What is a Hybrid image?
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:
Pros:
- The resulting USB stick will act exactly like a liveCD/DVD.
- The process is fast and simple
- Hybrid ISOs are still compatible with Unetbootin and Startup Disk Creator
Cons:
- This method deletes all the data present on the USB drive
- The USB stick isn't persistent (though you can still use Unetbootin to do this).
How to make the USB stick?
Using mintStick
mintStick is installed by default in Linux Mint.
Launch "USB Image Writer" from the menu, select your ISO image and your USB device and press "Write to device".
Using the Terminal
It is really simple. Go to a Terminal and type:
sudo dd if=~/Desktop/linuxmint.iso of=/dev/sdx oflag=direct bs=1048576
Where '~/Desktop/linuxmint.iso' is the name and location of your downloaded image (located at the desktop in this example) and '/dev/sdx' is the target USB drive. If your system doesn't support 'oflag=direct', you can just leave it out as it is simply intended to speed up the process a bit.
If you don't know about the target USB drive path, run this command and figure out your destination drive.
If you don't know about the target USB drive path, run this command and figure out your destination drive.
sudo fdisk -l
Warning: Make sure to set the correct device path, as this process will delete all data that was on the specified device previously!
Remember, don't include an integer for the USB drive, e.g. '/dev/sdx1', as it would refer to the existing partition on that drive and not the drive itself.
When the USB has been properly created by 'dd', there should be an output similar to this:
Remember, don't include an integer for the USB drive, e.g. '/dev/sdx1', as it would refer to the existing partition on that drive and not the drive itself.
When the USB has been properly created by 'dd', there should be an output similar to this:
sudo dd if=~/Desktop/linuxmint.iso of=/dev/sdb oflag=direct bs=1048576
706+1 records in
706+1 records out
740601856 bytes (741 MB) copied, 91.7024 s, 8.1 MB/s
706+1 records in
706+1 records out
740601856 bytes (741 MB) copied, 91.7024 s, 8.1 MB/s
Using Microsoft Windows
From Windows, you can use 'Pendrive Linux Universal USB Installer':
Alternatively, you can use 'Image Writer', an open source project from Launchpad.
https://launchpad.net/win32-image-writer/+download
Note: You might need to rename the ISO file and change its extension from .iso to .img for it to be accepted by Image Writer. To do this in Windows you can disable the setting 'Hide extensions for known file types' under 'Folder Options'.
https://launchpad.net/win32-image-writer/+download
Note: You might need to rename the ISO file and change its extension from .iso to .img for it to be accepted by Image Writer. To do this in Windows you can disable the setting 'Hide extensions for known file types' under 'Folder Options'.
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