I haven't used Ventoy as, when it was first released the author just published a binary blob to their github rather than the source and therefore gave me the feeling that they were either untrustworthy or didn't know what they were doing, working product or not.
I do have a tool that does something similar though, an iodd Mini USB <
https://www.amazon.com/iodd-256-bit-Secure-encrypted-Drive/dp/B07Y464WWN/>, that emulates a CD drive and/or writable flash drives. You just hook it up to your computer, copy isos over, then plug it in somewhere else, select the iso, and you're off to the races. There's no compatibility issues either as to the computer it looks like a USB CD-ROM drive.
I use the virtual flash drive functionality on it as well to have things like a windows install disk, a chromeos flex install disk, one with a basic installation of rEFInd on it, among others. When you've selected it, it looks like a USB thumb drive to the computer and it can format it and whatnot just like any other thumb drive.
There's no special formats either. You can take the thumb drive images and dd them to a real disk and will work as such, as if it were written directly to that disk in the first place.
On Fri, Jun 21, 2024, at 4:36 PM, joe--- via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> Thanks Rusty ... Your comments are very helpful!
>
> To clarify Linux Mint got installed on
> one of the two "new" (used) thinkpads
> that I just bought (for $150/each)
> Both had win-10 installed.
>
> Mint was installed on the t470 and
> the t480 still has windows running
> with Ventoy downloaded, but not working.
>
> I will try hitting F1 to see if I can
> get to a boot prompt.
>
> In the past I was a just a little
> bit more competent, but at age 84
> I have lost more cognitive acuity
> than I like to admit.
>
>
> -------
> 2406-21 at 3:49 PM ~ Rusty Carruth wrote (in part):
> > I have no experience with it, but I actually
> > read your query and have some suggestions.
> >
> > First, let me try to straighten out my confusion.
> > You say someone installed Linux Mint on your laptop,
> > but then you say it boots windows.
> > So I'm a bit confused.
> >
> > In any case, I've used T470 laptops, and you
> > should turn it on and IMMEDIATELY start hitting
> > F1 as fast as you can until it either beeps once
> > or actually gets into the BIOS. From there you
> > should be able to set the boot device. (If F1
> > doesn't work (after trying multiple times!),
> > try 'enter', THEN F1 once it says something).
> >
> > I found this verified by searching using DuckDuckGo 'lenovo t470 enter
> > bios' (see
> > https://pcsupport.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-t-series-laptops/thinkpad-t470/solutions/ht500222-recommended-ways-to-enter-bios-boot-menu-thinkpad-thinkcentre-thinkstation
> > )
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