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It’s usually the case…
Well I considered that … but came to the conclusion that would probably loose us too many members
Hahaha. 
Hi Mark,
I have installed ‘Startup Disk Creator’ and I have Peppermint 3 iso in the downloads folder.
I have a new 8 Gb pendrive that is recognised in File Manager.
I don’t think I would break anything if I try to create a Live USB, but I would rather ask for your help.
If you could, will you guide me through the instructions to create a Live USB ?
take care
Don W
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plug in your USB stick.
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Fire up Startup Disk Creator.
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(in Startup Disk Creator) click the “Erase Disk” button, to format the USB stick.
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Click the “Other” button, and point it at the Peppermint Three ISO image.
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Make sure there’s a tick in “Stored in reserve extra space” … and move the slider till it says it’s going to add a 2GB persistence file
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Click the “Make Startup Disk” button.
IIRC, It will prompt you for your password 3 times in total before it completes.
Done.
Hey Mark…could you write up a guide for the configurations you made to Peppermint OS 3? Sounds like I’d like to do everything you did (except I’d like to keep Mint updater).
So you mean the appearance stuff ?
Yepp!
OK, i’ll type sommat up tomorrow
awesome thanks!!
OK, I’m doing this from memory, so if I miss anything out, and it doesn’t end up looking how you expect, let me know.
Go to menu>Preferences>Customise Look and Feel
on the “Widget” tab, I selected Crux, but I think Clearlooks was the PM2 default.
on the “Icons Theme” tab, select “Feanza-Ambiance”
Mouse cursor I left White … IIRC it was black in PM2, but I prefer white.
on the “Windows Border” tab, select “Peppermint”
Click “Apply”, then click “Close”
OK, now for the panel (taskbar in Windows speak) …
Right click the bottom panel, and select “Panel Settings”
On the “Appearance” tab, put a tick in “Image” (background.png) … also put a tick in Font>Custom Colour, then click the colour button just to the right, and in the “Pick a Colour” dialog box set the “Colour name” field to #FFFFFF (which is white BTW) … click the "OK button.
on the “Panel Applets” tab, highlight the “Menu” entry and click edit … in the resulting dialog box selct “Browse” … select the peppermint-logo-old.png image, and click OK … the Icon entry should now read /usr/share/peppermint/images/peppermint-logo-old.png … click “Close”
This bit is here because I cant remember if I had to move some of the panel applets around … so I’ll put the order I now have them on the “Panel Applets” tab … just in case … I do remember that I removed the shutdown button from the far right of the panel … so here’s what I have, in the order I have them.
Menu
Spacer [unticked]
Taskbar (Window List) [ticked)
Volume Control
Spacer [unticked]
System Tray
Digital Clock
Let me know if I’ve missed anything.
Hi Mark,
I have completed your instructions down to ‘Done. :)’
I received the message ‘Installation is complete. You may now run Ubuntu on other computers by booting them with this drive inserted’
What’s next ? Do I reboot and see what happens ?
I await your kind words.
take care
Don W
EDIT Good Karma
Erm … can your PC boot from a USB stick ? … how did you install Peppermint 2 … from a LiveUSB stick, or from LiveCD ?
From a USB stick
Well do whatever you did to boot the Peppermint 2 LiveUSB 
either
a) set the USB stick as the first boot device in the BIOS
or
b) use the “boot device selection screen” to select the USB stick to boot
The “Boot device selection screen” is usually accessed by hitting F12 at the BIOS POST screen just after turning on your PC … but it’s not always F12, different makes/models of motherboard use different keys.
Most PC’s will tell you which keys to use at the BIOS POST screen … with a message like:-
F2 = BIOS Settings
F12 = Boot Device Menu
or similar.
Hi Mark,
Will I need internet access when I do this ?
Don
Are you installing or testing ?
If you’re installing, it’s best to have internet access … you can do this by either connecting to the router with an ethernet cable, or for wireless, boot to the LiveUSB, select “Try Peppermint” and once at the desktop, set up your wireless connection, then click the “Install Peppermint” icon on the desktop.
But no it’s not 100% necessary, unless you select the “install third party software” and/or “Install updates whilst installing” options.
But I’d advise having an active connection, and selecting both of those options … not necessary, they can be installed afterwards … but it does make things “slightly” easier
Hi Mark,
I have ‘tried’. I booted from the USB stick, clicked on ‘Try’ and it loaded ok.
I will do the same tomorrow when I get my Ethernet connection back, i.e. I will go to Stage 2 of your instructions and start at 'When asked, select ‘Try Peppermint’ not ‘Select Peppermint’.
Thanks for your help again but I feel I have more questions :-[
take care
Don W
PS Is this the time to think about creating the home and boot partitions that were mentioned ?
PS Is this the time to think about creating the home and boot partitions that were mentioned ?
OK, that’s a harder question to answer than you may think …
It all depends … are you likely to move off Peppermint Three, or keep it for the full 5 years supported life cycle ?
Setting up a separate /home and /boot is certainly going to complicate the install (if you’ve never done it before)… but as SeZo says it may make life a little easier the next time you change OS
a separate /boot partition is less beneficial unless you plan on a multi boot setup and plan on changing the installed OS’s … or on a system with multiple hard drives.
The problem with separate partitions is it requires some forethought of partition sizes … eg. are you likely to install a LOT of applications, or do you store a lot of files in your home directory … this decision has to be made BEFORE installation (OK it’s not set in stone, and the partition sizes can be manipulated later, but that can bring its own risks to the table) … there’s also the fact that keeping a /home directory between OS changes can in some cases cause as many problems as it solves (incompatible config files, and OS’s that use different UUID’s … both fixable, but you have to weigh them in the decision)
As you can see, BOTH setups have their benefits, but both also have their drawbacks.
I guess the deciding factor has to be usage patterns … do you store huge amounts of data in your “Home” directory, that’s hard to backup to elsewhere when the next OS upgrade comes around ? … and are you liable to distro hop ?
If YES … manually set up a separate /home partition
if NO … let Peppermint set up the partition scheme for you.
Unless you’re a distro hopper/tester, I wouldn’t worry too much about a separate /boot partition at the moment.