Test Linux Mint from a USB flash drive

Test Linux Mint from a USB flash drive:

1. Activate the Boot from USB option in the Chuwi firmware (BIOS): in order to get access to the setup switch on the tablet with Volume up pressed for few seconds.
2. Go to Boot option and place the USB key on the first position, Save the setup and reboot
3. Download the latest 64 bit Linux Mint ISO image – I highly recommend the Linux Mint KDE version, which is much more user friendly 
4. Install the ISO with a software like Unetbootin
5. If you would like to be able to customize this USB Linux Mint installation (to be able to make changes on it, which will be available on the next USB boot), then use this HOWTO: Live USB Creator
6. Reboot the tablet with USB flash on it, when the GRUB boot loader menu appears pres the “e” keyboard key (remove the “”) and change the boot options replacing          quiet splash             parameters with         nomodeset
7. Press F10 in order to activate the changes, boot and test the latest Linux Mint 17.3 version on your Chuwi Hi10 tablet

P.S. Thanks to Luis from this posting  – he gave me a hint about how to fix the black screen problem after booting in to Linux Mint with the default GRUB boot loader  parameters.

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