Linux mint on usb installer

Create the bootable media¶

The easiest way to install Linux Mint is with a USB stick.

If you cannot boot from USB, you can use a blank DVD.

How to make a bootable USB stick¶

In Linux Mint¶

Right-click the ISO file and select Make Bootable USB Stick , or launch Menu ‣ Accessories ‣ USB Image Writer .

Select your USB device and click Write .

In Windows, Mac OS, or other Linux distributions¶

Download Etcher, install it and run it.

Click Select image and select your ISO file.

Click Select drive and select your USB stick.

How to make a bootable DVD¶

Optical discs are slow and burning to disc is prone to errors.

To prevent issues, burn at the lowest possible speed.

Burn the content of the ISO onto the DVD, not the ISO file itself. When finished, your DVD should contain directories such as boot and casper , it shouldn’t be an empty DVD containing an .iso file.

In Linux¶

In Windows¶

Right-click the ISO file and select Burn disk image .

To make sure the ISO was burned without any errors, select Verify disc after burning .

In Mac OS¶

Right-click the ISO file and select Burn Disk Image to Disc .

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How to Create Bootable Linux Mint USB Installer in Linux, Windows, or Mac OS

Want to install Linux Mint using an USB drive? Well, here’s the step by step beginner’s guide shows you how to create the bootable USB installer from other Linux, Windows, or Mac OS.

Linux Mint is a popular community-driven Linux distribution based on Ubuntu. At the moment of writing, the latest release is Linux Mint 20.x based on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. And it features 3 desktop editions:

• Cinnamon – Gnome 3 fork.
• XFCE – Lightweight desktop edition.
• MATE – Gnome 2 fork.

Supported Systems:

The tutorial also works for creating bootable USB installer for Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, Manjaro, Arch Linux, and almost all Linux distros, though the title says for Linux Mint.

Preparation:

Before getting started, you need:

• An USB stick with more than 4 GB memory.
• Computer running Windows, Linux, or Mac OS.
• And download Linux Mint ISO image.

NOTE there are quite a few USB creating tools in the web! However, some of them may sometimes not work or not perfect (e.g., Ventoy does not install in my case). So I choose USB-creator-GTK and USBImager among all the tools I've tested.

Option 1: Create USB installer from an Ubuntu machine.

If you have a PC or laptop running with Ubuntu, then this option is for you as it has an built-in USB creator app. For all other Linux, Windows, and Mac OS, just go option 2.

1. Firstly search for and open USB Creator GTK from system app launcher.

2. Click on “Other …” button and choose the Linux Mint ISO image. And plug-in your USB stick. Finally click on “Make Startup Disk” to start the process.

3. A confirm dialog will pop-up prompts you that ‘All data in the USB drive be lost’.

Same to USBImager in Option 2: It creates two partitions in the USB stick: one for Linux Mint system files (about 2 GB) and anther for boot-loader (about 4 MB). And leave all other free space unallocated.

4. Click ‘Yes’ and it becomes the installing dialog with process bar.

5. If everything’s done successfully. You’ll see the ‘Installation Complete’ dialog.

After that, you can boot the USB stick and start installing Linux Mint.

Option 2: Create bootable USB from Windows, Mac OS, or other Linux.

USBImager is a free and open-source tool that works on Windows XP +, Mac OS 10.13 +, Arch, Manjaro, other Linux, and even Raspberry Pi OS.

This is a tiny tool with less than 200 KB package size. And it just works!

NOTE: if you has already created an USB installed via USBImager. And want to try another Linux Distro via USB. FORMAT the whole USB stick before getting started to avoid an error, or use another tool instead!

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1. Firstly download & install the tool from its project page:

2. Insert USB stick into your machine.

3. Open USBImager, choose the ISO image, select the USB drive, and finally click the Write button.

4. And just wait, the bottom bar will prompt the installation process.

Conclusion:

There are quite a few tools for creating bootable USB installer. Due to lack of time, I can’t test them one by one.

In this tutorial, USBImager is recommended because it’s free and open source tool with tiny package size. And it runs on most desktop systems. However, after turns your USB stick into OS installer, you can’t use it for other data transfer. The free space is left unallocated, and you can not even create partition on it due to “too many primary partitions” error.

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How to Install Linux Mint [The Simplest Way Possible]

Linux Mint is the best Linux distribution for beginners. Learn how to install Linux Mint and make it your main and the only operating system.

• Install Linux Mint in VirtualBox in Windows like a regular desktop application.
• Install Linux Mint in dual boot mode with Windows keeping both Windows and Linux Mint on the same computer.
• Replace all other operating systems and install Linux Mint as the only OS on your computer.

In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to install Linux Mint removing other operating systems from your computer.

Install Linux Mint by replacing Windows or any other operating system

I am using Linux Mint Cinnamon edition. However, the steps work for other Mint versions and desktop variants like Xfce and MATE. The screenshot might look a little bit different but the steps remain the same.

Prerequisite:

• A USB of at least 4 GB in size. You may also use a DVD.
• Active internet connection for downloading Linux Mint ISO and live-USB-making tool. Internet is not required for installing Linux Mint.
• This is optional but if you have important data on the system where you are going to install Linux Mint, you should copy the files to an external disk.

Minimum system requirements for Linux Mint 21 default Cinnamon edition:

• Minimum 1 GB RAM (2 GB recommended for comfortable usage).
• Minimum 15 GB of disk space (20 GB recommended).
• Minimum 1024×768 resolution (on lower resolutions, press ALT to drag windows with the mouse if they don’t fit on the screen).

This method of installing Linux Mint formats your entire disk. That means any data present in the system will be wiped out.

For this reason, please save your data on an external USB disk so that you can copy it back after installing Mint.

Step 1: Download Linux Mint ISO

Go to the Linux Mint website and download Linux Mint in ISO format. This file is used for creating the installation USB.

You’ll find three variants:

If you do not know about them, go with the default Cinnamon edition.

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When you click on the download button corresponding to any of the variants, you’ll find various mirror websites and a torrent link to download the ISO file.

If you have a good internet connection for downloading a 2 GB+ file without any issue, use a mirror that is closer to your country of residence (for faster download).

If you do not have a good, consistent internet connection, opt for the torrent version (if you know what torrent is).

Step 2: Create a live USB of Linux Mint

Now that you have downloaded the ISO, it is time for creating a live USB of Linux Mint.

You’ll need dedicated software that creates a live USB. There are several such tools available for free. You can use Etcher which is available on Windows, Linux and macOS.

If you are using Windows, you can also use Rufus. In the example here, I have used Rufus.

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Download Rufus and run the .exe file and you’ll see a screen like the below image.

You select the ISO. You may confuse about the partitioning scheme. Almost all the computers in the last 7 years or so use the GPT partitioning scheme. Older computers may use MBR partitioning. You should check which partitioning scheme your system uses to be sure.

If you choose the incorrect partitioning scheme, you may not be able to install Linux Mint. In that case, come back to this step and recreate the USB by choosing the other partitioning scheme.

Step 3: Boot from the live Linux Mint USB

Once you have successfully created the Linux Mint USB, it is time to use it for installing the awesome Linux Mint.

Plug in the live USB of Linux Mint and restart your system. At the boot screen when you see the logo of your computer manufacturer, press F2 or F10 or F12 to enter the BIOS settings.

Here, you should make sure that booting for USB or removable media is at the top of the boot order.

This screen may look different for different manufacturers. You’ll have to find this setting on your own or search the internet.

Make the changes, save and exit.

Step 4: Install Linux Mint

Now you should boot into the live Linux Mint environment. You’ll see a screen like this that gives you a couple of options. Go with the first option.

In a few seconds, you’ll be inside the Linux Mint live environment. It may take more time if you have USB 2.

You’ll see a “Install Linux Mint” icon on the desktop. Click on it to start the installation procedure.

It will ask you to choose some basic configurations like language and keyboard layout. Choose the most appropriate ones for your system.

The next screen will ask you about installing multimedia codecs. If you want to install those during installation, check the corresponding box. Keep in mind that, this requires an active internet connection.

Avoid connecting to the internet during installation (Older Linux Mint Media like Linux Mint 20)

I strongly advise NOT connecting to the internet while installing Linux Mint 20. This way the installation is quicker as it does not try downloading updates while installing.
Not connecting to the internet may also save you a few unpleasant surprises. I encountered a “‘grub-efi-amd64-signed’ package failed to install into /target” error and my installation failed. I plugged out the live USB and tried installing it again without connecting to the internet and the error didn’t appear this time.

The next screen is the most important part of the Linux Mint installation. You are going to format the entire hard disk and install Linux Mint. Linux Mint will be the only operating system on your computer.

Again, this means that you’ll lose all the data on the disk. Please copy important files to an external disk.

In this method, Linux Mint handles everything on its own. It creates an ESP partition for the EFI boot manager of about 500 MB and the rest of the disk is allocated to the root partition. The root consists of a swapfile for swap usage and your home directory. This is the easiest setup with no extra effort.

You’ll be warned that the disk will be formatted. Hit continue and you’ll have to select the timezone in the next. You may change it later as well.

After that, you’ll face a screen that asks you to set your username and password. Use an easy-to-remember password because you’ll have to use it all the time.

Things are pretty straightforward from here. You just have to wait for like 5-10 minutes for the installation to complete.

Once the installation finishes, it will ask you to restart the system. Restart it.

When the system turns off, it also asks you to remove the live USB and press enter.

Well, that’s it. You’ll now boot into Linux Mint. Enter the password you had created earlier and you’ll enter Linux Mint to see a welcome screen like this:

Enjoy Linux Mint

Since you just installed it, do read our recommendation of things to do after installing Linux Mint.

I hope this tutorial helped you in installing Linux Mint easily.

Now you know how to install Linux Mint. What about applying themes to the newly installed system?

Know more about the release cycle followed by Linux Mint.

If you face any issues or difficulties or if you have any confusion, feel free to leave a comment below.

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