julianvb,
Netbootin is fine, as suggested above.
An alternative to produce a bootable USB flash drive is the '
dd' command, a.k.a. the “
disk destroyer”.
Let's assume that you have already downloaded
linuxmint-17.1-mate-64bit.iso to your
Downloads directory (/home/julian/Downloads).
Plug in your USB drive (4GB or more, with unwanted data on it or blank). All existing data will be wiped.
Identify the drive using these separate commands in Terminal:
Let's say the USB drive is identified as
sdc
(
NB this is an example only.........on your own head if you select the wrong drive!!)
In Terminal again, copy & paste the following, or similar:
Code:
sudo dd if=/home/julian/Downloads/linuxmint-17.1-mate-64bit.iso of=/dev/sdc oflag=direct bs=1048576
Leave to run for a few minutes and you will get something like this:
Code:
928+0 records in
928+0 records out
973078528 bytes (973 MB) copied, 131.114 s, 7.4 MB/s
The USB drive is now loaded and ready to boot.