I am using Zorin 16.
I downloaded the Zorin 18.1 Pro .iso onto my dev/sda and now trying to write the .iso onto an external SSD as a fresh install. But I cannot find the dev/sdb when trying to use "Write To Disk". Could there be a format issue with the brand new SSD dev/sdb?
Or am I not seeing the forest for the trees?
ok..umm so you didnt use a program like rufus,ventoy, or belena etcher to write the .iso to a usb thumb drive?
No I didn't, but perhaps I should?
Thank you!
Hi and welcome.
Just a word of caution. If this is a desktop you are connecting to, I would disable onboard drive in the BIOS or physically disconnect the drive.
I have a Tower with an HDD and a Hotswap Bay for an HDD.
I decided to take Endeavour OS for a spin. Chose the Hotswap Bay drive for install and it decided to wipe my internal drive with my daily driver on it PCLOS Debian, lost everything.
If you are on a Notebook (I refrain from using the term Laptop as it engenders bad practice), make sure you know the name of your internal device to distinguish it from the external device.
Use Disks to find the info.
For installation I find Ventoy the best.
Welcome to the Forum!
That would be the easier Way. When You already on Zorin, You could use a Tool like Popsicle or Impression to create a Bootstick with Zorin 18. When You have a Windows Machine, I can recommend Rufus.
Thank you! Zorin has worked so flawlessly that I haven't had to delve into working within it. The Popsicle worked! I now have an SSD with the Zorin 18 image flashed to it. Can I swap this drive into my "notebook" and boot up from there and copying files over? This forum has saved me a lot of mental stress.
Theoretically, yes. But I would definetely recommend using an USB Stick and put Zorin with Popsicle on it.
OK, I will do that, USB stick with the Zorin image or a copy of the file that I downloaded? And a copy of Popsicle also?
I'm sorry, I am at my wits end with this.
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You download Popsicle. That is the Tool to write the ISO on the USB Stick. You can download the AppImage here:
When downloaded, make a Right-Click on it and choose the Option Properties and there scroll to the End and activate the Toggle to make the Program executible.
Then Double-Click it and it should start. In the Program choose the Zorin ISO and the USB Stick that You want use and then let the Program do it's work until it is finished.
When the Bootstick is created, reboot Your Machine, go into BIOS and start from there the USB Stick.
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Aha! I did everything except right-click and make it executable.
If I do that again and write the image onto my new SSD (executable) then I can boot from there?
Execute and install onto the same drive and swap drives in my computer and move on with my life?
I thought, You want do it on a USB Stick?
My first wish was to image it onto an SSD, then pop that in the laptop and start running. I learned it doesn't work that way and now I understand that creating a bootable USB drive is the way to go. With the key word being "bootable".
Successfully created the boot USB stick. Tomorrow I will swap in a clean SSD to the laptop and boot/install. We'll see if I can pull that one off.
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