sudo parted -l". Also i was not able to name the partitions...are these problems related? Also i'd like to know if 500 MB for boot is really sufficient, as i constantly run out of space for updates leading to the situation where i need to setup and install everything from start. I'd be very thankful for some help! Thank you for your great videos!

[@tomarchacha693]

Your video helped me a ton but as the latest stable version is 24.04 , and they changed quite a lot, can you please make an updated video ?

[@isurucumaranathunga]

Why you did not mention about the swap partition ? Please tell me because I am on the middle of the installation. Thanks

[@SanderCokart]

It takes care of it automatically. You can make one manually tho

[@isurucumaranathunga]

@@SanderCokart thank you so much

[@RosMyster]

Amazing man!!! I have your same laptop and I spent all the evening of the last week to try to have an encrypted ubuntu driver. PS: please take care of your back/neck, do some exercise!

[@SanderCokart]

I have a light scoliosis true. I will once I have enough money to go to a chiropractor regularly

[@RosMyster]

@@SanderCokart you play with crazy stuff on youtube, damn find some time to watch some KZbin videos to reinforce back muscles, they are fucking free. Ok I've finished. XD

[@SanderCokart]

@@RosMyster haha, rule #1, don't buy a gaming chair. At least it has a lumbar support

[@00JamesMoody00]

Great video, very useful 👍

[@Niewiemola]

I have error on EFI partition … WHY PLS HELP

[@hardlyhuman99]

I want to install pop os with this method can someone help me I am stuck at 13:08 as Ubuntu and pop os have different installing methods slightly.

[@SanderCokart]

I tried it myself. Go no clue

[@hardlyhuman99]

Okay thank you so much.

[@sktr1234sr]

Young Snowden! Yoooo I subscribed just because you look like him

[@SanderCokart]

😂

[@KianBrose]

14:20 do you have to do this if I didn’t encrypt my disc? What would be different? Also for the last part where you did sudo install grub etc.. does the windows ssl have to be in the computer when doing that?

[@SanderCokart]

I guess you don't have to....then just assign the correct partitions

[@SanderCokart]

windows SSL? uh....what has that to do with anything?

[@KianBrose]

@@SanderCokart Ah sorry my bad, it seems that I was alt tabbing a lot and when I typed windows ssl it got written in the comment haha. Turns out that for that step I just had to assign the /home partition for example instead of the encrypted partition which you created, works just fine now, thanks!

[@angryox3102]

I’m so incredibly stuck. Can’t remove my internal harddrive, the grub install fails during setup, and I’m not having the boot/EFI mount on my internal drive or external drive.

[@achmadfachturrohman3488]

Why I can't rename the patition name?

[@achmadfachturrohman3488]

Just the label can rename

[@SanderCokart]

Because your partition table isn't set to GPT

[@achmadfachturrohman3488]

@@SanderCokart thanks Sander

[@tarekdarwiche8024]

For some reason, i cannot add any new partitions to the drive

[@taterthot1184]

Sander and sandisk this guy knows what he’s talking about

[@THEALEXD3145]

Where is my new content.

[@SanderCokart]

I'm too busy sadly

[@im4485]

can I follow these steps if i am using a mac?

[@SanderCokart]

Yes should be able to. Just hope it won't dual boot. If it does there needs to be a mac way of getting into the EFI

[@im4485]

@@SanderCokart thank you

[@Kattoe]

I boot into a initramfs shell when i try to start it up. Did i put in the wrong uuid?

[@angelgabrielortiz-rodrigue2937]

I don't understand why it needs so many partitions. Can you further explain this, please?

[@SanderCokart]

There is a root partition which is where ubuntu is installed on. There is a data partition which is where you home folder will go. Then there is an EFI partition which holds the boot logic. Finally the boot partition which is a linux specific partition.

[@angelgabrielortiz-rodrigue2937]

@@SanderCokart ok. I understand. Also, if I wish to not have my ssd encrypted (the things I'll have their are not that important) where I stop in the video?

[@SanderCokart]

@@angelgabrielortiz-rodrigue2937 man almost gotta make a video without encryption haha. Just skip the parts that talk about encryption.

[@angelgabrielortiz-rodrigue2937]

@@SanderCokart hahah ok ok. I understand. Thanks. I'll try to give it a shot. If any questions pop up, I'll let you know. Thanks for the help

[@angelgabrielortiz-rodrigue2937]

So, I’m at time 13:00 and when I go to the “something else” option, and look for the “device for boot loader installation”, the ssd is not available in the options. What can I do about this?

[@makingtechfriendly]

I installed the same without having to remove the internal hard drives or anything. You made it sound too complex when actually it wasn't.

[@OT-tn7ci]

if i dont wanna encrypt the drive, i could just skip the commands done to encrypt the driver part right>

[@SanderCokart]

Yes

[@OT-tn7ci]

@@SanderCokart thanks a lot for the reply, I'll try this right now, I hopped on your discord server, Ill update on the server if it doesnt work even after I try a lot, but I have faith it will, also you got a sub, the explanation is like some next level explanation lol 🍻

[@abduksam]

Thanks my siblings think linux is just for programmers so i installed it in external ssd u saved me

[@SanderCokart]

You are super welcome!

[@Dalton-ke9rw]

When i use my ssd it won't allow me to add a new partition

[@ching-yatcheung4491]

Thanks for the video! I followed the instruction on my surface book 2 with windows 11. After setting all the post-install configuration (around 15:10) , I just got stuck on the Grub when I restart. Not sure how to navigate that as I'm new to linux. How do I boot from my newly installed ubuntu?

[@SanderCokart]

I showed every step so....

[@eliyas5372]

@@SanderCokart Hi, I also got stuck at the same point as him. You said you needed to boot into Ubuntu to fix the grub situation but like him, I'm not sure how to boot into my linux drive!

[@aliarslanahmed]

I got stuck here too. I need help!

[@annabranco5152]

Great content! Thanks!! :) Just one question though... why did you leave so much space unallocated? Any specific reason for that?

[@SanderCokart]

Steam library for windows

[@Gabriel.4190]

Do you need disk encryption? How different would the process be, if not?

[@SanderCokart]

Just ignore all encryption steps.

[@shoaib2307]

I disabled my internal hdd and used the option erase and install It's working without any hiccups on my external SSD 😁😁

[@SanderCokart]

Awesome

[@AryanSinghVFX]

Can you help with how did you disable the internal ssd or hdd

[@shoaib2307]

@@AryanSinghVFX which motherboard do u have?? And do u know how to go into bios settings of ur motherboard??

[@AryanSinghVFX]

@@shoaib2307 yeah I will tell but is it necessary toh disable the ssd if it's already in AHCI mode??

[@shoaib2307]

@@AryanSinghVFX yes it's important to disable the internal drive otherwise windows will add Ubuntu to its boot configuration or so and it will create an error when u remove the external drive

[@eyuptarkengin7490]

Hi, I have made some research about this partitions in ubuntu and i see everybody making swap partition and it is recommended in its website either, why didn't you make a swap partiton

[@SanderCokart]

It's made automatically in my install if i remember correctly.

[@eyuptarkengin7490]

​@@SanderCokart would it hurt if i would make it manually

[@SanderCokart]

@@eyuptarkengin7490 no it wouldn't

[@eyuptarkengin7490]

@@SanderCokart ok thanks :D

[@danielleon8326]

Amazing video, I've the same problem I want to use windows as my daily OS but I need linux for college, the problem is that I need Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, do you have any idea if this works for older versios than 20.04?

[@SanderCokart]

Litterily the same

[@dr.jyotithaman1145]

I am not able to boot into the Ubuntu from the external SSD as the GRUB shows up, but in the video you have told to boot into the newly installed ubuntu, so how to boot into it?????

[@SanderCokart]

Make sure the boot load order is correct to load ubuntu of the ssd first. Otherwise boot to windows as that should probably now have the grub on it. It should act like an install alongside windows bootloader. What happens exactly?

[@asadk9449]

What I figured out how to exit that and fix the boot problem was. Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete once it restarts keep pressing the F2 key to enter BIOS ( everyone google what key to press to enter there BIOS some have F12) once in the BIOS go into boot set the external SSD to the top priority list and hit esc. It should log into Ubuntu now. Then follow the video on how he fixes the error and you should be all set.

[@makingtechfriendly]

Aah! The old grub problem. Reminds me of a novice me back 10 years ago trying to dual boot Windows 10 & Linux still when UEFI was new.

[@audrew33]

For some reason my original ssd and hard drive doesnt boot anymore when I unplug external ssd. I can see grub menu or boot screen when saying connecting to ipv4 then ipv6 and error

[@ashokdangar]

Hey great information, can you also do it for the Garuda Linux and windows 10 with Garuda on external hard drive

[@SanderCokart]

It should work similarly across all Linux but some might try block you I'd guess

[@HamzaKhan-ld5fj]

After installing I am getting following error "unknown filesystem entering rescue mode"

[@rozemynemetherlence1840]

can i do this with centOS too with an HDD?

[@SanderCokart]

Not sure can always try

[@ajusdwimantara4113]

why did u select the minimal installation? Is it not possible to do the normal installation? because when I choose normal installation, I can't load to ubuntu on my external ssd after finish installation, it stucks in (initramfs)

[@jesussuperlightchris5797]

Very clever to sort all that out, I'm not sure I can handle it and might wait until windows crushes my windows into oblivion . Then I'll happily walk with you through the linux minefield

[@darkriku144]

How do I use this guide for 24.04.1 LTS? I'm getting to the Manual partitioning section of the Ubuntu unstaller and I don't know what to do. There is no option to use sda1 as an EFI drive

[@Hogo_-to7tv]

You could use a virtual machine to install everything on the external hard drive, so that there are less risks for losing your data, and you don’t have to remove your hdd or ssd from your computer.

[@SanderCokart]

I only wanted to show the native solution as anyone can do a vm

[@Hogo_-to7tv]

@@SanderCokart yeh that’s true, every body could do a virtual machine, thx for all of your content on YT tho, keep it up 🙌

[@SanderCokart]

@@Hogo_-to7tv thank you !!

[@canerkoyuncu6771]

PLESE HELP ME! I can't name the partition like you. I tried everything but still Partition name section is unavailable. Whats my false?

[@rafal9ck817]

Cool works for POP OS 20.04 too. encryption file was there already but one of records was garbage (I think it was ) so I replaced it and it works. Also make sure to use GPT partition table instead of msdos like me...

[@makingtechfriendly]

I am wondering what would happen if I just install the Ubuntu on an internal SSD with no other drives attached, then take out the SSD and use it as a USB SSD!

[@clauspeter7526]

Thankyou, it works perfectly, but i have a question. How to resize your root partition after the encryption method, it seems like i need more space than 30 gb.

[@SanderCokart]

Uhm

[@SanderCokart]

Doubt you'll be able to do that for encryption sake. That's why it's important to dedicate as much as you need it start adding external drives with encryption.

[@dinesh5147j]

Sir could you please help me. While I'm After i installed by the process you explain. It's done successfully. But just after i installed it , firstly Ubuntu screen started flickering. I shutdown pc and then booted windows same flickering happened in windows, i reset the windows from recovery. But here is my main problem. The problem passed to BIOS menu screen. So could you please help me to solve it..... I tried for solution everywhere from a week , but i didn't find any of them for BIOS menu and for Ubuntu. 😭😭😭😭 Help me please... Waiting for your solution

[@Mr_Deola]

Thanks for this Man! So clear to follow, and it worked. How about if I need to change the size of the partitions, like reduce the size of my boot/efi (I used about 100mb), and add them to my vghome partition. Possible?

[@SanderCokart]

Uhmm very unsure honestly. As it's encrypted

[@SanderCokart]

Why would you wanna remove 100MB for a partition that is necessary 😂

[@Mr_Deola]

Well, my boot/efi partion is 100MB 🙄. I guess that is much, right? Wanna take off it and add to the home partiton. That's why really.

[@CnekFilms]

How do I remove the dual boot from my mac? I no longer have a need for ubuntu and its rather annoying having to hold alt and select a disk every time I boot.

[@nandaykerkar5849]

Hi Sander. I am using a Sandisk extreme portable SSD (1TB) for my portable ubuntu. But when I open the drive on GParted, just 1 MiB is unallocated. The remaining space has the following details: Partition: /dev/sda1 (has a small key logo to its right-side) Name: Extreme SSD File system: exfat Mount Point: /media/ubuntu/Extreme SSD Label: Extreme SSD ....(and some more data regarding size) Since the space is not unallocated, I am not able to access the “Create new partition” button. It would be great if you could help me with this. Thanks in advance.

[@SanderCokart]

Maybe sandisk has its own encryption already enabled on it?

[@nandaykerkar5849]

I used the “delete volume” option is Windows Disk Management to delete this partition of the Sandisk SSD. That solved the issue thereby formatting and converting that into an unallocated volume. I followed the rest of your tutorial from there on. I believe the issue was with the File system of the SSD being exfat.

[@shashankbshivakumar4831]

@@nandaykerkar5849 yeah that works!

[@wissemjridi4786]

So during the setup i gave an empty passphrase, but now when i try to boot ubuntu, it says that it needs a passphrase and when I just click enter it doesn't work. Any ideas how to fix this ?

[@SanderCokart]

You must have A passphrase. Empty is not allowed.

[@wissemjridi4786]

@@SanderCokart Should I reinstall it from the beginning ?

[@SanderCokart]

Probably yeah

[@wholianromero]

Hi! I had the same issue. But when I tried to write a passphrase I just couldn’t write. Were you able to solve it?

[@SanderCokart]

You don't see it. You are writing it it's just hidden for security

[@ethanherrera1552]

i accidentally sudo cryptsetup luksformat sda as well as sda , will that cause problems later?

[@SanderCokart]

Sda as well as sda?

[@ethanherrera1552]

@@SanderCokart never mind, i just fixed the issue, great tutorial

[@KaushalPhulgirkar]

Hello. I cannot seem to get the option to net the name of the new drive in gparted and that's why I'm unable to do the open crypttab command. Can you help me?

[@SanderCokart]

Set the drive to a GPT partition table

[@KaushalPhulgirkar]

@@SanderCokart that worked thanks

[@KaushalPhulgirkar]

@@SanderCokart one more thing. If I format the remaining unallocated drive as ntfs I would be able to use it normally to store my data right?

[@ZiFrenZie]

Great video man. By the way, if you are seeking full disk encryption why didn’t you simply use the option during Ubuntu Installation “Use LVM with the new Ubuntu installation (and tick encryption checkbox)”?

[@SanderCokart]

Because it becomes dual boot. Meaning not portable

[@ZiFrenZie]

@@SanderCokart Thanks for the quick reply. Also does the sleep S3 work properly? Does the PC prompt for a password upon waking up?

[@SanderCokart]

Yeah it does

[@zozodejante8350]

U saved my life

[@SanderCokart]

I'm honored haha

[@lula4f3]

Hi! I’m sorry to bother but i must be doing something wrong. I can’t create a new partition and I don’t know why. I checked on disks and the partitioning of the disk does show up as gpt

[@joshuak4553]

Great guide, I'm going to try this with Linux Mint 20.2 (Uma) when I get the chance. I'm in a situation similar to yours - Samsung T7 for Mint + Windows gaming desktop with an Nvidia graphics card. The goal is to have Mint on the T7 as a primary OS (gaming, general use) that I can switch between my desktop and laptop. Are there any downsides worth mentioning?

[@SanderCokart]

The amount of steps. For Ubuntu I found an even easier way apparently 😂

[@gasun1274]

won't the installer automatically configure all the partitions?

[@SanderCokart]

Not if you do it manually like i did

[@dolbearrr]

An amazing tutorial, although trying to do this with the Kali installer is a bit of a hassle.

[@redpie907]

What about the linux-swap???