Having live media that can boot both ways can be a problem when installing ubuntu onto currently available windows 8 computers. This package contains a version of grub that has been built for use with efi ia32 architecture, such as the one provided by intel macs that is, unless a bios interface has been activated. Consequently linux mint 16 supports efi installations, but cannot be dualbooted with ubuntu in efi mode. How to partition and configure drives for linux uefi boot. To boot into linux mint, restart your computer while pressing the shift key. After youve disabled faststartup mode in windows, reboot your pc. This is a linux userspace application to modify the intel extensible firmware interface efi boot manager configuration. I want to boot from the usb to try it live before installing it on my old computer.
Linux dvd images and howto for 32bit efi macs late 2006 models. Through this post, i will try to explain how to create a bootable uefi linux mint usb drive and how to boot from it. Feel free to start your own source tarball is available. This package contains a version of grub that has been built for use with efiia32 architecture, such as the one provided by intel macs that is, unless a bios interface has been activated.
Boot ubuntu and linux mint iso from clover bootloader. To boot into linux mint restart your computer and hold down the shift key. Also read useful linux mint tricks and tips user needs to know. Linux dvd images and howto for 32bit efi macs late 2006. Making the correct file choice in efi boot selection. How to install linux mint on your windows pc zdnet. If you install linux mint in the uefi mode, the installer will recognize it and it will. This application can create and destroy boot entries, change the boot order, change the next running boot option, and more. Once youve added grub2 to clover, now you just have to configure grub2 to boot directly into ubuntu and linux mint. Jul 23, 2014 not sure if linux mint fits your criteria but i was having problems installing linux lite on a new lenovo yoga 300 because it has windows 10 upgrade i needed a distro with uefi 64 bit. This page is a quick introduction to efi for linux users, including advice on.
This is efi based bootloader for biosbased computers created as a replacement to edk2duet bootloader. In most cases, its best to configure linux to boot in efi mode. In this article, i will show you how to make a linux mint 19 bootable usb drive and install linux mint 19 from it. If after installing linux mint in efi mode, you are unable to boot due to a secure boot. If you like it, the live file system on the linux usb device supports installation to your hard drive or even dualbooting of linux mint and windows 8 and 10. Sometimes while dual boot linux mint and windows 10, system crash due to some hardware issues. Download grub2 packages for alt linux, centos, debian, fedora, mageia, netbsd, openmandriva, opensuse, pclinuxos, solus, ubuntu.
How to boot and install linux on a uefi pc with secure boot. Fix cannot boot after installing linux mint in uefi mode. How to boot from a bootable uefi linux mint usb drive. Dual boot linux mint and windows 10 uefi after doing all the above process its time to dual boot linux mint and windows 10, to that so connect your bootable usb drive to computer that you created using win32 disk imager or rufus. After linux mint 17 was released back in mid2014, i published how to dualboot linux mint 17 and windows 8 on a pc with uefi firmware. Clover no longer develops 32bit versions, so here i only use grub2 efi 64bit to boot the 64bit operating system. This page is part of my managing efi boot loaders for linux document. Ive been researching this for the past week or so am new to linux having been trying to repair a linx 7 tablet and have found that a gptformatted usb with a 64bit mint 17. If youre not sure which one is right for you, cinnamon 64bit edition is the most popular. I got a force uefi installation in the next dialog for which i chose continue option and installed mint.
In this video i share with you my install of linux mint 19 cinnamon install, ill install to a custom partition which has a 512mb fat32 boot partition. I put it on a usb drive and it installed worked out of the box. Install linux mint 19 from a bootable usb drive h2s media. Boot linux mint in live mode with your usb stick or dvd. Linux mint places its boot files in bootefiefiubuntu to work around this bug. I have a san disk 16gb usb flash drive which i have installed a mint iso using yumi. After downloading the iso file, make sure to verify linux iso.
If you dont have such efi specific problems, installing refind and a suitable efi filesystem driver in windows will enable you to boot linux directly in efi mode. My computer supports uefi mode and it seems that the linux mint installation failed to install the boot loader into the efi partition, even though the installation completed successfully. Solved how to make a uefi install linux mint forums. But my pc only supports efi boot while adding the boot device, i need to provide an. Download a usb flash drive or cdr version of my refind boot manager. When the uefi boot menu appears, choose the use a device option and select usb efi drive.
In some rare cases, the boot partition may become corrupted or badly configured. I need to use a usb drive as an installation media for my mint and ubuntu. I decided to try another download of linux mint from a random mirror and noticed that today the downloaded is is called linuxmint19cinnamon64bitv2. You can get and install linux mint running on your pc either to try it out or as a. For that i have unetbootin to make the usb bootable. Lets check out how to use boot repair on linux mint. Ubuntus boot repair tool is a userfriendly gui program thats intended to fix a wide variety of boot issues. Jul, 2018 it is very strange, considering i just successfully installed linux mint.
Beta version of linux mint 19 is available for download at the time of this writing. Jun 26, 2018 boot ubuntu and linux mint from clover. How to install linux mint alongside windows 10 uefi. My question is how can i make my linux distribution by copying some files. I love linux mint, tried others always came back to mint. In any case, the boot repair utility can work like charm. After clicking on start rufus asks to select a mode in. Mar 21, 2020 use a linux mint usb drive as a way of testing linux mint to see if it is suitable for your needs. Linux mint 19 iso images in case you own a uefi computer stay away. How to install linux mint 19 alongside windows 10 or 8 in dual.
For uefi installation, you need an efi system partition and a root partition. Clover is an operating system boot loader for computers already equipped with an uefi firmware and for those equipped with legacy bios firmware. Linux mint 16 places its boot files in boot efi efi ubuntu to work around a bug in ubuntu. Linux mint installation guide for beginners average linux user. The final release of mint 17 is available, heres how it works for me on uefi firmware systems.
This video is about how to create a uefi bootable linux mint 64bit usb using rufus. Then use that linux usb to boot into a pc that uses uefi by. After poking around for a couple of hours, i found the cause of the problem. In the case of linux, misconfiguration in the grub settings is mostly the cause of the issue. How to dual boot linux mint and windows 10 uefi bouncegeek.
Linux mint 17 qiana released installation guide with. If you are installing arch linux on an ueficapable computer with an installed operating system, like windows 10 for example, it is very likely that you already have an efi system partition. How to install linux mint 19 from usb drive linux hint. After clicking on start rufus asks to select a mode in which the image iso file is written on usb. Before starting the main topic, we will discuss a little about what is linux mint. Browse for the downloaded linux mint iso file and select it. The computer is a dell xps 9343 i think this was the first xps, about 4 years old. This can be a perfectly good solution, and it will be equivalent to what i describe next.
Efi boot order if after installing linux mint in efi mode, your computer skips the boot menu and boots straight into windows or another operating system, you probably have an issue with the boot order. How to create a uefi bootable linux mint 64bit usb using. An operating system os may support u efi macos, windows 7, 8, or 10, linux or not windows xp. To install a clean linux mint on a pc, first, download the iso file from here. It doesnt matter whether youre running linux mint natively or from a usb flash drive.
This tool is free and available for windows and linux ubuntu and derivatives. If a web search has brought you to this page, you may want to start at the beginning. How to create a uefibootable linux mint usb drive lifewire. Jan 15, 2020 in this article, we will examine how to setup and configure the mint system on a desktop or laptop. How to install linux mint 19 alongside windows 10 or 8 in. Feb 05, 2017 this video is about how to create a uefi bootable linux mint 64bit usb using rufus. When the uefi boot menu appears to choose the use a device option and select the usb efi drive on the next window.