And want to try another Linux Distro via USB.I've been doing USB stick installs of Ubuntu for over ten years now, and although there have been problems, I've never been stuck like this! And it just works! NOTE: if you has already created an USB installed via USBImager. This is a tiny tool with less than 200 KB package size. USBImager is a free and open-source tool that works on Windows XP +, Mac OS 10.13 +, Arch, Manjaro, other Linux, and even Raspberry Pi OS. Option 2: Create bootable USB from Windows, Mac OS, or other Linux. You’ll see the ‘Installation Complete’ dialog.Īfter that, you can boot the USB stick and start installing Linux Mint. Click ‘Yes’ and it becomes the installing dialog with process bar.ĥ. And leave all other free space unallocated.Ĥ. Same to USBImager in Option 2: It creates two partitions in the USB stick: one for Linux Mint system files (about 2 GB) and anther for boot-loader (about 4 MB). A confirm dialog will pop-up prompts you that ‘All data in the USB drive be lost’. Finally click on “Make Startup Disk” to start the process.ģ. Click on “Other …” button and choose the Linux Mint ISO image.

Firstly search for and open USB Creator GTK from system app launcher.Ģ. For all other Linux, Windows, and Mac OS, just go option 2.ġ. If you have a PC or laptop running with Ubuntu, then this option is for you as it has an built-in USB creator app. Option 1: Create USB installer from an Ubuntu machine. So I choose USB-creator-GTK and USBImager among all the tools I've tested. NOTE there are quite a few USB creating tools in the web! However, some of them may sometimes not work or not perfect (e.g., Ventoy does not install in my case).

Computer running Windows, Linux, or Mac OS.

An USB stick with more than 4 GB memory.

The tutorial also works for creating bootable USB installer for Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, Manjaro, Arch Linux, and almost all Linux distros, though the title says for Linux Mint.

At the moment of writing, the latest release is Linux Mint 20.x based on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Linux Mint is a popular community-driven Linux distribution based on Ubuntu. Want to install Linux Mint using an USB drive? Well, here’s the step by step beginner’s guide shows you how to create the bootable USB installer from other Linux, Windows, or Mac OS.

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