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Re: Linux Mint 21.1

From dillinger <dillinger@invalid.not>
Newsgroups alt.os.linux.mint
Subject Re: Linux Mint 21.1
Date 2022-12-09 00:02 +0100
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On 12/8/22 23:34, Mike Easter wrote:
> yossarian wrote:
>> Today I read a horror story about Ventoy. When installed on a USB 
>> stick, it
>> posses it forever. Long story if you want to read
>> https://dl.fullcirclemagazine.org/issue187_en.pdf
>> on page 49 in letters.
> 
> I haven't specifically had problems w/ Ventoy sticks, but over the years 
> of writing .iso/s to USB, I've encountered 'problems' w/ recovering or 
> formatting a USB stick.
> 
> Rufus does a better job than almost anything else for problems.  It has 
> been years since I've had to 'zero' a USB stick.
> 
> I'm not 'intimidated' by problems formatting a USB.  Until they die, 
> which can also happen.  I doubt that Ventoy can kill a stick.
> 
> I saw that fullcircle mag. First, Adam sounds like he doesn't have as 
> much experience writing .iso/s to USB as I have; and I didn't agree w/ 
> one of his sentences about V' docs "The official documentation is 
> complex and confusing,"
> 
> But, Adam was way ahead of AuntieE in terms of handling V. who said, "It 
> also seems impossible to find out what version of Ventoy I have."  Not 
> at all.  It is also very easy to update V.
> 
> Adam explained to AuntieE who did NOT make an adequate trouble report 
> about the partition situation.  Depending on the formatter, sometimes 
> multiple partitions make a USB formatter 'confused' or at least throwing 
> up an alert about it.
> 
> As Adam said to AuntieE:"It is worth noting that Ventoy leaves the USB 
> stick with two partitions, a large storage partition in exFat format, 
> and a small (32 MB) EFI boot partition in FAT16 format,"
> 
FWIW, they're trying at least once to partition a mounted USB stick.
Not very convincing, is it?

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Linux Mint 21.1 Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2022-12-08 17:04 +0000
  Re: Linux Mint 21.1 Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2022-12-08 09:53 -0800
    Re: Linux Mint 21.1 Big Al <Bears@invalid.com> - 2022-12-08 13:50 -0500
      Re: Linux Mint 21.1 Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2022-12-08 12:08 -0800
        Re: Linux Mint 21.1 yossarian <nomail@gmail.com> - 2022-12-08 23:07 +0100
          Re: Linux Mint 21.1 Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2022-12-08 14:34 -0800
            Re: Linux Mint 21.1 dillinger <dillinger@invalid.not> - 2022-12-09 00:02 +0100
    Re: Linux Mint 21.1 Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2022-12-08 18:59 +0000
      Re: Linux Mint 21.1 Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2022-12-08 12:10 -0800
        Re: Linux Mint 21.1 Rob H <rob@despammer.com> - 2022-12-09 17:41 +0000
          Re: Linux Mint 21.1 Big Al <Bears@invalid.com> - 2022-12-09 13:07 -0500
            Re: Linux Mint 21.1 Rob H <rob@despammer.com> - 2022-12-10 13:01 +0000
            Re: Linux Mint 21.1 Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> - 2022-12-11 22:42 +0000
  Re: Linux Mint 21.1 Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2022-12-08 20:25 +0000
  Re: Linux Mint 21.1 Big Al <Bears@invalid.com> - 2022-12-20 18:17 -0500
  Re: Linux Mint 21.1 Yrrah <Yrrah-aolm@aolm.invalid> - 2022-12-21 15:01 +0100
    Re: Linux Mint 21.1 yossarian <nomail@gmail.com> - 2022-12-21 21:31 +0100
      Re: Linux Mint 21.1 yossarian <nomail@gmail.com> - 2022-12-22 08:11 +0100
      Re: Linux Mint 21.1 Yrrah <Yrrah-aolm@aolm.invalid> - 2022-12-22 14:18 +0100
        Re: Linux Mint 21.1 Big Al <Bears@invalid.com> - 2022-12-22 09:28 -0500
    Re: Linux Mint 21.1 Monsieur <Monsieur@notreal.invalid> - 2022-12-23 20:42 +0100
      Re: Linux Mint 21.1 Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2022-12-23 20:10 +0000
        Re: Linux Mint 21.1 Mike Bott <mbott001@gmail.com> - 2022-12-23 15:23 -0500
          Re: Linux Mint 21.1 Nic <Nic@none.net> - 2022-12-23 15:36 -0500
            Re: Linux Mint 21.1 Mike Bott <mbott001@gmail.com> - 2022-12-23 15:54 -0500
        Re: Linux Mint 21.1 Monsieur <Monsieur@notreal.invalid> - 2022-12-28 09:16 +0100
          Re: Linux Mint 21.1 Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2022-12-28 08:51 +0000
            Re: Linux Mint 21.1 Monsieur <Monsieur@notreal.invalid> - 2022-12-28 14:09 +0100
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              Re: Linux Mint 21.1 Nic <Nic@none.net> - 2022-12-28 08:24 -0500
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                Re: Linux Mint 21.1 Nic <Nic@none.net> - 2022-12-29 07:23 -0500
                Re: Linux Mint 21.1 mechanic <mechanic@example.net> - 2022-12-30 11:44 +0000
                Re: Linux Mint 21.1 Nic <Nic@none.net> - 2022-12-30 09:03 -0500
                Re: Linux Mint 21.1 Big Al <Bears@invalid.com> - 2022-12-30 15:37 -0500
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                Re: Linux Mint 21.1 Jack Strangio  <jackstrangio@yahoo.com> - 2022-12-31 08:48 +0000
                Re: Linux Mint 21.1 Monsieur <Monsieur@notreal.invalid> - 2023-01-04 21:28 +0100

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