Having trouble installing Deepin on a flash drive can someone help?

[Brandon_Byrnes]

I am currently trying to download Deepin 18.5 but it is taking forever, it is saying it is going to take more than 4 hour to download, and only downloading at around 150kbps. And this is directley from their website, does anyone have a faster alternative download location?

[jmarket]

I had to download from Mega.nz

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[Brandon_Byrnes]

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Thanks, downloaded in like 3 minutes. Now if I can only get it to work. I installed it on a 128GB flash drive. I know it installed becuase it took about a half hour. And it said it successfully installed. But My laptop won’t boot into it, even though my legacy and uefi boot order is set to boot from flash drive first. Do you know what could be going on? Here is a screen shot of disk manager Disk 2 is the thumb drive with deepin installed. To be honest I have almost no experiance with Linux, so maybe I did something wrong? Also I tried disabling uefi boot and that didn’t work, so I tried disabling legacy boot and that didn’t work either, also secure boot is disabled. I’m wondering if it even installed on the flash drive, I ended up first installing the iso to a flash drive, then using that to install the OS onto another flash drive using the built in installer, I’m wondering if there is a way to do it using rufus. I tred rufus and all it did was put the iso on the flash drive, not the actual OS.

[Brandon_Byrnes]

I installed it on a 128GB flash drive. I know it installed because it took about a half hour. And it said it successfully installed. But My laptop won’t boot into it, even though my legacy and uefi boot order is set to boot from flash drive first. Do you know what could be going on? To be honest I have almost no experiance with Linux, so maybe I did something wrong? Also I tried disabling uefi boot and that didn’t work, so I tried disabling legacy boot and that didn’t work either, also secure boot is disabled.
I’m wondering if it even installed on the flash drive, I ended up first installing the iso to a flash drive, then using that to install the OS onto another flash drive using the built in installer, I’m wondering if there is a way to do it using rufus. I tried rufus and all it did was put the iso on the flash drive, not the actual OS.
I am trying to do it this way so I don’t have to wipe my hard drive and add another partition to it for a second OS, I really want to check out Deepin and see if it’s a viable alternative to Windows, but I don’t want to make the commitment of actually installing on my hard drive, and I don’t want a live version, because I want to be able to use it for a while and install different programs like I would have on WIndows to measure the difference.

[jmarket]

If you’re interested in trying Linux, I would highly suggest starting with Linux Mint. Deepin is for more advanced users. I personally use Manjaro Linux which is based on Arch Linux. If you wish to continue with Deepin, try using their Boot Maker tool. https://www.deepin.org/en/original/deepin-boot-maker/

The reason I suggest Linux Mint is because Mint is based on Ubuntu, which is rock sold and stable. Deepin is based on Debian’s unstable repositories, which could lead to issues, and expects you to be able to solve them yourself. Manjaro is bleeding edge.

If you like the Deepin interface, you can add Deepin to Linux Mint and use it as your user interface.

[Brandon_Byrnes]

If you’re interested in trying Linux, I would highly suggest starting with Linux Mint. Deepin is for more advanced users. I personally use Manjaro Linux which is based on Arch Linux. If you wish to continue with Deepin, try using their Boot Maker tool. https://www.deepin.org/en/original/deepin-boot-maker/

The reason I suggest Linux Mint is because Mint is based on Ubuntu, which is rock sold and stable. Deepin is based on Debian’s unstable repositories, which could lead to issues, and expects you to be able to solve them yourself. Manjaro is bleeding edge.

If you like the Deepin interface, you can add Deepin to Linux Mint and use it as your user interface.

Thanks for the info. Yeah, the main reason why I like Deepin is becuase of the UI, so being able to use it with Linux mint would be awesome, without having to deal with the hassle of an unstable distro. Again though I’m pretty much a newbie when it comes to Linux could you provide me with a link on how exactly I would install Mint and then use the Deepin UI? Also what version of Mint would you suggest? I see cinnamon, MATE, and Xfce.

[jmarket]

Cinnamon is Windows UI. If you’re wanting to delve into Linux and you’ve been using Windows for a long time, give Cinnamon a try.

[veeg]

Hello

Hopefully some of our members will chime in soon..

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[jmarket]

You could try making a live bootable copy with this tool

https://pchelpforum.net/resources/using-etcher-to-create-usb-or-sdcard-bootable-images.155/

Also Deepin is normally installed, but there is a live version available here. Make sure you select the “live system” version. I tried downloading to make a guide but at the time it said about 4 hours to download it from the official site. Possibly quicker elsewhere but is it worth it?

Deepin can apparently be run in Failsafe mode from the install media, but I suggest “care” with this…

https://www.deepin.org/en/download/

Recommend as above you try Mint, or Ubuntu

[Brandon_Byrnes]

You could try making a live bootable copy with this tool

https://pchelpforum.net/resources/using-etcher-to-create-usb-or-sdcard-bootable-images.155/

Also Deepin is normally installed, but there is a live version available here. Make sure you select the “live system” version. I tried downloading to make a guide but at the time it said about 4 hours to download it from the official site. Possibly quicker elsewhere but is it worth it?

Deepin can apparently be run in Failsafe mode from the install media, but I suggest “care” with this…

https://www.deepin.org/en/download/

Recommend as above you try Mint, or Ubuntu

So I decided to go with Mint Cinnamon, I got it to install to my flash drive after some trial and error, but man is it slow. I’d like a more faster permanent solution. I have Windows installed on my m.2 drive, is there a way for me to install Mint without having to wipe the drive, I saw there was an option to install beside windows boot system, is that a good option? I really want to start using and learning Linux but don’t want to get rid of windows.

[jmarket]

If you are using an M.2 drive and then use any OS on a flash drive then yes it will seem slow, also depending if your drive/usb slot is usb 2 or 3.

Yes it is not difficult to dual boot Windows and Linux Mint, and there are zillions of how to guides out there. You havent said what version of Windows you are using, but assuming it’s 10 here’s one how to guide.

Dual Boot Linux Mint And Windows 10 or 11 [Beginner's Guide]

[Brandon_Byrnes]

If you are using an M.2 drive and then use any OS on a flash drive then yes it will seem slow, also depending if your drive/usb slot is usb 2 or 3.

Yes it is not difficult to dual boot Windows and Linux Mint, and there are zillions of how to guides out there. You havent said what version of Windows you are using, but assuming it’s 10 here’s one how to guide.

Dual Boot Linux Mint And Windows 10 or 11 [Beginner's Guide]

Awesome thanks, I’ll give it a try and update tomorrow

[Brandon_Byrnes]

If you are using an M.2 drive and then use any OS on a flash drive then yes it will seem slow, also depending if your drive/usb slot is usb 2 or 3.

Yes it is not difficult to dual boot Windows and Linux Mint, and there are zillions of how to guides out there. You havent said what version of Windows you are using, but assuming it’s 10 here’s one how to guide.

Dual Boot Linux Mint And Windows 10 or 11 [Beginner's Guide]

So I am following the instructions, but when I go to disk manager and try to shrink the volume which is 232GB, it says the size of available shrink space is only 112MB, that is ridiculous, that can’t be true, is it maybe becuase I am doing it on my m.2 ssd? When I go to this pc it says theres 150GB free on that drive, I don’t get it.

[jmarket]

Check you are trying to shrink the correct partition, should be the one marked “C”

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[Brandon_Byrnes]

Check you are trying to shrink the correct partition, should be the one marked “C”

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Yes, that is the partiotion I used, but for some reason it was saying I could only shrink it by 112MB. I ended up installing it on my 1TB HHDD, which is still slow compared to my SSD, but I was able to partition 25GB for the OS, 4GB page file, and about 100GB for storage for Mint. I watched the video from the link you sent me, thanks becuase I was going to just install it beside Windows Boot MAnager (which I guess can cause problems, my roommate did that a few months ago and it killed Windows) So far so good, just exploring and seeing what I can and can’t do, and doing alot of googling of stuff.