What is the reason you want to do it specifically this way?

I think if you want a very easy solution, then this might actually be the answer you are looking for:

Get an USB stick. Then download the program called Unetbootin . Open the program. It has a list of all Linux distributions out there. I'd say choose Linux Mint. I'm using OpenSuSE Tumbleweed, and am very happy with it as well.

Then in the bottom of the Unetbootin screen, choose your USB stick and press the install button. After that reboot your computer from that USB stick and things will be rolling just fine! :)

You'll be creating the USB stick with almost zero effort. It works and it's easy.