XPost: uk.comp.os.linux, alt.windows7.general   
   From: jgnewsid@outlook.com   
      
   On 22/06/2024 in message  Java Jive wrote:   
      
   >This is a deliberate X-post between Linux & Windows groups because, as per   
   >subject, I wish to create one USB stick that can act as a rescue system   
   >for both Linux & Windows 7 & 10   
   >   
   >As a half-way house test-bench, I have partitioned an external HD in a USB   
   >drive-bay as follows:   
   >   
   >P1 Ubuntu 22 | P2 Clonezilla | P3 Win 10 Install | P4 Ghost & ISO images   
   >   
   >The PCs involved are:   
   >	1  Dell Precision M6700 x 2   
   >	2  Dell Inspiron 15RSE 7520   
   >	3  Dell Precision M6300   
   >   
   >   
   >PROBLEM #1:   
   >   
   >I can boot from the external HD on PC3, & I think PC2 but cannot check   
   >just now as I'm using it to write this, but certainly not on either of   
   >PC1, which both give the message "Invalid Partition Table!".  AFAICT,   
   >their BIOS settings are set to support fully legacy booting, which is what   
   >this disk is partitioned as, and they boot happily from their own internal   
   >legacy partitioned disks, but not this external one.  They also boot   
   >happily from a number of USB sticks.  The most obvious difference between   
   >these two PCs and the others is that they both have two internal HDs:   
   >	Disk 0, /dev/sda, contains just two data partitions.   
   >	Disk 1, /dev/sdb, contains four OS partitions:   
   >		Win 7   
   >		Win 10   
   >		Win 7 32-Bit   
   >		Ubuntu 22   
   >   
   >Can anyone suggest how I can arrange things so that all the PCs can boot   
   >from this external HD?   
      
   I use Ventoy which allows me to boot an external USB drive to any OS that   
   has a bootable iso on the Ventoy drive.   
      
   A question - are you using whatever key is appropriate to start your   
   BIOS's boot manager or expecting that whatever is on your Wimboot drive to   
   give you a choice of what drive to boot?   
      
   --   
   Jeff Gaines Dorset UK   
   Are you confused about gender?   
   Try milking a bull, you'll learn real quick.   
      
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