Traditionally, tools such as 'startup disk creator' or 'unetbootin' were needed to install linux mint via usb. with hybrid images, you can simply write the content of the iso and make a bootable usb stick which can install linux mint by using the 'dd' command. pros: the resulting usb stick will act exactly like a livecd/dvd.. From windows, rufus can be used to make a linux mint 19 bootable usb drive. first go to the official website of rufus at https://rufus.akeo.ie/ and you should see the following window. scroll down a little bit to the download section and click on rufus portable link as marked in the screenshot below.. In the following visihow tutorial, we're going to go through the steps on how to create a bootable linux mint usb flash drive. we recommend using a usb drive for testing out linux mint as it's quick enough to get a feel for how the os will function..
Linux mint 16 is released few days ago with many new features and shiny interface . you can see more about linux mint new features and… in this tutorial i will show you how to create bootable usb of linux mint ( 16 petra , but it works for other versions also ) in windows, linux and mac osx .. Steps to create linux mint live/installation usb drive. step 1: get an empty usb drive of at least 2 gb, but i don’t recommend not more than 8 gb because not all pcs can boot through usb drives of more than 8 gb capacity.. Linux mint is free of charge (thanks to your donations and adverts on the website) and we hope you'll enjoy it. some of the packages we distribute are under the gpl. if you want to access their source code you can use the apt-get source command..
