dd has gotten the job done nearly every time.Įven so, i would recommend not using it if you don’t feel comfortable doing so and have a good backup handy. I use dd because i tried etcher and some other methods when i was first starting in linux and had more bad than good results. it said everything worked fine, but when I try.
#Unetbootin linuxmint iso#
Ive downloaded a LM10 live usb iso image, and used unetbootin to create a live usb. linux mint should be on the 2nd partition.
the USB pendrives first partition is FAT16 for unrelated windows files. status=progress will give you a status bar indicating how far you are in the write progress and sync will make sure that the write is definitely finished before you take out the usb in case you do. Im using unetbootin on debian stable (wheezy), to create a live usb pendrive of linux mint. Not a full-featured GUI-application like the rest, but way more flexible, versatile and reliable for more tech-savvy users.
#Unetbootin linuxmint install#
Im using unetbootin to install the linux mint iso from my hard drive as i dont have a blank disc or usb. Formerly had 8.1 but upgraded to windows 10. Its easier than GUI if you wont deal with UEFI stuff. Im trying to install linux mint on my toshiba satellite. Some of them that support the distribution of main Linux are Fedora, Ubuntu, CentOS, openSUSE, Gentoo, Arch Linux, Linux Mint, Mandriva, Slackware, MEPIS. In the command if= is where your iso is located so if you need to change that to ~/Documents or /home/user/isos (~/isos) or wherever you store that, you will need to adjust accordingly. Most users think dd is a great alternative to UNetbootin. This means that it handles hardware differently. Did you try Linux Mint 19 on this computer Each new version of Linux Mint comes with a new kernel. If your version of Linux Mint is still supported, and you are happy with your current system, then you dont need to upgrade. I can tell /dev/sdb is my usb because of the size and it’s mount location in /media/user. Linux Mint 18.x (18, 18.1, 18.2 and 18.3) will be supported until 2021. I use lsblk in the same terminal that i am going to use dd so that the info is right above when i am typing. if you choose to proceed, verify and then verify again
#Unetbootin linuxmint code#
luckily it somehow caught my eye before i typed in my sudo password. Linux itself comes with decent tools for writing USB sticks - the other answers mention a graphical tool that I’m not familiar with, or there’s the command line tool code dd/code. just this week i was seconds away from wiping out my timeshift snapshots backup drive because i recycled a command from my history and didn’t check of= carefully enough. It is, however, imperative that you choose the correct partition to write to for the second half (of=) of the command because you can overwrite your presently mounted partition if you get that one letter wrong. Sudo dd if=~/Downloads/name-of-distro.iso of=/dev/sdX status=progress If you are interested in trying dd, the command is fairly straightforward, but you definitely need to be careful. I don’t have any experience with unetbootin so i can’t help try and troubleshoot that part.
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