Hello All,

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If I fail to properly format this post, it can also be seen on Linux Mint forums:
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p...6&t=325131

I think I went astray following someone's mistakes on another website. I deleted that link.
Now, I am at a loss after playing with this off and on, for about 2 weeks.

Ventoy Installs and Boots fine, whether the Partition Table is msdos or GPT.
I finally found the -g option and it is now on a GPT Partition Table, Formatted as ext4.

I am at a loss after trying different things, including reinstalling a couple of times.

No Persistence option in the menu.
No Persistence in settings on re-boot.

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Thank you for this great tool! Everything works fine  - except peristence.
I've got persistence for these distribution
UBUNTU 20.04
KDE neon 20200702

Using the same setup-principles persistence fails (F5-test reports SUCCESS / OK for all) for
kUBUNTU 20.04
MANJARO 2003

My question: Is there any chance to find out in advance, if a distribution should work with persistence using ventoy?
Would it be possible, to add a column "Persistence" to the ISO-list, with label (e.g. "casper-rw" OR "MX-Persist") if working or "NO" if persistence not possible?

I would like to volunteer to assist in resolving some errors seen to improve understanding of Ventoy to its readers.

Who/whom do I address them? Or have the moderator send me a PM.

This utility has an Extremely attractive usefulness where I can boot this Boot Manager which presents ISOs it finds to user for selection. I have many questions for which the website is not geared for my ability to find answers.

So let me start by asking 3

1. Question #1: Does it matter if I use the Windows version created by Rufus or the Linux version to make the bootable USB?
   
2. I currently have created a folder on the 1st partition named "boot-isos" and placed my preferred ISOs within the folder for selection. This works as at boot time, I see the ISOs Ventoy found withing the "boot-isos" folder. Question #2: If I want to move this folder to my main system HDD, what must be done so that Ventoy will find the ISOs there?
   
3. One of my PCs is a modern 2016 vintage all in one PC. In its UEFI, Secure Boot is disabled. At boot-time, via the PC's boot device selector, I can boot the USB via the UEFI section or the Legacy section. But, for several of the ISOs, selecting and booting them gives VERY different results. Question #3: Is this something to do with Ventoy being booted from UEFI/Legacy OR is this something to do with the ISO itself?
   

    how to add the  f1,f2,f3,f4 and f5 text instead of just the press enter to boot to selected os ,'e' to edit commands before booting etc.....
And is there any way to show custom texts in the screen by editing the json file

I have tested the following:

Software: elementary OS 5.1 20200706
ISO: elementaryos-5.1-stable.20200706.iso
File size: 1484423168 bytes
Download: here
Boot:
- Legacy (MBR)
- UEFI (GPT)
Platforms tested:
- HP Pavilion Desktop (Intel i5-9400F)
- ACEPC T8 Mini PC (Intel Atom Z8350)
- VirtualBox on Mac OS X

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I have tested the following:

Software: Zorin OS 15.2 Core
ISO: Zorin-OS-15.2-Core-64-bit.iso
File size: 2335047680 bytes
Download: here
Boot:
- Legacy (MBR)
- UEFI (GPT)
Platforms tested:
- HP Pavilion Desktop (Intel i5-9400F)
- ACEPC T8 Mini PC (Intel Atom Z8350)
- VirtualBox on Mac OS X

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https://blog.chrxw.com/archives/2020/06/16/1245.html

[Moderator note: OP subject edited for retrievability (original was "Windows to Go, maybe via .vmdk?"); for working solution see post #14 and following.]