Create Mint LiveUSB from Windows using a GUI (UNetbootin)

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neildaemond

Re: Create Mint LiveUSB from Windows using a GUI (UNetbootin

Post by neildaemond »

I found this tool very easy to use~

http://www.linuxliveusb.com/
usbtux

Re: Create Mint LiveUSB from Windows using a GUI (UNetbootin

Post by 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

Re: Create Mint LiveUSB from Windows using a GUI (UNetbootin

Post by usbtux »

Take a look at this it seems quite interesting Livecd/USB with persistence and a virtual Machine in Windows.
http://www.howtogeek.com/65888/create-a ... li/%20LILI
'kin eck what'll they think of next?
itinerant1

Re: Create Mint LiveUSB from Windows using a GUI (UNetbootin

Post by 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) :oops:
Easy way is to open the usb in gparted and manage the flags in there.

ian.
SurfaceUnits

Re: Create Mint LiveUSB from Windows using a GUI (UNetbootin

Post by 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
usbtux

Re: Create Mint LiveUSB from Windows using a GUI (UNetbootin

Post by usbtux »

Ive created two tutorials for Unetbootin

One for windows
http://youtu.be/pq2bsTh_dDs How to use unetbootin to make a liveusb from windows
And another from Mint/Linux
Install Unetbootin via synaptic then - Use Unetbootin in Linux Mint http://youtu.be/HRMzroqA1Wc
lmlm

Re: Create Mint LiveUSB from Windows using a GUI (UNetbootin

Post by lmlm »

dojero wrote:I finally managed to create a persistent USB installation using Unetbootin.

After you've made your Unetbootin USB drive, you'll need to do two things: first, you've got to create a casper-rw file on the USB. That's the file that will hold all the changes. It's what makes a persistent install persistent. After that, you'll need to amend the syslinux.cfg file on the USB to include the persistent designation. The syslinux.cfg file is the boot file; if when you boot, you haven't specified that you're booting a persistent system, then the system won't use the casper-rw file.

In order to alter the USB drive, you should not boot into it. Instead, boot into another system and mount the USB drive so that you can save to it.
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I used UNETbootin to install to a LiveUSB with partial persistence. Someone taught me how to edit the syslinux.cfg file so that it would present boot options for both persistent and live.

For persistence to hold, do I also have to edit the casper-rw file, as you describe above, or is this information out-of-date, from before UNETbootin offerred persistence as an option (which it does indeed offer now)?

Someone suggested I might have to also edit the isolinux.csg file... is that truly necessary? What does the isolinux.csg file contain or do? Thanks
Microdata

Re: Create Mint LiveUSB from Windows using a GUI (UNetbootin

Post by Microdata »

My desktop PC uses Windows XP Pro. I attempted to use UNetbootin to create a bootable 4 GB USB flash drive for Linuxmint Petra 16 Mate to evaluate Linux for installation on an IBM Thinkpad laptop which has no OS. The procedure seemed to go without any problem but when I inserted the USB drive in my Desktop PC and changed the boot menu to USB I received the message "boot error". Any recommendations? Thank you.
stsc

Re: Create Mint LiveUSB from Windows using a GUI (UNetbootin

Post by stsc »

I have a terabyte external hard drive that I'd like to install the live image onto. But UNetbootin would not let me select the external. After I used a command line switch to let me pick the drive letter, it still wouldn't work. How do I install the live image onto an external hard drive?
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Re: Create Mint LiveUSB from Windows using a GUI (UNetbootin)

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Thank you. I just installed it on a USB for when I update to an SSD.
kbwoodworker

Re: Create Mint LiveUSB from Windows using a GUI (UNetbootin)

Post by kbwoodworker »

Thanks! This worked for me installing LinuxMint 18.2. I tried making a liveUSB using Rufus, and it didn't work for me, even though I'd recently used it successfully to make a Live USB for puppylinux. The Rufus-created puppylinux stick worked fine booting my Acer computers. But Rufus stick didn't work for 18.2, I just got a bunch of error messages. I tried UNetbootin using the same usb flash drives and now have both my Acers updated from Mate. It didn't work at first but I kept fiddling with it, turning the computers off, messing with the boot order and f12, etc. After while it worked fine. Just in case anyone wants to try this. Also, I downloaded my own ISO image, so that may make a difference.
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