Got it, I dual boot off of one SSD. I'm gonna set up a 128GB thumb drive

to boot Mint (maybe Ubuntu). I've done it with a small USB on slower USB and it was OK. Better than running off of bootable DVD, though that was pretty cool too. The DVD Mint (14.X I think) would make a little swap drive on the HD and delete it on exit/shutdown. Still kinda slow (running the OS off the DVD) but it did allow you to get into computer with a bad Windows boot sector, and you could get to all of the data files on the bad drive. I've recovered a lot of data for a lot of people with a bootable linux DVD or USB when Windows boot sectors died.

In response to this post by Major Kong

Posted: 02/28/2018 at 9:59PM

Posting from my PC using Linux Mint 18.3 OS... -- Major Kong 02/28/2018 6:22PM

I'm really tempted to build a computer for Linux use. -- EDGEMAN 02/28/2018 7:09PM

Ubuntu is one of the easiest to setup. ** -- UTPr0sim 02/28/2018 8:55PM

Slackware ** -- vtbones 02/28/2018 8:22PM

Mint 18.3 w/cinnamon is slick and an easy transition from Windows 10... -- Major Kong 02/28/2018 8:21PM

So you boot and run off the thumb drive? Used to boot off of a DVD -- RichwebHokie 02/28/2018 8:54PM

I used a dvd that I burned the ISO too and installed on an open SSD... -- Major Kong 02/28/2018 9:05PM

Got it, I dual boot off of one SSD. I'm gonna set up a 128GB thumb drive -- RichwebHokie 02/28/2018 9:59PM

Just do like MK above. Set your PC up to dual boot Window and Mint -- RichwebHokie 02/28/2018 7:59PM

Inside (more) -- FfxStationHokie 02/28/2018 7:26PM

Dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda1 -- FfxStationHokie 02/28/2018 6:42PM

Got it, I dual boot off of one SSD. I'm gonna set up a 128GB thumb drive

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