The bootloader isn't installing correctly?
The bootloader isn't installing correctly?
I attempted (for the second time) to set up Linux Mint on my flash drive, formatting it, making partitions with a guide, choosing this drive for installation, but unfortunately Linux Mint didn’t point out where to place it. Now it’s installed on my laptop, and I can’t start it. Can I manually create the boot partition or follow a standard method?
Set up a boot partition at /dev/sda2 with the EFI bootloader ready. Consider adjusting the EFI order for better GRUB support. Refer to the Mint forum thread for guidance: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=320504 and the installation guide for details.
This will drastically cut down flash memory write cycles. Rather than relying on USB flash for long-term file storage, it might become unreadable within a few months. I strongly recommend avoiding installing any operating system on the existing flash drive since it can't manage the required write cycles. Even with a virtualbox image, performance will still be poor. Additionally, I encountered an issue when trying to read from or write to an image in virtualbox on my flash drive—it now cannot be accessed. It’s not worth the loss of memory; consider using an SSD or an older hard disk instead.