[SOLVED] Ntfs if fat32

wpeckham · 07-30-2025, 02:12 PM

Is that error from the Linux you are installing, Linux AFTER the install, or from Ventoy when you are loading the ISO, or form Ventoy before you load the ISO?

PS: Did you verify the CRC on that ISO to ensure that you have a full and uncorrupted download?

Longines · 07-30-2025, 02:17 PM

An error occurred during system installation. If I remember correctly, this occurred after selecting the clean install option. This means that anything previously on the disk will be deleted.

Longines

yancek · 07-30-2025, 02:50 PM

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Some say ext4. And here you recommend FAT32, so what should it be, Fat32 or ext4?

The quote above if from post 13. I don't recommend anything but the people who write the various software products to create a Linux bootable usb often recommend/suggest FAT32 and in some cases indicated that if there was a problem with another filesystm to use FAT32. I don't use any of this software (rufus, balena etcher, ventoy) as I install Grub to the usb I am using and simply copy the iso to a partition on the usb and manually create a menuentry in grub.cfg. Not many users, particularly new users will want to do that. With the method I use, it doesn't matter if the partition is ext4, FAT32, ntfs or pretty much any other filesystem as the iso is an iso9660 system.

wpeckham · 07-30-2025, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by yancek

The quote above if from post 13. I don't recommend anything but the people who write the various software products to create a Linux bootable usb often recommend/suggest FAT32 and in some cases indicated that if there was a problem with another filesystm to use FAT32. I don't use any of this software (rufus, balena etcher, ventoy) as I install Grub to the usb I am using and simply copy the iso to a partition on the usb and manually create a menuentry in grub.cfg. Not many users, particularly new users will want to do that. With the method I use, it doesn't matter if the partition is ext4, FAT32, ntfs or pretty much any other filesystem as the iso is an iso9660 system.

I prefer Ventoy because I can have a dozen live images ready on a single device, but yours is a solid way of operating if you need only one or two.

PS. some distributions check the file system they are running on or arriving from and complain or fail if it is not as expected. Fewer of those very year, but a couple still exist. I try to avoid those.

michaelk · 07-30-2025, 03:16 PM

I have not played with rufus in awhile nor the latest Mint installer. According to the rufus FAQs the uefi partition can be NTFS which should apply to only the USB boot drive AFAIK. Once the installer is running its default automatic wipe everything and install Mint will use FAT32 for the UEFI and ext4 for everything else.

yancek · 07-30-2025, 06:27 PM

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but yours is a solid way of operating if you need only one or two.

There's no limit on the number of systems (bootable iso files) on a drive other than the size of the drive. I've had 25 plus iso files of Linux distributions, tools (such as gparted) on a single flash drive which all booted. From what I know, I would suggest/recommend Ventoy to new users who want multiple iso files to boot.

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some distributions check the file system they are running on or arriving from and complain or fail if it is not as expected.

I haven't experienced that with the filesystems I used booting iso files but there are a number of filesystems I haven't used.