To create it, enter the size of the new partition (out of the total free space). The root partition stores the base system files. Create a New Partition Creating root(/) Partitionġ1. Now double click on the free space to create a partition as described next. The installer will create a free space equivalent to the capacity of the hard drive. In the next pop-up window, click Continue to create an empty partition table on the device. Importantly, the installer will automatically select the device on which the boot-loader will be installed.
Next, select/click on the unpartitioned storage device from the list of available storage devices. Select Something else from the two available options. We will show how to manually partition your hard drive for the installation. For this guide, we will consider a scenario of installing Linux Mint on an unpartitioned hard drive without an existing operating system. Install Multimedia Codes in Linux Mint 20ħ. Next, choose the option to install media codes (required to play some video formats and to properly render some websites). Next, choose your keyboard layout and click Continue. Choose Linux Mint 20 Installation Languageĥ. Once the installer welcome page loads, select the installation language you prefer to use. After Linux Mint loads, click the Install Linux Mint icon as highlighted in the following image. Once the computer boots from the bootable media, you will see the Linux Mint 20 GRUB welcome screen as shown in the following screenshot. Then restart the machine and instruct the BIOS/UEFI to boot-up from the DVD/USB by pressing a special function key (usually F2, F10, or F12 depending on the vendor specifications) to access the boot device order menu. Next, insert the bootable USB device or DVD in the appropriate drive on your machine. After downloading the Linux Mint 20 iso image, burn the image to a DVD or create a bootable USB stick using a tool such as Universal USB Installer (which is BIOS compatible) or Rufus (which is UEFI compatible).Ģ. Installing Linux Mint 20 Cinnamon Editionġ. The latest release of Linux Mint 20, can be downloaded using the following links. 15 GB of hard-drive space (20 GB recommended).
In this article, you will learn how to install Linux Mint 20 Cinnamon desktop edition, but the same instructions work for the MATE and Xfce editions as well. To learn more about Linux Mint 20 new features and improvements, see: Linux Mint 20 is Now Available to Download. It comes in three desktop editions: Cinnamon, MATE, and Xfce. Linux Mint 20, code-named “ Ulyana” is a long term support ( LTS) release which will be supported until 2025.
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