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07-04-2017, 06:44 PM
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Registered: Jun 2017
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mintstick: how to make one, please?
I see mintstick *mentioned* everywhere, but I can't find how to actually make one.
I have the lastest mint iso and a 16GB USB drive..I guess I like the step by step info how to do it.
Thank you for any help!
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07-04-2017, 07:28 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jan 2005
Location: USA and Italy
Distribution: Debian testing/sid; OpenSuSE; Fedora; Mint
Posts: 5,524
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You can use:
Code:
$ dd if=./mint.iso of/dev/sdb
where sdb is your USB drive. But if your USB drive is different, you have to use to use the correct drive. If you're trying to make the drive in Windows, the above will not work.
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07-04-2017, 07:31 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Nov 2008
Location: Pictland
Distribution: Linux Mint 21 MATE
Posts: 8,048
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What working operating system(s) do you have available?
Rather than being an object that you create, Mintstick is the Mint-provided application used to create a bootable flash drive with the Mint installer on it. Is that what you mean?
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07-05-2017, 03:43 PM
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Moderator
Registered: Mar 2008
Posts: 22,361
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There are three ways to make a linux usb usually.
One is to use a program. Plenty exist. They usually cheat the live image to run on a usb.
Two is to dd a file to a usb. It won't be full install in many cases. Some like SuseStudio created would be.
Three is to install the OS on to the usb as if it were a real hard drive. Safest way is to remove power to internal drives. Boot to DVD and insert usb. Then follow installer.
Last edited by jefro; 07-05-2017 at 09:25 PM.
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07-05-2017, 04:50 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Dec 2011
Distribution: Slackware, Debian 12, Devuan & MX Linux
Posts: 9,528
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I prefer to use the dd cmd.
You can give Unetbootin a try.
https://unetbootin.github.io/
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07-05-2017, 05:57 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jul 2017
Distribution: Kali, Ubuntu, CentOS
Posts: 8
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Quote:
Originally Posted by linuxmigrant
I see mintstick *mentioned* everywhere, but I can't find how to actually make one.
I have the lastest mint iso and a 16GB USB drive..I guess I like the step by step info how to do it.
Thank you for any help!
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alternatively you can use Rufus.
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07-05-2017, 08:16 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Sep 2013
Location: Somewhere in my head.
Distribution: Slackware (15 current), Slack15, Ubuntu studio, MX Linux, FreeBSD 13.1, WIn10
Posts: 10,342
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Mintstick?
It sounds like a new candy or breath freshener.
now that I got Linux I just dd it, but heres some options,
10 Tools to Make a Bootable USB from an ISO File
Last edited by BW-userx; 07-05-2017 at 08:19 PM.
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