For people with only one physical hard drive in their computer, then "/dev/sdb" and "/dev/sdb1" usually refers to an external drive and its first partition, maybe even a USB flash drive stick, or a external USB hard drive. If you have another physical hard drive in the computer, then it will probably be called "/dev/sd b", and its first partition will be called "/dev/sd b1" which could be your "D>" drive. Linux drives and their partitions are usually designated like "/dev/sd a" for the first drive, "/dev/sd a1" for the first hard drive's first partition, which is probably MS Windows in your case, then "/dev/sd a2" for the first hard drive's second partition, if there is another partition on the first hard drive. It is up to you to choose which drive and or partition that you want to install Linux Mint onto, and it will overwrite anything on it, thus deleting anything on it, and put a Linux file system like "ext4" on it along with the Linux Mint operating system (OS). It will show them as Linux drives and partitions, and it will show their current file system, like NTFS, or Fat32, or whatever. In Linux, during the installation procedure, it will not see your drives as "C> drive", or "D> drive" because those are MS Windows drive designations. You can install Linux Mint to any of your drives and their partitions, as long as they are large enough to hold it, including what you call your "D>" drive. With respect to "Mark Phelps", his comments could be confusing, or misconstrued. Spending even an hour or two on each one will give you a more informed decision. I highly recommend that you try each of the four main editions of Linux Mint (Cinnamon, Mate, KDE, Xfce), 32 or 64 bit depending upon you computer's CPU processor, to see which edition works best for your hardware and that you like the most. So, that you can demo (test drive) more than one Linux operating system, and install them.įYI: In Linux, my favorite USB program for creating a multi-boot USB flash drive stick, or a USB stick with "persistence", is "MultiSystem". If you have a USB flash drive stick that is large enough to hold more than one Linux Mint edition, each edition is around 1.5gb, then this program allows you from within MS windows (or Linux) to create a USB flash drive stick of multiple Linux operating systems. MultiBootUSB - Create multi boot live Linux on a USB disk. "Etcher" is a young (new) cross-platform (Windows, MacOS and Linux) program to burn the iso image with the distro on a USB flash drive or micro SD card. "Unetbootin" is a great program to easily create a USB flash drive stick of the "Live Test Drive" installation version of Linux Mint from another operating system, like MS windows, or Mac, or even from within Linux. When I used MS Windows before, I found this program to be so good, and so easy to use, I paid for it. If you are using MS Windows, and you do not already have a DVD application, then I highly recommend using "Ashampoo Burning Studio Free", or their reasonably priced paid for version they are great and easy to use. Release Notes for Linux Mint 17.3, with links for manual, and important information. Obviously, if you have another operating system (os) already on the computer that you want to keep, like MS Windows, or Mac, then be careful to not overwrite your primary main drive, or the main drive's first partition. During the installation of Linux Mint, you will be given choices on how and where you want to install it to, and you can choose your D> drive. Then, you boot your computer to this DVD, or USB flash drive stick, and when Linux Mint comes up, you can demo it, test drive it, or click the Desktop Install icon (launcher) option to install the full version of Linux Mint to your computer's hard drive, or to an external hard drive, or to another USB flash drive stick. This ".iso" disk image file needs to be "burned" to a DVD using a DVD application, or to a USB flash drive stick using "unetbootin", or some other USB flash drive stick program like that. When anyone downloads an ".iso" file (disk image file) from the Linux Mint website, you are downloading a "Live Demo Test Drive" and Installation version of Linux Mint. What version of MS windows you are using? It would help to know more about your system's hardware setup, like what is the CPU processor, how much system memory (ram), video card, etc. I just read your post and the good replies to it. Welcome to the wonderful world of Linux Mint and its excellent forum !
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