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On 09/02/12 12:10, paul sutton wrote: > On 09/02/12 11:56, Neil Winchurst wrote: >> Having had a problem with starting up my distro recently (Mint 10 KDE) >> it has occurred to me that it would be a good idea to create a start up >> disk for such occasions. >> >> There seems to be a utility on my System menu which is call a 'Startup >> disk creator'. Does anyone know anything about this, or have any advice >> about it at all? >> >> Thanks >> >> Neil >> > Yeah if this is like the one on ubuntu, it can be used to take an iso > image and put this on a usb disk in such a way it makes the disk > bootable, if you already have a mint cd then its the same sort of thing > anyway, so a good idea(ish) to have both. esp if you have computers > with no optical drive and no easy access to a usb optical drive. > My computer does have an optical drive for CD/DVD and six USB ports. > Plug in usb disk, select required iso > > One thing i had to do to create one for a different distro is to use > unetbootin (or something) but for ubuntu It works, so I guess the one > that comes with mint will work with mint images. > Yes, this version of Mint is based on Ubuntu. > I asked about this recently as I want to create a usb disk that can boot > more than 1 distro, > I shall want this for my desktop computer only. Thanks Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq