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Project 1 Instructions
Project 1 Instructions
Project 1 Instructions
Getting Started
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Warning!
Even if you successfully follow all of the instructions in this guide, it’s possible
for other issues (such as hardware failure) to disrupt/corrupt the process.
It is highly suggested that you create a backup of your data before continuing to
ensure that none of your information is lost.
Instructions
The first result for “Linux Mint download” on the internet will
bring up the official website along with the ISO (a type of file that
stores what would typically be found on an operating system’s
installation disk) file download that we are looking for.
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2. Download A USB Writing Software
Once both the Linux ISO and flash drive writing software have
been set up, we can finally set up the bootable drive that will
contain the tools we need to install Linux:
i. Begin by plugging in
your flash drive to your
computer.
ii. Click the ‘Flash from
file’ button within the
balenaEtcher tool and
select the Linux ISO file
you downloaded.
iii. Click the ‘Select
Target’ button and select
the device name of your
flash drive.
iv. Click the ‘Flash!’
button once both the ISO
file and target drive have
been selected to begin the
process.
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Part B) Adjusting Your Harddrive Partition