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andaro77

Pop_OS! live USB refusing to boot

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Hey there, see caption for TLDRs, here goes:

Trying to install Pop_OS! and the live USB drive I used appears to only boot via Legacy and not UEFI, and booting via a Ventoy drive boots the system, but fails on the installation following the partitioning, using the standard official nVidia image the website gave me.

Using balenaEtecher, it shows up Legacy-only, with Rufus it shows up in DD mode only, locked to MBR-Legacy.

Thanks in advance!

Posted Feb 7, 2026, 10:56 PM UTC

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