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woeful charm Dec 5, 2023, 11:10 PM

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I have Linux dvds and currently downloading Ubuntu but would like to try Mint. My dvd drive sounds like a '64 Dodge pickup rn but I think it's still alive. Hopefully I'll have a new OS and can get rid of windows altogether at some point

hearty widget Dec 5, 2023, 11:18 PM

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@woeful charm do you have a usb?

woeful charm Dec 5, 2023, 11:19 PM

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Yes I don't have an empty flash drive though but I can grab one of needed

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Sold out last time I checked

hearty widget Dec 5, 2023, 11:20 PM

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@woeful charm what does it have on it?

woeful charm Dec 5, 2023, 11:22 PM

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Not sure. My wife has 2 usb drives with stuff on

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Might be work stuff

hearty widget Dec 5, 2023, 11:22 PM

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@woeful charm move them to a safe place just temp

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install ventoy

woeful charm Dec 5, 2023, 11:23 PM

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After Ubuntu finishes?

hearty widget Dec 5, 2023, 11:23 PM

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or on another pc/laptop

summer sinew Dec 5, 2023, 11:24 PM

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If you have important stuff on those USB drives, I suggest backing up that data to somewhere else because USB storage devices are unreliable

woeful charm Dec 5, 2023, 11:24 PM

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Yeah they're in a drawer

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Man this dvd drive sounds like an old lawn mower

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Nuts I think it actually died. Never hardly used it until now

woeful charm Dec 5, 2023, 11:33 PM

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hearty widget or on another pc/laptop

I guess I should abort mission and shut down but the Ubuntu install cursor is still spinning

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Oop it started up again after I hit esc

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Yeah this isn't working

hearty widget Dec 5, 2023, 11:48 PM

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@woeful charm do you have a spare pc to install the iso to?

lethal snow Dec 6, 2023, 12:05 AM

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summer sinew If you have important stuff on those USB drives, I suggest backing up that data ...

putting info on ssd's or harddrives is a good choice

woeful charm Dec 6, 2023, 10:19 AM

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lethal snow putting info on ssd's or harddrives is a good choice

My wife uses the usb sticks probably for work so I'm not concerned about that.

woeful charm Dec 6, 2023, 10:19 AM

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hearty widget <@670758429857415210> do you have a spare pc to install the iso to?

No only an iPad

woeful charm Dec 6, 2023, 7:35 PM

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OK I bought a 64gb flash drive 👌

hearty widget Dec 6, 2023, 7:51 PM

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@woeful charm now install ventoy

woeful charm Dec 8, 2023, 11:03 AM

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I installed ventoy and it certainly isn't a plug and play

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My laptop takes 10 minutes to load any screen so this stuff is making me irate

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If it's this complicated to simply load a Linux os maybe I'm in over my head

summer sinew Dec 8, 2023, 11:06 AM

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Balena etcher is very simple, but it doesn't have the same features

woeful charm Dec 8, 2023, 11:07 AM

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The only exe I found created a dialog box and I put in the usb sick with mint os but then ventoy formatted the usb and installed itself in the usb instead

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