How can I make boot media using Linux Mint?

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zzz
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Re: How can I make boot media using Linux Mint?

Post by zzz »

I have found a workaround to avoid Windows dual-boot:
download latest HIRENS BOOT CD from www.hirensbootcd.org;
boot that to give a Windows 10 desktop;
copy ifl_nonet_en_gui_x64.zip to it, via a ntfs usb stick;
and then run makedisk.exe to create IFL boot cd or usb stick.

This works very well and is fast and easy.
I will persist with the other methods suggested here.
All I have tried so far has failed.
I'm sure that is my fault because of misunderstandings.

Image for Linux is a magnificent programs with so many ways of using it.
So many options and choices!
I suppose it is designed for computer professionals.
And it is about sixty years ago since my time as an IBM systems engineer
working on System 360 and on the forerunner of the internet: "IBM 1050 Teleprocessing System".

Thanks again for all your support.
Brian K
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Re: How can I make boot media using Linux Mint?

Post by Brian K »

Thanks for letting us know that Hiren can run Makedisk.
zzz
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Re: How can I make boot media using Linux Mint?

Post by zzz »

Feedback:
I worked through Paul's detailed steps above.
These involved "installing" IFL and then making a boot stick.
After many tries and after two hours I made one that seems to work.
But IFL did not seem to be "installed" on my computer!

It did not appear anywhere on the Linux Mint 21 cinnamon menu.
So I looked in the IFL manual, which said:
"Image for Linux is not “installed” in the usual sense of the word. Instead, you run
Image for Linux by creating the bootable media that contains the Image for Linux
program. Then, you simply boot with that media to run Image for Linux."

So why on earth is the word "installed" used?
I can now see that to be the root cause of my confusion!
Can you think of anything else I might be missing and that could be useful?
TeraByte Support(PP)
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Re: How can I make boot media using Linux Mint?

Post by TeraByte Support(PP) »

If you want a shortcut you need to create one. The steps vary depending on which distro you're using. Several examples are shown at the end of the tutorial.
https://www.terabyteunlimited.com/howto ... tup_linux/
zzz
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Re: How can I make boot media using Linux Mint?

Post by zzz »

Dear Paul - I do not want a shortcut.

Now that I have discovered the rebirth of hirensbootcd I can use Windows makedisk.exe without having Windows installed as a dual-boot with Linux Mint.
(Here I'm using installed with its usual meaning.)

To "uninstall" IFL from the computer it's on, is it just a matter of deleting its folder?
Or is it beneficial to get rid of the various 32-bi libraries etc. as well?
TeraByte Support(PP)
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Re: How can I make boot media using Linux Mint?

Post by TeraByte Support(PP) »

You can just delete the IFL folder to remove those files.

Leaving the 32-bit libs is fine (they don't take up much space), but they could be removed if desired (assuming nothing else is using them). The commands are below:

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sudo apt-get autoremove lib32z1 libjpeg62:i386 libxext6:i386 libxft2:i386 libxinerama1:i386 libstdc++6:i386 libncursesw5:i386 libxcursor1:i386
sudo rm /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libpng12.so.0
sudo rm /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libpng12.so.0.54.0
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