Hello, I have a laptop onto which I'd like to install Linux Mint.
On my Ubuntu desktop machine, I downloaded the Linux Mint ISO from linuxmint.com. I then ran the 'Startup DIsk Creator' on the Ubuntu system, giving it a 4GB USB memory stick and the linuxmint-13-mate-dvd-32bit.iso file. The Startup DIsk Creator has run apparently successfully and the USB key now shows as a 4GB file system containing directories: /boot, /casper, /install, /preseed, /syslinux, /.disk and some top level files including autorun.inf. However, when I put this USB key into the laptop, although I have set the USB Key as top priority in the BIOS boot menu, the laptop just boots from the hard disk. I am pretty sure the ISO image itself is sound, as I have run the Mint system directly from the image in a VirtualBox VM. The User Guide talks about burning the ISO to a DVD and not to a USB key. Is there anything else I need to do to make a bootable USB key from an ISO image? -- best regards, Victor Churchill, Bournemouth -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2012-06-12 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
