After many unsuccessful trials based on almost everything about this topic on the Internet, I decided to ask this question again. There is almost a perfect answer in this platform, but it did not work. That's why I am here.
I want to have Ubuntu 18.04 installed on my USB memory stick (SanDisk Cruzer Glide 32GB) with a persistent storage of more than 4GB (at least 23GB in my case).
I used MiniTool partition wizard to format the stick (NTFS) on Windows. Then, I used Universal USB Installer 1.9.8.2 to install Ubuntu 18.04 on the stick. Here, I tried to format the stick either fat32 or ntfs, but nothing changed. Later, I used another Ubuntu to delete the casper-rw file and create another partition with the same name by following the steps given in the link given above. Unfortunately, I couldn't make it working although I tried almost all combinations.
Can anyone give a thorough list of steps to follow in order to install it on the stick properly?
Edit: I gave ear to @c-s-cameron 's comment below and used YUMI to do that, and it worked. I believe all other answers would work, but I dont have time to give a try for all of them. Thanks all, again!
Syslinux type installers like Universal, UNetbootin and Rufus do not allow persistent partitions on the same disk.
It is possible to install a casper-rw partition on a second disk. It can be an internal drive or a flash drive or other USB device. The first casper-rw file or partition encountered while booting is used for persistence.
YUMI will allow you unlimited casper-rw file size on NTFS, it is a Windows app and uses grub4dos to make large casper-rw files. YUMI can make multiple Persistent installations on a USB drive. https://www.pendrivelinux.com/yumi-multiboot-usb-creator/
For a persistent drive I prefer mkusb, (a Linux app), it can be installed to your 18.04 USB. It uses a FAT32 partition for boot, a read only ISO9660 partition for the OS, a ext2 casper-rw partition for persistence and a NTFS data partition that can be used by Linux and Windows. A mkusb drive is easy to customize. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/mkusb
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