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Instructions how to make an installed system (typically in a USB pendrive) that works with UEFI and BIOS, and is small enough to work in an undersized 8 GB pendrive (7.8 GB). Make a system bootable in UEFI as well as BIOS The following link gives more background information about partitioning It might help to prepare by reading the following link It is good only as an illustration of a method to make a bootable drive in UEFI as well as BIOS mode. So this system is not stable enough to survive certain updates.

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But unfortunately a current update involving a new kernel and updating grub will make it fail to boot.

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I expected that it could be installed into a USB pendrive as a good alternative to a persistent live system, possible to update and upgrade without limits. Not stable enough to survive certain updates

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This web page describes how to install a portable Ubuntu system, that boots in UEFI as well as BIOS mode. That computer does not boot from grub via USB (which is independent of the BIOS-UEFI issue). It was also tested in a middle-aged HP computer where it worked in BIOS and UEFI when chainloaded. The method described and the 'final product' as a compressed image file worked for me in a Toshiba notebook according to the following specification. Change the computer's setting from UEFI to BIOS (sometimes called CSM) Device - Create partition table - Advanced - gpt Wipe the target USB pendrive if necessary Connect a target USB pendrive, where the system is to be installed Boot into UEFI mode from the install drive Make an install CD/DVD/USB drive from a current Ubuntu 64-bit desktop iso file

Make a system bootable in UEFI as well as BIOS.

Not stable enough to survive certain updates.

As long as a tmp directory exists, it will be used for TMP data. If you want to also have your TMP directory within your portable directory, you can create an empty tmp directory inside the data folder. Here's the desired outcome on Windows: |- VSCode-win32-圆4-1.25.0-insiderīy default, the default TMP directory is still the system one even in Portable Mode, since no state is kept there.

Windows %USERPROFILE%\.vscode\extensions.

macOS $HOME/Library/Application Support/Code.

Copy the user data directory Code to data and rename it to user-data:.

Create the data or code-portable-data folder as above.

Download the VS Code ZIP distribution for your platform.

You can also migrate an existing installation to Portable mode: On macOS, automatic updates should work as always, no extra work needed. On Windows and Linux, you can update VS Code by copying the data folder over to a more recent version of VS Code. Note: On Insiders, the folder should be named code-insiders-portable-data. Make sure you remove the quarantine attribute, if Portable Mode doesn't seem to work: xattr -dr Visual \ Studio \ Code.app Portable Mode won't work if your application is in quarantine, which happens by default if you just downloaded VS Code. The default folder name is code-portable-data: |- Visual Studio Code.app Since the folder will be alongside the application, you need to name it specifically so that VS Code can find it. On macOS, you need to place the data folder as a sibling of the application itself. This is useful for updating your portable VS Code version, in which case you can move the data folder to a newer extracted version of VS Code. The data folder can be moved to other VS Code installations. Enable Portable mode Windows, LinuxĪfter unzipping the VS Code download, create a data folder within VS Code's folder: |- VSCode-win32-圆4-1.25.0-insiderįrom then on, that folder will be used to contain all VS Code data, including session state, preferences, extensions, etc.

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Note as well that the Windows ZIP archive does not support auto update. Portable mode is only supported on the Windows ZIP (. Note: Do not attempt to configure portable mode on an installation from the Windows User or System installers. See the Download page to find the correct. Portable mode is supported on the ZIP download for Windows, and the TAR.GZ download for Linux, as well as the regular Application download for macOS. This mode also provides a way to set the installation folder location for VS Code extensions, useful for corporate environments that prevent extensions from being installed in the Windows AppData folder. This mode enables all data created and maintained by VS Code to live near itself, so it can be moved around across environments. Visual Studio Code supports Portable mode. Configure IntelliSense for cross-compiling.