Ventoy USB fails to boot

[Liam Proven]

On Mon, 3 Apr 2023 at 13:16, Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-users
<ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
> IOW if it's as mentioned by Liam (who has got seemingly experienced with
> Windows on bare metal) I agree, too.

Sadly for me, yes, lots of it.

I recently reviewed a Windows-only laptop, even! (But it is an Arm laptop.)

https://www.theregister.com/2023/03/21/lenovo_thinkpad_x13s_the_stealth/

> PS: That EVI boot requires a FAT partition, that doesn't support file
> privileges is a bad joke related to security. Fortunately Apple and
> Linux bootloaders support workarounds.

UEFI boot does need a FAT32 partition, yes.

However, Microsoft's Agent Pöttering is working on making that more secure:

https://www.theregister.com/2023/02/17/systemd_253/

(Translation: locking you out of your own OS. ;-) )


> PPS: While I don't always agree with Liam (the --assume-yes option comes
> to mind ;)

Ouch...

>  I really appreciate his expertise.

Why thank you!

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