Linux Mint

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Linux Mint 12
200px-Linux_Mint_Official_Logo.svg.png
http://www.linuxmint.com/

Information

ERPXE Module

  • Name: - Linux Mint
  • Version: 12

Plugin type

Plugin type
Linux Mint Anti-Virus Deployment Diagnostics OS Installation Live Media Recovery Tools
No No Yes Yes Yes Yes

Plugin Requirments

Plugin Requirments
Linux Mint CIFS HTTP Internet NFS Linux OS Windows OS
No No No Yes Yes No

Screen Shots

300px-Linux_Mint_Lisa.png 220px-Mintupdate.png 220px-Mint-Software-Manager.png


Special Information

Linux Mint is a Linux-based computer operating system best known for its usability and ease of installation, particularly for users with no previous Linux experience.

It is available in several editions with different codebases, nearly all of which are based on Ubuntu, which is itself based on Debian.

Linux Installation Instructions

Download linuxmint12-ARCH-XXX.tar.gz to /

https://sourceforge.net/projects/erpxe/files/plugins/

extract linuxmint12-ARCH-XXX.tar.gz file:

tar -xvzf linuxmint12-ARCH-XXX.tar.gz

Download Linux Mint 12 ISO Latest Version to /mnt/ :

http://www.ubuntu.com/download

Mount ISO file to temporary location (/mnt/cdrom/)

mkdir /mnt/cdrom/
mount -o loop /mnt/linuxmint-XX-gnome-dvd-ARCH /mnt/cdrom/

Linux Mint Debian x86: Copy initrd.lz , vmlinuz , filesystem.* to appropriate directory: (LOWER CASE ONLY!)

cp /mnt/cdrom/casper/vmlinuz /tftpboot/er/plugins/linuxmint/debian/i386/vmlinuz
cp /mnt/cdrom/casper/initrd.lz /tftpboot/er/plugins/linuxmint/debian/i386/initrd.lz
cp /mnt/cdrom/casper/filesystem.* /tftpboot/er/shares/linuxmint/debian/i386/casper/

Linux Mint Debian x64: Copy initrd.lz , vmlinuz , filesystem.* to appropriate directory: (LOWER CASE ONLY!)

cp /mnt/cdrom/casper/vmlinuz /tftpboot/er/plugins/linuxmint/debian/x86_64/vmlinuz
cp /mnt/cdrom/casper/initrd.lz /tftpboot/er/plugins/linuxmint/debian/x86_64/initrd.lz
cp /mnt/cdrom/casper/filesystem.* /tftpboot/er/shares/linuxmint/debian/x86_64/casper/

Linux Mint Ubuntu x86: Copy initrd.lz , vmlinuz , filesystem.* to appropriate directory: (LOWER CASE ONLY!)

cp /mnt/cdrom/casper/vmlinuz /tftpboot/er/plugins/linuxmint/ubuntu/i386/vmlinuz
cp /mnt/cdrom/casper/initrd.lz /tftpboot/er/plugins/linuxmint/ubuntu/i386/initrd.lz
cp /mnt/cdrom/casper/filesystem.* /tftpboot/er/shares/linuxmint/ubuntu/i386/casper/

Linux Mint Ubuntu x64: Copy initrd.lz , vmlinuz , filesystem.* to appropriate directory: (LOWER CASE ONLY!)

cp /mnt/cdrom/casper/vmlinuz /tftpboot/er/plugins/linuxmint/ubuntu/x86_64/vmlinuz
cp /mnt/cdrom/casper/initrd.lz /tftpboot/er/plugins/linuxmint/ubuntu/x86_64/initrd.lz
cp /mnt/cdrom/casper/filesystem.* /tftpboot/er/shares/linuxmint/ubuntu/x86_64/casper/

Verify files with filelist.txt in each folder.

All Done!