From: josef@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 26.04.23 22:31, Mark Bourne wrote:   
   > Josef Möllers wrote:   
   >> On 26.04.23 06:23, Gordon wrote:   
   >>> As suggested Ventoy is your first port of call. However some iso fail to   
   >>> boot from Ventoy, only a few. In this case Etcher is the second port of   
   >>> call.   
   >>   
   >> These are names that do not mean anything to me (Europe/Germany), so   
   >> I'll try a generic stick and go from there if that fails.   
   >   
   > Ventoy and Etcher aren't brands of USB sticks, but bootloaders which can   
   > be installed on a USB stick, which in turn boot ISO files saved to the   
   > stick.  After installing the bootloader to a USB stick, you can just   
   > copy ISO files onto the stick as normal files, and choose which one to   
   > boot each time.  It saves having to install just one ISO at a time onto   
   > the stick, particularly when trying ISOs for different distros for   
   > example, but it also makes it easy to just copy the ISO file for a new   
   > version and boot it to try or install.   
   >   
   > Pretty much any USB stick large enough to hold several ISO files should   
   > do.  The larger the drive, the more ISO files you'll be able to keep on   
   > there to choose from when you boot it.  A decent USB 3 stick should be   
   > faster, assuming the PC also has a USB 3 port, but even a cheap USB 2   
   > one would probably be faster than booting from DVD.   
   >   
     OK. I understand now. I guess I need to follow the course "How to use   
   Google for Noobs" :-(   
      
   The current state is that I have installed using a 20.04 DVD and then   
   updated all the packages. So far no major problems.   
      
   I do have a reasonably large collection of USB sticks (in various colors   
   -) ) and I'll definitely give Ventoy and Etcher a try.   
      
   Thanks!   
      
   Josef   
      
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