r/MXLinux • u/Kiloseven7 • 6h ago

Help request Ventoy generated flashdrive fails to boot ONLY MX Linux

Verified checksums on downloaded ISOs (KDE, XFCE, Fluxbox).
Seven other distros UEFI boot AOK on my Thinkpad X1 Carbon Gen3.
Booting into GRUB2 mode fails with a black screen.
Booting into Normal mode fails with both (systemd) and (sysinit) with a prompt to load the kernel.
MX Linux is _supposed_ to work w/ Ventoy.
Anyone make it work?

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u/Foreign_Bottle1152 2h ago

Usa USB A 2.0

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u/Kiloseven7 0m ago

I did.

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u/paach0 2h ago

Weird. I used Ventoy to try out MX Linux (KDE and Xfce) an it worked fine. Maybe try downloading a different version number of the ISO.

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u/siamhie 1h ago

Do you have Windows installed on the drive?
Is secure boot enabled in BIOS?

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u/Kiloseven7 1m ago

No Windows. No Secure Boot.

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u/couriousLin 42m ago

MX Linux on Ventoy works great for me. About the only suggestion i have is to run the ISO checksum resident on the Ventoy drive to make sure there wasn't a copy error.

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u/Kiloseven7 0m ago

Checksum matches.