My problem is using a separate flash drive when running from my live usb of ubuntu 12.10. The problem is that when I choose to Try Ubuntu from this usb drive it no longer lets me access my other flash drive. It automatically sets it to part of the live usb but it's a completely separate flash drive.
Ubuntu loads fine and everything but when I go to access my other flash drive nothing happens. When I try to open it from the home folder it gives me
Unable to mount 3.5 volume
Adding read ACL for uid 999 to media/ubuntu failed: Operation not supported message.
My live usb is on a 8gb flash drive and my other flash drive is 4g.
Ubuntu – Can’t open a separate usbdrive when booting from a liveusb install 12.10
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Well you can create a Live-USB disk that can be used for installing the operating system with unetbootin. Here is the official documentation on USB installation.
Make sure that you boot the USB disk at system startup, i.e. when you on your computer. That means the BIOS of your computer has to be set to try to boot from USB before it boots from hard drive and the stick has to be inserted before hard drive booting takes place.
The usual procedure from within Ubuntu is to use Startup Disk Creator. With that you just select the Ubuntu image or LiveCD and the USB-Media and go ahead. See picture below:
I also have a Dell Inspiron 15R (5520). When installed Ubuntu and Linux Mint from a USB drive by using Startup Disk Creator. Disable Secure Boot, change your settings to Legacy, then reboot with the USB image on your USB drive. Push the F+12 key for the boot menu and you should see your USB drive - highlight this and touch Enter and you should then be booting from the USB drive. This worked for me after much experimentation with different options. Hope this helps --
Best Answer
There was change for 12.10 where the mount point for automount devices is now in /media/username. Previously the mount point was in /media. I'm not sure why they changed it, but it seems like that the creation for /media/username at boot time was forgotten for the LiveUSB/DVD.
Try making the directory and see if the automount now works:
If that doesn't work, try mounting manually:
...assuming the device you are trying to mount is /dev/sdc. The mount point will be /mnt, or you can use /media/ubuntu if you wish since you just made it.