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rich patio Feb 1, 2025, 6:07 PM

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Should i reloade that website?

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looks like this now

bronze raven Feb 1, 2025, 6:08 PM

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press Ctrl-L

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make note of that path.

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then put that path in second line.

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plus the file name of dat file

rich patio Feb 1, 2025, 6:09 PM

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@bronze raven i guess i have to wait until the copying progress is finsihed

bronze raven Feb 1, 2025, 6:09 PM

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yep

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you could also rename the file to mint22.1-4GB.dat

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and reference it accordingly

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ready?

rich patio Feb 1, 2025, 6:15 PM

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Well now both files are on the Ventoy partition should i hit "OK"?

bronze raven Feb 1, 2025, 6:15 PM

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yes

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should work now.

rich patio Feb 1, 2025, 6:15 PM

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bronze raven should work now.

yes, it does indeed

bronze raven Feb 1, 2025, 6:15 PM

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i guess it needed a vlink if putting on another partition.

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so dont worry about vlink

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now tick "autosel"

rich patio Feb 1, 2025, 6:16 PM

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I do not know what a "v link " is

bronze raven Feb 1, 2025, 6:16 PM

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it's another tool in ventoy installer folder

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u can make special links with it that ventoy can find iso's or persistence on any other device

rich patio Feb 1, 2025, 6:17 PM

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bronze raven u can make special links with it that ventoy can find iso's or persistence on an...

interesting

bronze raven Feb 1, 2025, 6:17 PM

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and those vlinks get put in the lines u were editing.

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but dont worry about it for now.

rich patio Feb 1, 2025, 6:17 PM

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so where is the "autosel" button?

bronze raven Feb 1, 2025, 6:17 PM

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autosel makes the live boot with persistence, without u having to tell it to.

rich patio Feb 1, 2025, 6:18 PM

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bronze raven autosel makes the live boot with persistence, without u having to tell it to.

it does not show up on my current screen

bronze raven Feb 1, 2025, 6:18 PM

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as step 39 mentions

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did u hit ok button? show it

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u should see a new line and on left or right is tickbox

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@rich patio

rich patio Feb 1, 2025, 6:19 PM

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No i cant find it ):

bronze raven Feb 1, 2025, 6:20 PM

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yes highlight the iso line,

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then tick the autosel box, in upper right

rich patio Feb 1, 2025, 6:20 PM

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ok, tanks, i found it

bronze raven Feb 1, 2025, 6:20 PM

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u can have multiple persistence files for same ISO, default should be 1

rich patio Feb 1, 2025, 6:20 PM

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the value holds 1

bronze raven Feb 1, 2025, 6:21 PM

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ok step 40, 41

rich patio Feb 1, 2025, 6:22 PM

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I do not understand the last step right, do i have to reboot and let my pc boot from the SSD or from the WD HDD?

bronze raven Feb 1, 2025, 6:22 PM

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reboot to external WD

rich patio Feb 1, 2025, 6:22 PM

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alright

bronze raven Feb 1, 2025, 6:23 PM

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all normal default boot options.

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when u get to the live desktop, change the wallpaper.

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and right click desktop, and make any text file and save it there.

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you may also connect to Wifi in it.

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and do just sudo apt update once in terminal after connecting Wifi

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then reboot again to this same drive. should have kept all change.

rich patio Feb 1, 2025, 6:26 PM

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That screen popt up after booting

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bronze raven Feb 1, 2025, 6:26 PM

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are u sure u chose just the WD ?

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and did u see white ventoy screen?

rich patio Feb 1, 2025, 6:27 PM

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bronze raven are u sure u chose just the WD ?

Yes

rich patio Feb 1, 2025, 6:28 PM

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bronze raven and did u see white ventoy screen?

No

bronze raven Feb 1, 2025, 6:28 PM

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sigh

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that drive is fucked.

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you were SUPPOSED to SEE ventoy white screen on the WD external drive when u booted it.

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just the same way like the other day with ventoy flash stick usb

rich patio Feb 1, 2025, 6:29 PM

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Could it be the problem that I always also disconnect the power cable before I disconnect my drives?

bronze raven Feb 1, 2025, 6:30 PM

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idk

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u should do a safe shutdown on computer always.

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or do safe-eject, then it doesnt matter , usb plug or power plug

rich patio Feb 1, 2025, 6:30 PM

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bronze raven u should do a safe shutdown on computer always.

I do, I disconnect th power after it has shutdown safely

bronze raven Feb 1, 2025, 6:30 PM

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it could also just be the firmware on that drive doesnt let it be bootable

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because this ventoy method should 100% work. just like it did on ur flash drive the other day

rich patio Feb 1, 2025, 6:31 PM

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bronze raven it could also just be the firmware on that drive doesnt let it be bootable

Can be at least it can be used to store some files and maybe let it run some programs

bronze raven Feb 1, 2025, 6:32 PM

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i mean, u can take this exact drive now, to modern computer and test

rich patio Feb 1, 2025, 6:32 PM

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But if the firmware does not support the "booting process" why did it show up as a bootable drive on my Mainbord setting?

bronze raven Feb 1, 2025, 6:32 PM

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if it doesnt work there, then 100% for sure it's the drive, not the BIOS of ur old pc

rich patio Feb 1, 2025, 6:32 PM

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bronze raven i mean, u can take this exact drive now, to modern computer and test

True

bronze raven Feb 1, 2025, 6:32 PM

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try on newer pc same test

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u should get white ventoy screen

rich patio Feb 1, 2025, 6:33 PM

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bronze raven try on newer pc same test

And the other drives on that pc are safe?

bronze raven Feb 1, 2025, 6:33 PM

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yes

rich patio Feb 1, 2025, 6:33 PM

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There are a couple ones in with some important data

bronze raven Feb 1, 2025, 6:33 PM

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ur not installing anything. ur just running this new ventoy WD .

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which now has persistence too.

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if it doesnt work, forget about that drive for booting anything forever.

rich patio Feb 1, 2025, 6:35 PM

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That's on the WD drive

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What does that UEFI mean?

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@bronze raven

bronze raven Feb 1, 2025, 6:39 PM

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u can boot the WD external hard drive as uefi. ventoy should support it

rich patio Feb 1, 2025, 6:40 PM

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bronze raven u can boot the WD external hard drive as uefi. ventoy should support it

So I should boot as normal and ignore it for now?

bronze raven Feb 1, 2025, 6:40 PM

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well obviously make that exact device boot up

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not the internal hdd

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if it fails with same message, it's just no good. the firmware for WD GAME DRIVE is just not right for being bootable.

rich patio Feb 1, 2025, 6:43 PM

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It just booted in windows from a other drive, maybe I failed to save the changes

bronze raven Feb 1, 2025, 6:43 PM

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instead of saving changes, just use the boot-menu key for that brand of computer

rich patio Feb 1, 2025, 6:44 PM

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Well the WD drive has some files at least

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bronze raven Feb 1, 2025, 6:44 PM

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i know it does. that's not the issue

rich patio Feb 1, 2025, 6:44 PM

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Trie to boot again

bronze raven Feb 1, 2025, 6:45 PM

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I need a beer so bad after this.

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you should just triple boot on ur old pc.

rich patio Feb 1, 2025, 6:46 PM

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bronze raven I need a beer so bad after this.

Responsable

bronze raven Feb 1, 2025, 6:46 PM

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did it fail again on new pc?

rich patio Feb 1, 2025, 6:46 PM

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Well i had to slide it in the first spot, I didn't knew that I had to do it

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It still boots in windows

bronze raven Feb 1, 2025, 6:47 PM

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ok that means that external drive isn't bootable

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you can do a "clear ventoy" like u did before and just delete all those files.

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u can use ur ventoy flash usb for experimenting with linux mint 22.1 you can even vlink the dat file on ur SSD, and reference it in the plugson setup . eg: first make vlink, then copy/paste vlink file to the flash usb ventoy, and run the plugson thing again, and make new persistence

bronze raven Feb 1, 2025, 7:01 PM

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bronze raven if it fails with same message, it's just no good. the firmware for WD **GAME DRI...

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