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   bilsch01 to Mike Easter   
   Re: need a dd copy line to zero fill thi   
   13 Oct 23 08:57:56   
   
   From: usenet@writer.com   
      
   On 10/11/2023 7:28 PM, Mike Easter wrote:   
   > Mike Easter wrote:   
   >> bilsch01 wrote:   
   >>> Mike Easter wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Next I used current version of Rufus off of the web to make the drive   
   >>> a Ubuntu 22.04.03 installer using the downloaded Ubuntu iso. That   
   >>> worked, but Rufus warned that maybe the version of Grub (that Rufus   
   >>> would use) might not be absolutely compatible with the installer.   
   >>   
   >> I'm not familiar w/ such an experience.  It interests me enough that   
   >> I think I'll dust off the laptop that has W10 on it which is the only   
   >>  thing I have that can run the current Rufus 4.2 and see what happens   
   >> if I write the Ub 22.04.03 with it.  The newest Rufus is '23 Jul and   
   >> that Ub is '23 Aug.  Usually if Rufus 'alerts' on something, it is   
   >> about the syslinux and it has a 'stockpile' of versions online that   
   >> it can fetch for itself if needed.   
   >>   
   > I did all that; used the W10 LT + Rufus 4.2 + Ub 22.04.3 and you are   
   > correct the alert is about grub, not syslinux, but I would consider that   
   > alert 'negligible' as it is about the 'language' difference between grub   
   > 2.06 and the Ub v. of grub 2.06-2ubuntu7.2.  Rufus even offers to go   
   > online and see if it can find access to dl the slightly differently   
   > named grub 2.06.   
   Thanks for this info   
      
   >   
      
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