Booting from USB

[logan01]

Once the stick is created, all is well, and the stick has been removed, pc shutdown and then powered up again with the stick reinserted, will the "stick" show on the Grub (black) boot options screen or does it get on the list via a change performed in BIOS, ........?

Thanks

[Qqmike]

It will not ever show on the GRUB menu (unless you somehow edited that menu to make it show).

It would show up on the boot menu of rEFInd.

It will show up on the boot menu(s) of your firmware-BIOS-UEFI screens.

[logan01]

It will not ever show on the GRUB menu (unless you somehow edited that menu to make it show).

It would show up on the boot menu of rEFInd.

It will show up on the boot menu(s) of your firmware-BIOS-UEFI screens.

Thanks. It was only a hope. BIOS is easy enough.

Would you give this your ok please? sudo dd if=/home/richard/Downloads/linuxmint-17.3-cinnamon-64bit.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=4M && sudo sync

[Qqmike]

Looks good to me, assuming your USB is seen as /dev/sdb, which I think we established in another thread with lsblk or something.

[logan01]

Looks good to me, assuming your USB is seen as /dev/sdb, which I think we established in another thread with lsblk or something.

Thanks. I'll run lsblk just to make double sure.

[logan01]

That was quick.

[logan01]

I click on Lexar to see what's inside (Mint). When I click I get an error msg atop Dolphin. And whether I left / right click Lexar, I don't get the "safely remove device" in the drop down menu. Is that error msg any concern?

[elijathegold]

You can't safely remove because it hasn't been mounted yet. I had a similar issue with a BunsenLabs USB key which wouldn't mount even after I unplugged it and plugged it in again. It still successfully installed the OS on my oldest machine though.

[logan01]

So hope you're saying that message atop Dolphin is likely to be ignored (by me)? Hope so. I also downloaded Mint 17.3 KDE which will go on another flash drive. Thanks.

[logan01]

Yippee! Here I am using the Cinnamon stick. Pretty cool (for me). Took us less than a week. Not bad for me. Perhaps a record? Ain't it perdy?

[logan01]

Now that I think about it, unlike when I did a "live" Ubuntu prior to becoming a Kubuntuite, Mint didn't offer "try / install. I reckon it defaults to "try". There's an install option on the desktop however. Hope I can hide / remove it so there's no inadvertent install process started. Am I dreaming this up; seems like I recall something like using "live" that downloads aren't allowed or something like that. True?

[Nasty7]

Now that I think about it, unlike when I did a "live" Ubuntu prior to becoming a Kubuntuite, Mint didn't offer "try / install. I reckon it defaults to "try".

Yes, it defaults to "Try"

Do you prefer the dd command as opposed to just using "Unetbootin"? No chance in getting commands wrong with the Installer Unetbootin, which is available in the Software Manager. Some distro's don't even need to be downloaded, just chosen from the Unetbootin Installer.

[logan01]

Yes, it defaults to "Try"

Do you prefer the dd command as opposed to just using "Unetbootin"? No chance in getting commands wrong with the Installer Unetbootin, which is available in the Software Manager. Some distro's don't even need to be downloaded, just chosen from the Unetbootin Installer.

I'll need to become familiar with Unetbootin. No knowledge. I used the dd command based on the guys helping me however, based on their input, I proceeded with caution. Glad I did. I found 2 separate errors I had made in that long dd string. Results might have not been too cool.

[Qqmike]

Am I dreaming this up; seems like I recall something like using "live" that downloads aren't allowed or something like that. True?

If I understand this right ...
In a live session, IME, you can download anything and use it in that live session. E.g., in a live session, you could download GParted Live iso, burn it to CD or make a live USB with it (using, say, dd), and it would all work great. Or download anything you want while in your live OS session, use it as you wish, or save it to one of your disks and/or to a CD and/or to a USB that you inserted while in that live session. Or, use something like Muon or another software management tool to download programs to use while you are in your live session (and it will all be gone after you exit your live session). Is this what you mean?

As for Unetbootin, we have discussed this many times around here. Many of us--including SteveRiley--have concluded that there are too many reports of problems with it. Even the Ubuntu help site on burning has made comments and cautions and warnings about it. Thus, we use the no-brainer dd (but you must correctly identify the target output file, "of=...", and you can do that using lsblk, fdisk or gdisk).

[logan01]

Oh, if push comes to shove, save a download to a usb. That's why you get paid the big bucks. Thanks.