Create Mint LiveUSB from Windows using a GUI (UNetbootin)

[fleamailman]

just in case you have ditched windows but still want to have a bootable ISO usb key some time from Mint, synaptic has a great program call usb-creator with an option for persistant, I made my key that way as it was so simply to do

[KittyCat]

I tried this with Mint 7, but version 7 is not listed as one of the Linux Mint versions this will work with. Will that cause problems? Has anyone managed to create a bootable liveUSB with Mint 7? I don't need it to be persistent, just bootable to I can check if it recognizes my wifi adapter and if it does I want to install from it.

Thanks!

EDIT:
Tested it just a moment ago, and it works. I picked Mint-7 in the version list, then pointed UNetbootin to the 7 ISO on my desktop, and let it do its thing, then plugged it in and rebooted. Presto! I'm in Mint!

[byu]

Dear friend,

I still have difficulty to make LiveUSB for LinuxMint 7. I used Kingstone flash disc 1 GB and formatted at FAT16

I have tried Unetbootin to make LiveUSB, but it is still fail. (my flash disc was formatted at FAT32)
it said "Boot: error" I already follow the step by step instruction from this forum

then I use usb-creator, but it still fail also. (my flash disc was formatted at FAT16)
my LinuxMint 7 still can not booting.
it said "could not find kernel ..." ( I am sorry I forgot the detail message)
"Boot: "

do anyone can help me to find out the solution for this situation and give me the detail procedure?
because I want to use LinuxMint 7 as LiveUSB.

I use GParted to format my flash disc.
my Laptop is
-Acer Aspire 4520
-AMD Turion64 X2 2GHz
-RAM 3GB

is it possible to make LinuxMint 7 as LiveUSB for this laptop?

I really appreciate for your help and thank you

[Fluke]

I used this http://www.pendrivelinux.com/install-li ... n-windows/ to install Mint 8. Everything is fantastic but it would be nice to know how to change the login to require a password rather than auto-login.

[Fluke]

Ouch no responses.

[greatbigdragon]

Fluke: Here's what I did when I used pendrivelinux to install Mint 8 on my netbook. It installed a user "oem" that would automatically log me in to that user so I had to create an identical user and then go to Administration/Login Screen in the Mint Menu. After unlocking that, you just check the radio box to "Show the screen for choosing who will log in." That's all I had to do! Of course, you don't necessarily have to create a new user account, you just have to enable the login screen.

[usbtux]

I'm running from a linux USB at the moment using Julia (Mint Linux). I'm using a Kingston 2Gig Data Traveller – that boots from a livecd image that keeps all bookmarks, web history, installed programs etc automatically, to save and restore changes on subsequent boots; in a 1 Gig file.

Computer default os is XPpro – Linux is not installed.
Using the latest iso (linuxmint-10-gnome-cd-i386.iso) or newer
CD/DVD drive is dead on this computer.

Had good results with UNetbootin but could not get persistence http://www.pendrivelinux.com/what-is-persistent-linux/ to work easily.

Fully working system using MultiBootISOs-2.1.4.5.exe http://www.pendrivelinux.com/boot-multiple-iso-from-usb-multiboot-usb/ this has persistence setup as default, then used PDL-Casper-RW-Creator.exe http://www.pendrivelinux.com/casper-rw-creator-make-a-persistent-file-from-windows/ to create the persistence file on the USB.


Pendrive linux's multiboot utility may lag a little behind releases of ISO's naturally, so that you may have to wait for the next release of the utility to convert your iso to usb boot. THIS IS AN UNDERSTATMENT. I presume that the util database is updated by hand and is not that clever, so that it doesn't automatically change its config for the newer ISOs – you just cant change the name of the ISO.

[geazzy]

great tips

[neildaemond]

I found this tool very easy to use~

http://www.linuxliveusb.com/

[usbtux]

http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/ Has it all sorted now, this is the best one to use. Persistence works a treat and it's so simple to use.

[usbtux]

Take a look at this it seems quite interesting Livecd/USB with persistence and a virtual Machine in winblows.
http://www.howtogeek.com/65888/create-a-persistent-bootable-and-virtualized-linux-usb-drive-with-lili/%20LILI
'kin eck what'll they think of next?

[itinerant1]

Good tut. I found unetbootin didn't format the usb with a boot flag ( I spent a lot of time waiting for it to load before I figured that out)
Easy way is to open the usb in gparted and manage the flags in there.

ian.

[SurfaceUnits]

To expand a bit:
You can create a personalized & updated LiveUSB & DVD Mint image by:
1) Install a Mint Live DVD to a drive
2) Update it using Update Manager
3) Use Synaptics to install the additional packages you want and delete packages you don't want
4) Use Remastersys to create a live iso distribution image
5) Use Unetbootin to install the Remastersys image to a USB drive

this way you can have updated apps plus the ones you use often

For updated Mint 12 & 13 iso's click here