zyxhere💭 wrote: > On Tue, 2025-09-23 at 12:25 -0500, Dale wrote: >> Dr Rainer Woitok wrote: >>> Greetings, >>> >>> just starting a routine upgrade I found the following in the >>> "emerge" >>> output: >>> >>> !!! The following installed packages are masked: >>> - sys-boot/unetbootin-702::gentoo (masked by: package.mask) >>> /var/db/repos/gentoo/profiles/package.mask: >>> # Andreas Sturmlechner <[email protected]> (2025-09-16) >>> # Abandoned upstream, based on Qt5, "must be run as root", then >>> fails to >>> # start w/ current kde-plasma/kdesu-gui[X] within Wayland >>> sessions too. >>> # Removal on 2025-10-16. Bug #957179 >>> >>> In the past I used this package to update the bootable image on my >>> reco- >>> very USB stick, but now this no longer seems to be a good idea :-( >>> >>> What are others using to create a bootable USB stick? >>> >>> Sincerely, >>> Rainer >>> >>> . >>> >> >> Someone mentioned this a long time ago on this list. I tried it. It >> is >> awesome. I think it supports a lot of booting methods. I'm not sure >> if >> it will do what you want but if you read about it, it may be that it >> does and is a good option for you to try. Here is a link. >> >> https://github.com/ventoy >> >> Basically, once you get it set up, you just put whatever you want to >> boot in a directory and when you boot from it, it generates a menu >> with >> all the available options. You can add or remove easily. >> >> It may not do what you want but if it does, it could be worth taking >> a >> few minutes to look into it. >> >> Dale >> >> :-) :-) > I would stay vary of ventoy https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/issues/135 > https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/issues/2795 > > . >
For 135, you seen this? https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/issues/2692 It would seem that a fix is done for that. From another thread, it appears this is a common thing with media that is bootable from CD/DVD/USB stick. If one is that concerned with security, disable booting from USB completely. For 2795, you seen this thread? https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/issues/3224 It would seem that it is being worked on. Still, I've used Ventoy on several systems here for all sorts of reasons. From my understanding, once you boot into the media, Gentoo live build for me usually, Ventoy is out of the picture. It also seems the creator, like others who use the same code since it appears those blobs are from upstream, is working on the issue. Even if he didn't create the issue. The creator seems to engage and work on any problems people find. That's more than can be said for some. Dale :-) :-)
