T440s problems! — how to make a bootable drive?

soundofthunder · 11 January 2025 01:32

I’m afraid you will need to learn quickly.

However, based on your input so far, if Sunday is your goal you will have a difficult time reaching it.

If you’re asking “How do I create a Ventoy USB and launch a Manjaro ISO Live environment from it?” then please see the Ventoy information provided for you further in this post.

What script? If you mean:

… There is no script there - only a series of commands.

Important: There is no sodu command…

The command is sudo.

I agree, you need help.

Let’s take it from the top:

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Regards.

Frankly, my first impulse is to point you here:

However, see how you go with this information about Ventoy. With Ventoy you must first create a Ventoy USB to boot using UEFI.

If you do not comprehend the concept of UEFI, then this will become tedious very quickly. I dare say, your Sunday milestone is out of the question.

My recommendation at this point is to find someone locally who is computer literate enough to do handle all of this for you – a friend or family member perhaps, or your nearest available computer repair shop.

Nonetheless, read on for Ventoy:

Ventoy

Boot with a Ventoy USB, and ISO files are automatically listed in the Ventoy menu, and can be booted directly. A 32GB capacity USB should allow ample space to store several ISOs of your choice; an 8GB capacity USB might hold one, or two ISO’s; do the math.

Ventoy is available from the official Manjaro extra repository:

sudo pacman -S ventoy

Write the Ventoy system to an empty USB drive;

target the device itself /dev/sdX, and not a partition

Create a Ventoy USB (for UEFI mode):

sudo sh ventoy -i -r 100 -S -g -L VOLUME /dev/sdX

Create a Ventoy USB (for BIOS mode):

sudo sh ventoy -i -r 100 -S -L VOLUME /dev/sdX

Enable -s or disable -S Secure Boot.
Substitute VOLUME for a volume label name to use.
Substitute /dev/sdX for the location of your USB device.
Preserve some space on the target device (example allows 100mb).

Ventoy general usage

Type ventoy (without arguments) to see usage information:

Usage:  Ventoy2Disk.sh CMD [ OPTION ] /dev/sdX  
 CMD:  
  -i  install Ventoy to sdX (fails if disk already installed with Ventoy)  
  -I  force install Ventoy to sdX (no matter if installed or not)  
  -u  update Ventoy in sdX  
  -l  list Ventoy information in sdX  
  
 OPTION: (optional)  
  -r SIZE_MB  preserve some space at the bottom of the disk (only for install)  
  -s/-S       enable/disable secure boot support (default is enabled)  
  -g          use GPT partition style, default is MBR (only for install)  
  -L          Label of the 1st exfat partition (default is Ventoy)  
  -n          try non-destructive installation (only for install)

Update a Ventoy USB:

ensure the updated Ventoy version is available in Manjaro; and then:

To update the Ventoy system on an existing Ventoy USB;

sudo ventoy -u /dev/sdX

The Ventoy USB update process is non-destructive.