Mint also has that option
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One time on my laptop, I could only get the MX distro to boot from ventoy.
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I had several goes and in the end abandoned ventoy and went back to carrying 3 usb (lmde, mate and xfce) when seeing clients on site, same in my workshop. Plus a old 32 bit puppy just in case.
Although I will not do an install on site, they are just to get a system running to see if I can access computer and show client running linux. Perhaps safeguard files.
Ventoy would not always boot, was slow, confusing for clients who expected fast fix.
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That was a great solution for you. For some unknown reason my laptop could not get pass the install screen of MX. If I remember correctly, it could not find the USB for MX. Once I placed MX on a ventoy USB, I was able to install MX onto my laptop. Strange, true.
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Your USB might be corrupted. Try to dd the .iso file to your USB stick.
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i have tried 2 diffrent usb drives and both balena etcher and ventoy and get the same everytime . when i click on the install garuda the loader cant find my drives and i have to 2 one with fedora and 1 empty. Neville told me what to do but i dont know how to do it and i really dont want to mess up grub if i do something wrong. and i asked on the garuda forum but they want some files that i dont know what and where to find them. so i have to be without testing garuda.
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If you are willing to try ââddââ command:
First no USB on your computer, go terminal and write
lsblk
You see some drives, theyâre the ones you donât want to touch!
Now insert the USB where you are going to dd that .iso file
Again, write lsblk. You should see a new line after those drives you already saw. Thatâs your USB stick. Letâs say itâs sdc.
Your command is:
sudo dd if=(the path to the .iso file) of=/dev/sdc
You can add there status=progress but itâs not showing a lot info.
Letâs say you have downloaded the garuda.iso to Downloads and your USB is sdc first CD to Downloads and then:
sudo dd if=garuda-x.x.iso of=/sdc
Be careful! dd will destroy all data so you better be sure whatâs your USB stick is. If you put wrong of= your only option to rescue the data is having a backup. Dd is not giving you any output so you just need to wait until the cursor is blinking again.
Maybe take a screenshot of lsblk without and with the USB stick and show them here.
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Hi Mikael,
Be sure to learn how to backup your personal data. Having more than one backup copy is an excellent idea. In a empty portion / area of a disk learn how to restore your data.
You seem to be doing a lot of distro hoping at the movement which is fine. A good way to learn. At some point you may want to backup the OS you like and may have customized. Learning to backup your OS including the EFI partition gives a person a feeling of freedom.
In my early days of Linux after I learn a backup / restore procedure, I was more willing to experiment and less fearful of making a mistake. I knew if I messed up the OS even to the point where it would not boot, I could perform the restore procedure and everything was back the way it was. Believe me, in my first year of using Linux, I used the restore procedure many times.
Good Luck,
Howard
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ok. i will try that tomorrow and thanks
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yes i want to learn how and i thought about it but didnt know how i will look it up. Thank you Howard. what back up tool is easy to use
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I think that may be wise in your case. ⊠Garuda is doing something unusual in the way it labels drives.
There are some programs that may help booting difficult distros
- Supergrub2 disk
- SystemRecovery disk
You download them and put them on a USB flash drive or a CD.
The only other alternative is to learn to use grub or some other bootloader.
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I would add conv=fsync
to make sure it is finished before you eject the flashdrive
or do sync when it returns to the prompt.
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Yes, forgot to add the sync. Thanks Neville!
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The easiest OS backup tool is Timeshift. You set it and forget it. It is very easy to set up and it will work most of the time for backing out changes to you OS. I never tried to use Timeshift to recover a system that would not boot.
About once a month I use a standalone program that you have to boot your PC to called Clonezilla. A person can either make a full volume or partial volume backups using it. It is not too easy for a beginner to use, but the program has never failed me.
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Timeshift i have used when i hade mint and cachy os but didnt know if it worked in Fedora i will look it up. Thank you Howard
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this is a bit wierd lol i tried to change my email to my other proton email and when i try it says its not allowed ? i wanted to buy pro membership but i want to change my email to proton since im not a big fan of google lol
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Good question, got to admit I have never tried
I cannot do it for you but in principal you can do it yourself
In the top right of your screen is your image
If you click on that at the bottom is a image like a head and shoulders
Click that and select preferences
You should see your email address with a pencil along side it
Click that to edit your address
You may be asked to confirm
Please let me know if it works or not, as I have never tried and I cannot do it for you. On some pages modérateurs have different options, but it may need someone higher in our group to do it.
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i know how and i filled in my proton email and when i pusch the button to change it it comes up its not allowed. what ever that mean if im not allowed to change it or if the proton mail is not allowed ? but i hade that proton mail on my first account that i accedently deleted
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Sorry cannot help you further
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no worries its ok 
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