Unable to boot into installation disk

[Ct.sr.o]

So, after recently updating the usb drive with the new manjaro ISO my computer simply refuses to boot into the installation media for some reason, both on efi and legacy mode, I tried 2 different USB drives and both of them just display a blank gray screen, and get stuck in there. The weird thing is that it works completely fine on a little celeron from 2010 I have and Also works completely fine when I used the CatchyOS installer instead, so it seems like it’s manjaro specific. Any ideas as to what it might be?

[Teo]

Maybe a buggy iso, but we first have to know which one was it (full name and source) and secondly, did you check it after download for integrity? And thirdly- how do you flash the usb? We usually recommend ventoy here.

[Ct.sr.o]

The full KDE Plasma one (manjaro-kde-26.0.4-260327-linux618.iso), Yes and balena etcher

e1 - I’ll go give ventoy a try instead and see if it helps

e2 - @soundofthunder So yeah, it really was my pc Being funky, Grub 2 mode on ventoy made it work like a charm so, many thanks

[soundofthunder]

More information is needed:

• What did you use to create the USB?
• If Ventoy, did you check the settings before creation?
• Have you tried different USB types/ports?
• Which ISO is in play (be accurate; include the file name)?
• Lastly, did you check the ISO for consistency before using it?

Ventoy is generally recommended *

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I’ll go give ventoy a try instead

[HowTo] Create a Ventoy USB to launch Manjaro (and other) ISO's

Ventoy A New Bootable USB Solution Boot with a Ventoy USB and ISO files are automatically listed in the Ventoy menu. Any ISO present can then be launched and booted directly. The obvious advantage here is that instead of constantly writing a Manjaro Installer ISO to a new USB any time you might need it, every ISO you desire can be stored on the Ventoy USB and launched the same way. A 32GB capacity USB would allow ample space to store several ISOs of your choice; an 8GB capacity USB might …

[soundofthunder]

@Ct.sr.o

e2 - @soundofthunder So yeah, it really was my pc Being funky, Grub 2 mode on ventoy made it work like a charm so, many thanks

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Just for reference, it’s only to avoid consecutive posts that you should edit the existing post. If someone has already responded to your post, go ahead and post a normal reply.

Good to know your problem is no more.

Regards.