USB thumbdrive recognition trouble and stance on Ventoy

brent

Axios OK you ask why? Because this bypasses the computers usb stuff and loads its own drivers.
If it boots ok their are issues with your computer firmware probably

I appreciate how it ain't over til the fat lady sings for you, and I myself go these lengths if the problem intrigues me for sure. What you describe here with plop is the identical bios-bypass boot a Hirens or similar rescue disk has. The outcome of this bypass is it pretty much guarantees the OS will recognize the mounted usb upon booting. How it does this, I'm not quite sure (or as you said loads its own drivers).
I wish all usb's were salvageable that way. If OP is able to install plop to usb then the plop program is .iso friendly. that's one way to do it. I hate giving up on usb sticks as well.

Axios

brent I have a whole collection of techi programs for things like this guess I need
go through them all again kinda refresh my memory on what I have.
This one though I think can be useful specially with linux.
Problems like this get under my skin geez why do we have usb problems in this day and age?
its not like they came out yesterday.
(lol..done ranting)

Axios

Trying get things back in order really putting together a rescue/backup usb
everything works except on 2015 mac (no tpm,intel)says its not secure boot 14 and nothing boots from ventoy on the mac not even the linux distros I tend to think its ventoy,because I have no problem just booting a linux usb stick on the mac.
Reason being I have switched to r-image(win) to image stuff it does anything so far even lvm (tested) and restores
it without issues or complicated steps. And need test it out on apfs if i can ever boot the iso.

Just wondering if anybody has had this prob with ventoy?
Handy little prog dont have to burn any iso...
Note..Booting efi winpe and linux iso's

brent

Axios nothing boots from ventoy on the mac not even the linux distros I tend to think its ventoy,because I have no problem just booting a linux usb stick on the mac.

https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/issues/35 it's been known to have problems installing the mac os, not for installing to a mac os...

that said I have installed linux distros to my HDD and SDD from ventoy
and
I have been unable to install linux distros (tumbleweed though my computer was a joke) from Ventoy
but
I never heard of Ventoy refusing to install all distros on its stick. Can't find this in internets search either. A Mac thing or a bios thing?
--my anecdotal 2 cents

Axios

brent I gave up on the idea of using it after setting it up and testing had some glitches
I did not like Think it could be a great tool with more developement.

brent

Axios it's ironic you say that...I'm installing solus mate next to budgie...just downloaded the .iso....and instead of finding my ventoy stick I selected an old usb and am writing the .iso DD, old school style.

edit: some mysteries (can't use ventoy with your mac) there is no time to solve.

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