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Re: [LUG] Start up disk

 

On 09/02/12 12:43, Neil Winchurst wrote:
> 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
>
Should work fine then,  

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