How to install Mint 7

robinbredin · 28 Aug 2009 at 19:56

Hi, I got Mint 7 on a cd off PCPlus mag 286, and I was wondering how do I install it. Do i burn the ISO so I can bot off it to install it or what. Can anybody help me out. Thanks :rolleyes:

robinbredin · 28 Aug 2009 at 20:30

Sorry, got it now. You have to burn the ISO, then boot off the disc. Being a live CD, you could use before you install, and i must say, that I was impressed with it.

Meridian · 28 Aug 2009 at 21:52

Yes - Mint is usually good, and this is the best yet. I prefer it to Ubuntu, which it is based on.

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uv · 28 Aug 2009 at 22:47

robinbredin said:
You have to burn the ISO, then boot off the disc

You can also make a bootable USB stick using a tool called unetbootin - very helpful if you want to check out multiple linux distros without wasting DVDs

PermaBanned · 31 Aug 2009 at 18:15

Didn't you say you got it from a mag? Doesn't that mean that it's on a disc already?

Shiroi · 31 Aug 2009 at 18:59

I assume the disk had other content included with it as well, Mint is only about 600mb, so perhaps there was the iso and 100mb of other stuff

robinbredin · 1 Sep 2009 at 20:53

Didn't you say you got it from a mag? Doesn't that mean that it's on a disc already?

Yes, I got it off PC PLUS mag 286, which is out this month.

PermaBanned · 1 Sep 2009 at 21:20

So why can't you boot it from that disc? The Discs i've got from Linux Format all let me do that... i think. I'd check, but i didn't have a SATA cable long enough to plug my optical drive in

robinbredin · 1 Sep 2009 at 22:32

So why can't you boot it from that disc? The Discs i've got from Linux Format all let me do that... i think. I'd check, but i didn't have a SATA cable long enough to plug my optical drive in

I ended up having to burn it from the ISO supplied on the disc.