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Re: [LUG] Start up disk

 

On 09/02/12 12:10, paul sutton wrote:
> On 09/02/12 11:56, Neil Winchurst wrote:
>> Having had a problem with starting up my distro recently (Mint 10 KDE)
>> it has occurred to me that it would be a good idea to create a start up
>> disk for such occasions.
>>
>> There seems to be a utility on my System menu which is call a 'Startup
>> disk creator'. Does anyone know anything about this, or have any advice
>> about it at all?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Neil
>>
> Yeah if this is like the one on ubuntu,  it can be used to take an iso
> image and put this on a usb disk in such a way it makes the disk
> bootable,  if you already have a mint cd then its the same sort of thing
> anyway,  so a good idea(ish) to have both.  esp if you have computers
> with no optical drive and no easy access to a usb optical drive.
> 
My computer does have an optical drive for CD/DVD and six USB ports.

> Plug in usb disk,  select required iso
> 
> One thing i had to do to create one for a different distro is to use
> unetbootin (or something) but for ubuntu It works, so I guess the one
> that comes with mint will work with mint images.
> 
Yes, this version of Mint is based on Ubuntu.

> I asked about this recently as I want to create a usb disk that can boot
> more than 1 distro,
> 
I shall want this for my desktop computer only.

Thanks

Neil

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