guys... um....

[heady cairn]

i even tried to reinstall linux mint on my usb

[tepid prairie]

this is a common issue. Solution in #1295728709306683482 INDEX , section 2

for "Issues"

[heady cairn]

aight

[tepid prairie]

the first solution of turn off SB, and ventoy is the easiest, and in the long term THE ABSOLUTE MOST VERSATILE

[heady cairn]

what if i dont have access to windows as of right now

[tepid prairie]

do u have a working computer that has either Linux or Windows running fine on it?

in the whole household

[heady cairn]

yea windows does

wait how do i access uefi

[tepid prairie]

look up the "enter BIOS" key for your computer

via google

[heady cairn]

aight

[tepid prairie]

make sure secure boot is put to disabled

then see and follow #1295816480256163892 message

if u absolutely can not disable secure boot, you may still boot ventoy up. just need to register its key in MOK screen

[heady cairn]

alright thanks for the help!

[tepid prairie]

{{ https://youtu.be/CuonyS3xdwg?t=303 <<5:03 ThioJoe Ventoy Secure Boot enroll steps }}

[tepid prairie]

well @heady cairn any news/updates on this?

[heady cairn]

no updates linux is working now ty!

[heady cairn]

nevermind

i have the same issue again

i disabled sb

[tepid prairie]

what same issue?

please list the steps you took up to the point wher eyou said "linux is working"

then list the steps that followed, to the point where you say "I have the same issue again."

[heady cairn]

so i disabled secure boot and linux was working the FIRST time i plugged it in

the second time i plugged it in the same error appeared

(also ventoy wont work on my usb for some reason)

[tepid prairie]

https://youtu.be/CuonyS3xdwg?t=303 <<5:03 ThioJoe Ventoy Secure Boot enroll steps

there's a part where he mentions 'leave it as MBR, but if your computer doesn't like it, change it to GPT'

so, set it to GPT to begin with.

[heady cairn]

alright ill try it

[tepid prairie]

how'd it go?

[heady cairn]

not working again

[tepid prairie]

wdym?

can you show a photo of where it is getting stuck?

[heady cairn]

like on ventoy?

[tepid prairie]

wherever your "problem" is

[heady cairn]

alright gimme a moment

i just woke up😭

[lyric bane]

@jaunty sail

[tepid prairie]

well?

[heady cairn]

not working once again

really weird

[tepid prairie]

show photo as we discussed

[heady cairn]

alright

[tepid prairie]

at the exact stuck part

[heady cairn]

gpt partition style btw

[tepid prairie]

what program created that error?

[heady cairn]

ventoy

[tepid prairie]

sounds more like a problem with the usb stick itself

[heady cairn]

perhaps

imagine i accidentally bricked it😭

[tepid prairie]

wait

[tepid prairie]

see if you can do the method 1 (disk part method) to restore: #1295816480256163892 message

in that vid

[heady cairn]

i restored my disk it didnt help

but yeah i think the problem is in usb itself

since the first time i ran linux mint it was perfectly fine

and now it js refuses to run it

[tepid prairie]

depends if u shut power down at the wrong time

or pulled the usb stick at a bad time

that could ruin it permanently

[heady cairn]

i think this happened

maybe both

[tepid prairie]

since u said u restored it,

are you able to use Disk Management in windows to make a new partition (volume) on it?

[heady cairn]

yes

thats what i did

[tepid prairie]

how big is usb?

[heady cairn]

around 256 gb

[tepid prairie]

what filesystem format did u make?

on it

[heady cairn]

how do i check it (sorry im not rlly good at understanding pcs😭)

[tepid prairie]

disk mgmt defaults to ntfs volumes

check in that, or right click and do properties

[heady cairn]

alright gimme a moment its loadig

its NTFS

loading*

[tepid prairie]

google this: "validrive by gibson research"

use that to test your usb stick for worthiness

if it passes, go here:

https://github.com/FedoraQt/MediaWriter/releases

in Assets: get the exe for windows. use that to flash mint ISO to usb

[heady cairn]

this right?

heres the result

ig it passed

[tepid prairie]

WTF

did it finish?

[heady cairn]

yes

[tepid prairie]

does that look like it passed to you?

[heady cairn]

coughs

[tepid prairie]

cuz to me it looks like fake flash

[heady cairn]

really?

[tepid prairie]

or horseshit

should be all green

[heady cairn]

oh wow

no wonder linux mint wont run on this thing💔

so do i need a new usb

[tepid prairie]

so either 80% of flash cells got wrecked , or it was fake in the first place

[heady cairn]

thinks

no idea what could that be

so that means my drive doesnt actually have 256 gb on it or smthn

[tepid prairie]

correct

there might be some tools to correct it so what you actually DO have shows up right, but im not sure of it.

[heady cairn]

so my dad got scammed

sighs

ill tell him to never buy usbs from temu or aliexpress ever again

[tepid prairie]

absolutely

[heady cairn]

is there anything i can do

since i dont think i have another usb in this household

[tepid prairie]

just leave it til u have time to buy another

[heady cairn]

alright

[tepid prairie]

or burn a DVD-R if u have the hardware n disc

[heady cairn]

im trying to boot into linux from my usb one last time

tysm for the time and effort u put into me

alright fedora writed linux mint

and the same error

wait what if i try another distro and see if it works

pop os for example

[heady cairn]

dont have those sadly

[heady cairn]

im gonna try and run pop!_os on this thing to see if its js the problem with my usb or with the iso file

i get the exact same error on other distros

[tepid prairie]

read every single thing in this article: #1295810542056902759 message

but yes, do get a PROPER USB stick, first and foremost

[heady cairn]

can i js run linux mint on oracle enter fullscreen and pretend im not in windows