Install Linux Mint live on a USB key with persistence fast and easy
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- Опубликовано: 14 июл 2024
- Easiest way to install Linux Mint live on a USB key with persistence using Rufus utility. Run Linux Mint Ulyana from USB with persistence
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00:00 Intro
00:22 Download Linux Mint
01:28 Download Rufus and copy the ISO file to USB Key
05:37 Boot the PC from the USB key
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Toshiba: Tap F12 or F2 when the Toshiba logo appears.
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Other: Try tapping Esc, F1-12, or Enter during bootup.
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All the files on the USB thumb drive will be deleted. So make sure you are using a USB drive that doesn't contain any data you want.
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Thank you, works 1st time, getting persistence. Excellent video.
Glad it helped
Thank you for this useful tutorial, I appreciate it
thank you so much for making this video!!!
great tutorial! It is almost an identical process in 2022. I use it to play games on school computers
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Thank you! I really wanted to try linux for awhile without committing to it and this was very clear and easy to understand
Glad it helped!
How much of disk space u got?
Straight to the point , thanks ❤
Thank you so much! You helped me a lot!
Glad you liked it!
Excellent! Thank you. Very clear, simple, and it worked with no problem.
did the information and work that you've done on the linux on usb stay after shutDown or unplug the usb ?
@@khalidking3394 Yes it did! Yes it does! Sorry for the delayed reply. Changes to system settings persist, and so do apps installed such as "Simple Scan," "LibreOffice," etc., and so do files such as documents, spreadsheets, etc.
This video is excellent and it's the best video on this topic!. Thank you for sharing your knowledge !!!
Glad it was helpful!
Great Video! Follwed your Kali Persistence video too. So much easier than most tutorials! Kepep it up :)
Awesome! Thank you!
thank you very much
wow. i relly did not know that linuxmint had persistence on small devices!
It worked! thanks!. I used a fast 128Gig drive. then later i created my own user account, and installed my own google chrome. When I turned off and on, the google chrome is still there! works!
You're welcome!
@@KnowledgeSharingTech Gread video, really usefull. Btw Softwares also be keeped?
@@hugoantunesartwithblender Yes
thanks a lot
thank you
TTHAAAANK YOU! works with 64gb usb on NFTS but I say use 46GB of persistent!
Hey So I can even do updates now right? (newbie)
cool
thx
Yes all wifi cards have native drivers in Linux. You can connect your laptop to a wired network and try to update Mint or you can try an external USB WIFI key
Thanks!
You bet!
I have done this exactly as shown in the video.
Some things are persistent such as background (wallpaper) change,
I have a bash script and app / extensions installed to support it and they remain installed after restarting however I am unable to make certain changes.
I am trying to get it to boot in text only mode instead of quiet splash, I am able to modify that grub file.
However when I try to… sudo update-grub
But it gives me an error of failed to get canonical path of ‘/cow’
occurs when the root file system is mounted as read-only.
So what am I doing wrong ?
Does this installation use proper graphics drivers, or does it do software rendering like what Live USBs would normally do?
Thank you
Welcome
Will changes to the OS like scanner drivers be installed on a laptop?
Thanks
No worries
I used another program other than Rufus to write the cinnamon iso to a 32gb usb. It did not give option to partition. Now my partition says 2gb for Linux mint, 1.4gb for file system and the rest is writable. Can I format the rest of the drive from here in the disks app and create persistence?
Can u pls tell how much storage is required to run mint os..
as i have 16gb pendrive and i think i forget to set that persistent size while making bootable but next time when i would be making then how much size should i set to be persistent??
Also when ever I open file manager in my live boot mint pendrive it always shows only 2gb space available...
So kindly tell me size limit i should set for persistent in 16gb pendrive..
Thanks for the video. Did you have any trouble connecting to wifi? I have seen other videos where they had to enter many commands in the terminal for the Linux program to recognize the built-in internal wireless card. (I think the Dell uses the Broadcom BCM43142 driver). I couldn't get anything to work,, so I ordered an external wireless card, made by Panda, that plugs into a USB port, and has an antenna built into it. Thanks again.
Some WIFI cards are not compatible. You did right, the panda external USB WIFI card is one of the best and I have one too
@@KnowledgeSharingTech Thank you,
I am unable to boot from the USB if I have persistence configured on the usb-stick. If I just flash the iso without persistence it will boot just fine. Any idea what is wrong? I'm using Thinkpad x250, secure boot is disabled and I've tried with both legacy and UEFI.
i will try linux mint live. idk its good distro y a listen a lot of this.
i develop android mobile apps and web nodejs .
About updates: does it allow the update manager to run? If so and it is kept up to date, what happens if I then click "install" and install it to the hard drive...is it the updated version? Thanks for your video.
The update will work but I didn't try installing after the update
I am struggling with re-booting a PC after the installation to HD, the secure boot/legacy is disabled. Am I doing something not right?
My pc showing error.
Grub rescue: No such partition partitions
I've installed windows 10+ Ubuntu on it.
Due to error "Grub rescue: No such partition partitions"
Will it save my data on hard disk??
If I run it from live usb?
hello, first thank you for the great tutorial, very useful, second, if i want to use it as my daily driver is it any good??, and is it safe to use on the long term? , and can i surf the web safely????, also can i install software??,and make some small changes to the operating system???? , also is it good to use usb 2.0??? is it functional???.,
Thank You....
Thank you, as with every other OS, it is how you use it that is important and how you protect it. Yes you can install SW and use USB 2.0 but it will be slow
@@KnowledgeSharingTech i agree, its how you use the thing, it does not matter how much the system is safe, but it matters how you use it..
What did you do to make it WITH PERSISTENCE?? I must have missed that.. I'll watch again...
I tried this and I didn’t like it since it was too slow, so I tried installing linux mint normally, which doesn’t require to turn off secure boot, but I kept getting the security violation error no matter what I do now, and when I turn off secure boot and try to install linux mint that way, it only shows the usb drive, nothing else, its driving me crazy, please help
Great video! Does it have any limitations compared to a normal installation?
Thank you. No limitations that I know off
@@KnowledgeSharingTech that's awesome! Thank you
Welcome
You can't install or work with drivers . And if you try to mess with default drivers . It wi create problems . And you can't change system file . It's just to keep your important files or working software with you so that when you change or work on other pc you don't need to download these softs there or go out of you comfort zone to adapt with others operating system .
@@CompilationError Agreed. I ran into that problem too, where everything got messed up. I had to re-download Mint to another USB drive, and start all over.
How do you do this from Linux Mint, though.
Help....installed on 3 PCs....but, u never talked about.....1. when I insert the USB I used OEM option and now when I start my PCs it says Temporary User.....why. Please advise.....cheers from Canada....2. On one PC it is alongside XP, and, on the other Linux Mint Cinnamon is all alone on a 500 GB HD.
Thank you for the video; it's interesting and very clear. Is this the same for the softwares that you can install in the live usb key?
Yes, absolutely
I use manjaro mostly . But i needed a on the go persistence usb . So i have choosen zorin os. And i did everything you did. But my files are not saving . If i restart all are gone . And in this video you didn't remove the usb. What if you remove the usb ? Will everything be removed? Btw . You did a awesome tutorial . ❤️❤️❤️ . Lots of love .
Thanks,. The persistent partition is created on the USB so it stays with it. If you remove the USB, you won't be able to operate Mint anymore so it should stay plugged in as long as you are using Mint.
You can't do with zorin. I tried to...but You can with Linux mint. Ubuntu mate.
Does it work fairly fast? I’ve tried to do this with Ubuntu, nothing about persistence though. And it was suuuper slow
It depends on your USB key and port. For ubuntu with persistence, do this: ruclips.net/video/g1tZ7X0U-8c/видео.html
@@KnowledgeSharingTech Thanks! i'll try it this way!
Shouldn't the drive be NTFS formatted? Otherwise how can it make a persistence file larger than 4GB?
The persistence is not a file but a volume. The 4GB limit on Fat32 applies to files sizes and not to volume sizes
@@KnowledgeSharingTech so why does everyone use mkusb and GParted?
I have followed same process still I'm not getting persistentce
What if I used this persistence to install the os on a laptop bro? Is it still persistent when I boot it again using the persistent flash drive?
You have to try it. I think it will still be persistent
@@KnowledgeSharingTech okay bro, thank you :D
@@michaeljaycastillo1839 So have you tried it? I'm curious.
@@sirlezard670 Nope, haven't make it work. But I tried using usb persistence before using Kali Linux but haven't tried Mint yet because I couldn't make it work.
Installed it but used the OEM option and didn't verify the ISO as it ws tooooo complicated. Please advise and shall I reinstall like you say?
Is persistence enabled with your installation? If yes, then it should also work
@@KnowledgeSharingTech YES....I ask again....is there any harm in using the OEM version or not? PLEASE respond....🙏🙏🙏
@@KnowledgeSharingTech No idea how to enable it ....I thought u were joking about the word ... persistence!!!
What is this Persistence Program u mentioned in your video name?
Persistence means that the OS when it runs from the USB key, even in live mode, it will retain its configuration and the files you created in the session after reboot.
@@KnowledgeSharingTech what happens to the rest of the space which is not given to persistence? Does it go to system?
And are you supposed to create swap partition in this?
Thankyou - this is almost prefect. All worked but it insists on auto-login which is a deal-breaker for me. I removed autologin statements from the etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf file, added a user password and removed mint from the nopasswdlogin group but it just re-added the autologin statements to lightdm.conf ans auto logged in again! Can you help solve this pls?
As far as I know, the live version always auto logs in.
Ok, many thanks for letting everyone know
Does it matter if its usb 2.0 or 3.0? Makes a difference?
Only for speed
This sistema is much easier but is there a difference between this install and the one who requires 2 usb drives?
Not that I know off
Why in Toshiba can't boot via fd
In toshiba you click esc repetidly
Cannot read your subtitles....what language is it?
I'm trying to do this on a Acer Chromebook but I can't seem to get the boot menu... Could you please help me ?
I didn't try it on a Chromebook. For Acer, it is usually the F12 key to get to the boot menu
@@KnowledgeSharingTech oh ok...I enabled function keys on my laptop so that I could get f12 by pressing search key and plus sign but it still didn't work...So I'm not too sure 🤷♀️ Anyways, thanks for this wonderful video 👏
@@littleoaklings5547 Welcome
Will it save my documents if you put it in another computer?
If you save your documents to the USB then yes
good tutorial but for god sakes have the actual window bigger i cant see shit
Yep, I arranged this in my recent videos
Does this persistence retain installed and updated software such as if you ran apt update and apt upgrade and apt install?
Yes
why it takes to remove partitions so much i have no partitions
If I understood you well, you want to clean up the USB key after you used it for Mint? If yes, use this method: ruclips.net/video/SlS6dh1FFxE/видео.html
It works but is super slow and keeps on freezing. Firefox is unusable.
This can work with a 16gb USB?
Yes
@@KnowledgeSharingTech cool, thanks!
@@jordiespinal6508 Welcome
Will this work if my PC is stuck in automatic repair screen
After confirming "Start Linux Mint" I only have black screen.
It didn't work for me
Rufus says [ error: device not ready ]
It's a problem with your USB key.
Rufus doesn't work on linux
wifi is not showing why😑😑
Not all wifi cards have native drivers in Linux. You can connect your laptop to a wired network and try to update Mint or you can try an external USB WIFI key
@@KnowledgeSharingTech ok thanks .
@@bluepanda8060 Welcome
Bro its showing error
What is the error you are getting?
@@KnowledgeSharingTech first of all thanks for replying dude and the error I'm getting is with Rufus when I start the process it says device not ready error
@@rishi8775 Please send me a screenshot to my email. It is in the about section of my channel
did not work
Didnt work for me. Boots fine but no persistence.