So ventoy persistence is the only persistence method that has worked so far for me but when I turn my computer off for too long the VTOYEFI partition just disappears and the drive becomes unbootable
Maybe change the device you have it on. Could be a sign of it failing.
it’s the only device i have, a 1TB SSD, shouldn’t have problems as it’s brand new
Brand new doesn’t mean it’s any good. I’ve had more than one faulty items upon arrival. It’s not that uncommon.
That being said, it sounds more like a ventoy issue.
I would try out TAILS and see if you have a similar experience. If it also fails, it’s probably more likely hardware. If not, it would lend more argument to Ventoy. . .
Does it happen regardless of the usb port you put it in or only on the same port?
yes, i even tried using an adapter to usb-c
do i etch it normally using balena etcher?
I personally wouldn’t use Etcher. If you’re on Windows though that would work. I usually suggest Fedora media writer on Windows or any of a dozen options on Linux
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Help me understand what your doing here please?
Are you using Ventoy with just this OS in a Live environment and using the whole disk or do you have multiple OS’s on the device that you use?
Its sounds like maybe you are using a Live usb like you would a system like Tails or Qubes and I just wonder if one of those would be better suited for your purposes.
ive been trying to put a few of the iso’s i have, 4 arch based, 1 of them being EOS, and i am using the whole ssd, if the process for tails or qubes are easier then i might try that, all i want is a OS on this external ssd i have (sorry for the late reply!)
in the issue described in this question, i used Ventoy2Disk.sh from terminal to install it to the external SSD, as far as i know i haven’t done any errors on the installation, i even looked up tutorials to see if i was right or wrong, does fedora media writer have any advantages? so far ive used balena the most, and unetbootin and dd just a little
If you have issues with Ventoy, why don’t you use some other method? Balena Etcher has worked for me on Windows, but last time I made bootable USB I think I used dd on Linux Mint.
If you are able to run Linux, I’d recommend using command line tools, they are really simple. Just make sure that the path to your USB-drive is correct!
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I use dd, the thing is that I want ventoy for it’s persistence as other methods (such as installing to the SSD) have failed, with pacstrap failing, or if I use f2fs the unmounting fails
It’s open source. Works with any iso. Can be used on Linux, Windows and Mac natively.
What more could you want??
It has some security concerns https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/issues/2795
This thing is a packaging nightmare!! The upstream build system is
# *especially* distro unfriendly (build on Centos 7...WTF?). Building from
# source to proper Arch standards is "interesting" to say the least.
Source: https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/PKGBUILD?h=ventoy
Alternatives : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/USB_flash_installation_medium
I prefer USBImager which is available Windows, MacOSX and Linux. Specifically for windows installation I use Rufus.
Edit: @fbodymechanic Oh sorry you’re talking about Fedora media writer, okay…
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I have SSD hard-drive on my main machine and I was able to install EOS without problem.
I’m having a hard time trying to figure why you are so persistent using method that seems not to be working for you.
I hope you understand that I am not trying to criticise you. I’m simply confused.
Hi,
install it on an external device like this
find your device with
sudo lsblk
in this example i use /dev/sdb and after installation boot from it.
installation:
sudo ventoy -i -g /dev/sdb
update device
sudo ventoy -u /dev/sdb
so you are trying to install EndeavourOS from a ventoy disk over to this external ssd?
ok this makes it feel like you are using ventoy on the ssd and using it like a usb drive but you want it to be a daily type driver?
from what your first statement it sounds like you want to install Endeavour on the ssd to use like a daily driver. The second statement makes it seem you want to use the ssd as a large thumb drive. can you please clear this up?
with this I would like to add the -S
sudo ventoy -i -g -S' #<----[ gpt partion secure boot disabled
Endeavour doesn’t support secure boot out of the box when installing.
i want ventoy to have a installation media, and yes also for (maybe) daily driving it persistently, i wont install it, just using the regular ventoy persistence.dat, for the -S, would it cause trouble or lag with persistent endeavour if i dont use that?
I would not recommend this with an Arch based system. Updates are very frequent and you can have a security flaw on the ISO that wasn’t fixed with the version you have on Disk.
This has nothing to do with Persistence and everything to do with Secure boot (In the Bios)
Again though I would not recommend Arch or Arch based in this way you really need to install it directly to the disk or use a OS like tails or qubes.
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