[xubuntu-users] USB boot disc? - Was: xubuntu-users Digest, Vol 203, Issue 1

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sun, 2023-12-10 at 10:21 -0500, Carl Snyder wrote:
> The latest Ventoy and other USB preparation software ASSUMES that your
> system has EFI and does not properly boot from USB stick on BIOS only
> systems.

Hi,

I'm not sure if this applies to Ventoy. At least it boots fine on my old
Intel UEFI machine with legacy (BIOS) mode enabled.

I have problems with Ventoy using ext4 when I try to boot from my new
Intel machine, where the CPU integrated GPU does not allow to enable
legacy (BIOS) mode. If I stick with exfat, there are no problems either.

Of course, both machines are GPT-capable.

Ventoy's bootloader is GRUB 2 and the partition table is MBR, not GPT,
so from that point of view I don't see an obvious problem.

The last version I used, but not on a native BIOS machine:

• rocketmouse at archlinux ~ 
$ sudo ventoy -u /dev/sdf

**********************************************
      Ventoy: 1.0.96  x86_64
      longpanda admin at ventoy.net
      https://www.ventoy.net
**********************************************

Upgrade operation is safe, all the data in the 1st partition (iso files and other) will be unchanged!

Update Ventoy  1.0.94 ===> 1.0.96   Continue? (y/n) n

Regards,
Ralf