Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB

Subject	Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
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From	"25B.R866" <25B.R866@noaaba.net>
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Date	2023-02-18 22:24 -0500
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On 2/18/23 9:21 AM, Richard Kettlewell wrote:
> "25B.R866" <25B.R866@noaaba.net> writes:
>>    Most modern bootable USBs also incorporate
>>    a UEFI (a M$ abomination) partition a the
>>    very start. You, kinda, CAN fake that with
>>    gparted - create a FAT-32 part at the very
>>    beginning, but it's not guarenteed to work
>>    since special code needs to be loaded INTO
>>    the little partition.
> 
> It’s an industry-wide design, not unique to Microsoft.
   But it was a M$-driven PLOT - mostly to hurt Linux.

> The thing you
> need to copy into it is your boot loader. Conceptually it’s not much
> different from installing a boot loader into a boot sector. The
> practical differences are that you can have more than one operating
> system’s boot loader there, and you have more than 512 bytes to play
> with before having to chain to something else.

   With GRUB you only need to load ONE thing, GRUB, at
   boot. Then IT takes care of all the alternatives. It
   will work just fine from a non-UEFI medium.

   Now if, for some reason, you don't WANT to use anything
   like GRUB then, yea, the data in the UEFI can theoretically
   boot multiple systems (until M$ decides it shouldn't by
   adding a few 'poison' bytes somewhere (they'll call it
   a 'security enhancement')).

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  Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2023-02-15 23:01 +0100
  Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2023-02-15 22:11 +0000
    Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB Bobbie Sellers <bliss@mouse-potato.com> - 2023-02-15 16:34 -0800
    Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2023-02-16 10:59 +0200
  Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2023-02-15 20:11 -0500
  Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB "25B.R866" <25B.R866@noaaba.net> - 2023-02-18 03:38 -0500
    Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2023-02-18 09:59 +0000
      Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB "25B.R866" <25B.R866@noaaba.net> - 2023-02-18 22:04 -0500
        Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2023-02-18 23:34 -0500
        Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2023-02-19 11:25 +0000
          Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2023-02-19 12:50 +0100
            Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2023-02-19 14:30 +0000
    Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2023-02-18 12:29 +0100
      Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB "25B.R866" <25B.R866@noaaba.net> - 2023-02-18 22:15 -0500
    Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2023-02-18 14:21 +0000
      Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB "25B.R866" <25B.R866@noaaba.net> - 2023-02-18 22:24 -0500
        Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2023-02-19 12:26 +0100
        Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2023-02-19 14:21 +0000
          Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB "25B.E866" <25B.E866@noaaba.net> - 2023-02-20 21:53 -0500
            Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2023-02-21 08:39 +0000
              Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2023-02-21 10:53 +0000
                Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2023-02-21 11:42 +0000
                Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB "25B.E866" <25B.E866@noaaba.net> - 2023-02-22 01:08 -0500
                Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB "25B.E866" <25B.E866@noaaba.net> - 2023-02-22 01:38 -0500
                Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2023-02-23 12:15 +0100
                Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2023-02-23 13:16 +0000
                Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB "25B.E866" <25B.E866@noaaba.net> - 2023-02-23 21:27 -0500
                Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2023-02-24 09:20 +0000
                Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2023-02-24 14:03 +0100
            Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2023-02-21 10:38 +0000
              Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2023-02-21 19:12 +0000
                Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2023-02-22 13:26 +0000
        Re: Use GParted to make bootable USB Bobbie Sellers <bliss@mouse-potato.com> - 2023-02-21 22:30 -0800

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