From here:
http://www.linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=158
Download the ISO from one of the mirrors. Afterwards, burn it to a disc (or copy it to a usb stick) and boot from it. You’ll have to reformat your hard drives with a different file system so make sure you backup your stuff first.
Documentation:
http://www.linuxmint.com/documentation/user-guide/Cinnamon/english_17.0.pdf
WikiHow:
I tried mint and Ubuntu just the way you said and nothing when I put the CD in it say to put in the boot cd and press anykey its a little hard to put in a disc that is already in so Like i said I guess I am out of luck nothing I have done seams to work so no Linux for me.
There are many tutorials for this on the web: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GettingUbuntu
I suspect you are either not burning it properly (it’s not just copying the file), or you haven’t told your computer that it can boot from the disc drive. Try looking for your boot order in the bios/uefi
I read and followed the link to the T and still can’t get it to work I get the same error telling me to put in a boot disc.
Ok, I see that it is hard do you give us some information. Please, you answer so we can help you.
You mention “CD”. Nowadays most distributions do not fit on a CD, such as Ubuntu. Are you referring to DVD?
What is the size of the Ubuntu “iso” you downloaded? What program do you use on Windows to burn the DVD?
sorry yes a dvd.
Ubuntu is 981 mb and he mint is 1.28 gb
what ever windows came with I use to burn CD.
Ok. You must burn the DVD as iso, not as data. I do not know Windows integrated burner, but if you open the file explorer and double click on the iso file, it should direct open a window to burn as iso. Anyway to stop spending DVD’s, if you have an empty USB flash drive, you should try to create a bootable USB flash drive with:
http://www.linuxliveusb.com/en/download
http://www.linuxliveusb.com/en/help/guide
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=linux+live+usb+creator
From LiLi you chose your downloaded iso file, not downloading again isos through LiLi. The latest supported versions for Ubuntu and Mint are 14.04 and Mint 17. But you could also use it with newer versions.
If your computer is very old maybe you can not boot from the USB port.
You try to give us information about your computer or motherboard so that we can indicate what is the keyboard shortcut for the boot device menu.
when I double click i get
Is this what you need?
You try this burner:
https://cdburnerxp.se
https://cdburnerxp.se/help/Data/burn-iso
Open the program, select “Burn ISO image” and choose your downloaeded ISO file.
I do not find what is the key to the boot menu on your computer. Maybe when the computer starts, it briefly shows which is the boot menu key in the splash screen.
You turn on the computer (or restart) and before Windows starts alternately press the F12 key to see if you get the menu to select the boot device. If it does not work with the F12 key, you try the F8 or F11 key. Something like this:
Anyway remember that you can enter to the BIOS setup and choose the order of boot devices.
TYVM for all your help It worked!!!
Ok, great!
Just as you need time to learn how to do all these things in Windows, you should know that Linux is different and you need time to learn it. So now you can try the Linux distribution that you would most like in Live mode, then later you can install for better performance. Remember to backup your critical data on Windows before proceeding.
new problem How do I install Blender to Linux been trying and just can’t figure it out?
the only way I could find to download it was through there app store and its 2.69 version and I cant find where it was downloaded to add the 2.72 file?
Getting the newer version is harder. You can add irie’s repository. But that stopped being maintained at 2.71 I think.
Or you can just download it from the blender.org website, and run the contained blender executable. If you want it to appear in the launcher, you can add a shortcut to it.
With linux, there’s no central ‘Program Files’ folder, things are a little more scattered.
I tryed downloading from blender site but cant install in on linux?and yes I did download the right one
Do you already have installed and running blender 2.69?
By the way, I think it is double click to run files on Ubuntu.
Another thing, you have downloaded the 64 bit version of Blender, so I assume you have installed Ubuntu 64 bits, not 32 bits.
I have 64 bit on both and yes I downloded the blender from there software center first.
I feel like such a dumbass that was it.:o
