To run Zorin as a fully-installed OS from an E2B USB drive, just follow the instructions in my previous blog for Kali using VirtualBox.
If you are installing to an internal hard drive, make sure to pick the correct boot loader partition!
Use ext3 (not fat32) for the sda3 partition.
The Virtual Machine will also need an internet connection to download packages.
You will be warned about not having a Swap partition, but just continue anyway.
You can create a swap file later (follow the instructions in the blog and it should work).
You should now have a fully working Zorin installation on your E2B drive.
Note:
If installing to an internal hard drive and you accidentally install grub to the E2B drive, you can use RMPrepUSB - Install grub4dos - MBR=Yes to re-install grub4dos boot code.
Tips
Make sure your large partition image file (e.g. Zorin.) is large enough for the OS and any swap file you might want to create later + data storage (minimum approx 5GB).- Be sure to choose / (root) for the /dev/sda3 mount point choice (ext3) where sda is the USB drive
- IMPORTANT! Set the 'Device for boot loader installation' to /dev/sda3 where sda is the USB drive..
If you are installing to an internal hard drive, make sure to pick the correct boot loader partition!
The Virtual Machine will also need an internet connection to download packages.
You will be warned about not having a Swap partition, but just continue anyway.
You can create a swap file later (follow the instructions in the blog and it should work).
You should now have a fully working Zorin installation on your E2B drive.
Note:
If installing to an internal hard drive and you accidentally install grub to the E2B drive, you can use RMPrepUSB - Install grub4dos - MBR=Yes to re-install grub4dos boot code.
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