Linux Tips - Install Linux Mint 21 Vanessa on a USB Drive (2022)

Install Full Persistent Linux Mint 21 Vanessa on a USB drive.
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00:00 Introduction
00:52 Download Linux Mint ISO
01:52 Create Linux Mint Live USB with rufus
03:04 Linux Mint Live USB Environment
03:38 Setting up USB partitions
05:05 Fixing EFI entries
06:28 Booting Linux Mint from USB
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[NSOV]

Dude, I just have to tell you thank you. I've scoured so many forums trying to figure this out for a couple days to no avail. You're the best!

[eliteslayer]

This was the most helpful video I have found all year... Thank YOU!

[tonyflip]

Amazing video. Worked like a charm. Don't forget to watch to the end for the stuff about copy/pasting boot and efi folders to the new drive.

[abusaidfulus]

Great tool.

Every time I insert a USB drive to the office computer, it is being blocked due to network domain policies.

But now, I am able to copy files to and from USB port-restricted PC's by booting the system through USB.

Big thanks for the tutorial
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[archie-]

Thank you ADA, this worked great. I removed my M.2 SSD from my laptop before live booting into Linux Mint on the 1st USB and this forced the GRUB to be installed on the 2nd USB (External SSD) and worked a treat :D

[firemouz]

This is the best Video for installing Linux Mint (persistent) on an USB-Drive i found. Very important for me was the bootloader (EFI) Information at the end of the Video. Thank you very much.

[dinhhuypham]

Thank you for this guidline with step-by-step

[Belomoh]

Thanks man it worked i really appreciate it from my heart
Tip: DON’T ADD SWAP MEMORY WHEN USING A FLASH DRIVE CAUSE IT WILL TAKE TOO LONG TO COPY FILES (atleast for me)

[duduonyu]

Great!! And thank you speaking to us (and English!!!)

[Mcbunaen]

Thanks! I'm making this comment from my newly installed Linux Mint Edge on my 1tb USB drive!

[MotownBatman]

Thanks Brotha!
I was having an issue with my Win11 VM & MacOS.
Years ago (I Started Mint 3/4) and even thru the early 2010s, Mint couldn't Install from one USB to Another. Everyone including myself argued and Tried this but it Wouldnt Work.
For a While, UNetBootin in Ubuntu/Mint Would Allow a Persistence File (Radial CheckBox) that WORKED FLAWLESSLY!
Then around the Time of Ubuntu 16.04, UNetBootin Removed it, OR the Option was there, but it never worked Again.
I have an 8Gig (HUGE in 2012) Mint 17 Persistence Drive that I carried Everywhere, Especially when I went back to College Night Classes.

[NMW]

Thank you so much for the great tutorial. Every over Tutorial didnt work for me.

[maxz]

I don't remember doing this when making my first mint usb...

[tigreonice]

What partitions are recommended for a 32gb usb? Root Home swap etc?

[akmt]

Installed it but used the OEM option and didn't verify the ISO as it ws complicated. Please advise and shall I reinstall like you say?

[raffaelesilletti]

When I boot the install test it only let me move the mouse but unable to click on it

[GaryEJohney]

Beware I wanted a Bootable Linux Mint 21 with persistance and my account and created a non EFI or Legacy device, so the instructions, were a little different. After the install I wasn't able to reboot to Linux Mint 20.3 from the system I made the USBs on, I presume it had something do with the the bootable steps. Luckly I had a Timeshift backup just before starting this process. The USB did work which was nice. Just beware somehow I managed to change the host system, which I wasn't expecting.

[xabbbi]

I am having trouble installing, i followed all the instructions and changed the EFI entries, but when i try to boot into the usb drive from another pc it tells me: firmware bug no firmware reserved region can cover this rmrr. Someone had the same?

[PokeTheDude]

This mostly works for me but how do i get access to copy the folders from my internal disk to my external?

[Mcbunaen]

Say I want to use this drive for distro hopping. Can I just install using the default (non-advanced) option and leave the partitioning/formatting as it is? I'll probably try out Manjaro, Fedora, and Pop OS on this drive.