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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              >              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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