creating bootable USB Linux Mint Cinnamon 22 இழை இடுபவர்: MollyRose
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MollyRose 
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I have to do something by this Friday (because Firefox says it won't work any more, and I already have problems with other browsers, too) so that I can continue to use the internet on my
Mac mini, late 2012. I'm using High Sierra, OS 10.13.
After much trepidation, I finally decided I have to get Linux, and I have found which "distro" I should use (Linux Mint Cinnamon 22.1, Xia). I downloaded it and did the first steps to create a bootable USB, but it looks like I have ... See more I have to do something by this Friday (because Firefox says it won't work any more, and I already have problems with other browsers, too) so that I can continue to use the internet on my
Mac mini, late 2012. I'm using High Sierra, OS 10.13.
After much trepidation, I finally decided I have to get Linux, and I have found which "distro" I should use (Linux Mint Cinnamon 22.1, Xia). I downloaded it and did the first steps to create a bootable USB, but it looks like I have to start over.
My thumb drive is ruined and I was not able to restore it from Terminal, so I have to buy another one. Even though the website(s) said certain versions of Etcher work with my computer, it would not open the Linux iso. It gave a message (not until after I had installed Etcher each time) that the version was incompatible with the computer. The last version I tried was a very early one, which apparently ruined my USB drive. The computer automatically ejected it and would not recognize it any more.
So now I am going to try to do it with UNebootin. Hopefully I won´t have problems finding the right version, and it will work! There is Rufus, too, but after reading some things about it, I don´t think it will be a good idea.
I´m going to get a read-write DVD disk, too, just in case. I have a device that I can attach by USB port. Hopefully I won´t have to put Linux on a DVD, though, since I read that burning onto a disk has a risk of errors.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
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I also bricked a USB stick last year formatting various ISOs on and off; not sure whether I wore it down as it was nearing end of life or something in the formatting process killed it. On the other hand, I have a very old Ubuntu DVD from 2009 that still boots just fine in a pinch. I think I’ve used it to prepare live USBs too so I didn’t have to do it from Windows
I can’t give any Mac-specific advice, but if all ... See more I also bricked a USB stick last year formatting various ISOs on and off; not sure whether I wore it down as it was nearing end of life or something in the formatting process killed it. On the other hand, I have a very old Ubuntu DVD from 2009 that still boots just fine in a pinch. I think I’ve used it to prepare live USBs too so I didn’t have to do it from Windows
I can’t give any Mac-specific advice, but if all else fails, there are websites that sell ready-made bootable sticks for various distributions. I can’t vouch for any specific one, but I found one that lists them at about 10 USD (and considerably less for DVDs). I would strongly advise not buying them from random resellers on eBay or Amazon.
You may be able to get more specific advice from the Mint forums; I don’t know what Apple hardware is supported or how the formatting/install process goes on them. ▲ Collapse
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I don't know if it was a .img.dmg or just a .dmg. I clicked the downloaded .dmg and the arrow to Applications and that part seemed to work as normal. I can check when I get home. That link from Gjorgji looks very complicated. I'm a "user," not a "programmer." I hope I don't have to go through all that!
When I first downloaded Linux, I saved it directly to the USB drive and then put Etcher on the main computer. After the first failed try to open Linux after using Etcher, I did a simp... See more I don't know if it was a .img.dmg or just a .dmg. I clicked the downloaded .dmg and the arrow to Applications and that part seemed to work as normal. I can check when I get home. That link from Gjorgji looks very complicated. I'm a "user," not a "programmer." I hope I don't have to go through all that!
When I first downloaded Linux, I saved it directly to the USB drive and then put Etcher on the main computer. After the first failed try to open Linux after using Etcher, I did a simple copy of the Linux .iso to the computer desktop (so I could find it easily), deleted it from the USB, and tried again with an older version of Etcher. Is that Linux .iso ok, or do I have to download it again directly to the computer, since there's a difference between an image and contents? I read conflicting instructions. One website said to download Linux first and then Etcher, and another one said to open Etcher first and Then download Linux and click the dmg icon and then flash.
So, I guess I was really supposed to download Linux onto the Main Computer and send it to Applications. Then use whatever tool that works to create a bootable USB. Right? Or was I not supposed to send it to Applications yet, and do the tool first? Maybe that was part of my problem.
Anybody know what tool would work that won't mess up anything? ▲ Collapse
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If you tried to format the USB using an ISO file that was on it, that may well be the reason it broke: you were trying to create an operating system on it while deleting the file it was based on! (I’m not an expert on that sort of thing, but it seems a likely cause to me.)
You definitely should download the ISO to your desktop and create the bootable media from there. I have never heard of Etcher, but I can’t imagine that the order of operations between downloading it or the ISO... See more If you tried to format the USB using an ISO file that was on it, that may well be the reason it broke: you were trying to create an operating system on it while deleting the file it was based on! (I’m not an expert on that sort of thing, but it seems a likely cause to me.)
You definitely should download the ISO to your desktop and create the bootable media from there. I have never heard of Etcher, but I can’t imagine that the order of operations between downloading it or the ISO would matter. It’s the recommended tool by Mint’s official installation instructions, so it should work as described with your ISO safely stored on your hard drive  Etcher’s website says it supports "macOS 10.10 (Yosemite) and later", so you should be fine as long as you download the right version (X64 for an Intel processor or ARM64 for an Apple M1 or Apple Silicon processor, which you can check in "About This Mac").
I don’t know what "sending it to Applications" implies exactly or would do in this context, so I can’t really comment on that, but it seems extraneous to the usual process and isn’t mentioned by the official instructions.
It’s possible that your computer has 32-bit architecture, which would explain why you had trouble running Etcher and/or why it said your computer is not compatible, as Mint only supports 64-bit architectures. In that case, you might have to try a much older version of Mint or a different distribution aimed at older hardware.
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Ofc, you shouldn't download the .iso on the same USB, on which you want to create bootable Linux USB.
You should download your .iso on your hard drive.
And on the link are instructions for manually converting that .iso into .img.dmg and coping it to that USB.
It is a little complicated, yes, and be prepared to be more complicated when you install that Linux. For me it was like learning the basics all over again.
Ha... See more Ofc, you shouldn't download the .iso on the same USB, on which you want to create bootable Linux USB.
You should download your .iso on your hard drive.
And on the link are instructions for manually converting that .iso into .img.dmg and coping it to that USB.
It is a little complicated, yes, and be prepared to be more complicated when you install that Linux. For me it was like learning the basics all over again.
Have you seen this?
https://www.linux.org/threads/how-to-create-linux-usb-from-iso-in-osx-high-sierra.31859/
You can also do this
Dual booting, to keep your current High Sierra OS and add linux mint to as an option for booting
https://medium.com/@genebean/dual-booting-macos-high-sierra-and-linux-mint-4bbc21b830ef
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Thank you, Gjorgji and Bruno for your time and thoughtful replies. I really appreciate it and pray that you get the help you need for whatever occasion might arise.
I finally understood that the download goes to the main computer and you create a bootable flash drive from that. I tried again last night with a new flash drive, but that got messed up, too. I don´t think I did anything wrong; the configuration just wasn't ideal. But I was able to get in touch with a friend who is in I... See more Thank you, Gjorgji and Bruno for your time and thoughtful replies. I really appreciate it and pray that you get the help you need for whatever occasion might arise.
I finally understood that the download goes to the main computer and you create a bootable flash drive from that. I tried again last night with a new flash drive, but that got messed up, too. I don´t think I did anything wrong; the configuration just wasn't ideal. But I was able to get in touch with a friend who is in IT and knows all that stuff in Mac, Linux, and Windows. He agreed to do it for me today. He used a modern computer to download Mint and create a bootable USB drive, and then he installed it on my computer. Now I can boot it up in either Mac or Linux OS. And it has Firefox on there.
Hooray! I'm not stressed out now. Whew! ▲ Collapse
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That's great! That should be the biggest hurdle behind you. For nearly everything else, Mint is quite user-friendly
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Great, Molly! I always find instructions on Google for this kind of stuff written by IT guys and I just follow them, although I'm not very familiar with Mac, but OS' are tomatoes-tomatos and too bad that I'm not your neighbor, I'd fix that for you.
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