



But I was able to boot a different computer with an older MoBo with the original 32GB iso. Thanks to everyone who offered help! I am happy to say I am replying to this post from a booted USB Linux Mint Cinnamon 19.2 - I used a different stick, a 64GB SanDisk - total overkill. Has anyone else had this problem and solved it? So far, I have not had any luck with the usual web search to find a solution to this strange problem. I then had to go back into the System Settings (BIOS/UEFI setup) to run as usual. It simply kept cycling through the countdown sequence but never got to the bootloader. This also failed, although it looked promising, because it did a count-down from 7 with the Linux Mint Logo showing but then went to the grub loader.ģ-I then changed the Boot priority, moving the USB to the first device to boot from, saved this setting. The current boot uses BIOS Compatibility Mode which I believe will recognize either MBR or GPT partition table, MBR being associated with BIOS and GPT being associated with UEFI.Ģ-I then tried to use the feature on my ASUS MoBo to boot directly into the chosen device. This would not boot as well.ġ- I changed the boot settings by disabling Fast Boot. I used an MBR rather than a GPT as the partition table. When this would not boot, I reformatted the stick and tried using Rufus on WIndows 10 to create the iso on the stick. iso file.) Then I use the Image Writer to copy the. (Yes, I verified the sha256sum.txt file and the. I downloaded Linux Mint Cinnamon 64-bit 19.2 (Tina) from a mirror. I tried two ways to create the bootable USB, using the built-in tools USB Stick Formatter and USB Image Writer. The choice is controlled by a grub bootloader which I installed as part of creating the dual boot system. My current system is a dual boot between Windows 10 and Linux Mint Cinnamon 19.2 with the default being the latter. Today, in preparation to revamp my backup practices, I tried to boot off a USB.
