Here’s a short howto about the creation of a bootable USB flash drive for installing the latest version of Linux Mint. All operations described here after take place on Mint 13.
- 1 – Download Mint 15 ISO file (linuxmint-15-mate-dvd-64bit.iso) from this page
- 2 – Plug your USB drive
- 3 – Open a terminal in the folder where you have downloaded Mint 15 ISO file.
- 4 – Find the USB device name with the df command:
$ df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sda1 455G 33G 400G 8% / udev 1.9G 4.0K 1.9G 1% /dev tmpfs 791M 1.1M 790M 1% /run none 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock none 2.0G 76K 2.0G 1% /run/shm /dev/sdb1 15G 13G 2.0G 87% /media/CORSAIR
- 5 – Unmount the USD flash drive. This is important for the last step:
$ umount /dev/sdb1
- 6 – The last step: the creation of the bootable USB flash drive with the dd command. Pay attention to the name of the USB device: /dev/sdb and not /dev/sdb1 which is a partition in the device:
$ dd bs=1M if=./linuxmint-15-mate-dvd-64bit.iso of=/dev/sdb
The copy lasts few minutes depending on the writing speed of the USB flash drive. Now your bootable USB flash drive is ready!
cool thanks!!
Hi. When I run the dd command, I get a message that says “dd: opening ‘/dev/sdg1’: Permission denied”
What am I doing wrong? sdg1 is my flash drive.
@JT : just add sudo before:
Hope that helps.
JeGX – Yes that worked! The dd command did write the data to my USB stick, though it is still not bootable! I am using the ISO “linuxmint-15-cinnamon-dvd-64bit.iso”
Do I need to download a different ISO perhaps?
Be sure to use the correct name for your USB stick. If the df command shows /dev/sdg1 you have to use /dev/sdg with the dd command.
Thank you JeGX! This post and your help is appreciated. I did manage to get Mint 15 installed now. Do you have a blog or forum? You have been so much help!
EDIT: that last question was a dumb one. LOL
@JT: there is a forum here:
http://www.geeks3d.com/forums/
I have tried so many programs and only this really works!!
Many thanks!!!