hi!
i tried making an install media of garuda sway with 2 different usb drives, tried both balenaEtcher and rufus… when i try to boot to the installation media, it would hang up at the BIOS splash screen and the usb’s activity light would stop flashing.
mind you, when i first did it, it actually worked: but i was fighting with the hard drive i wanted to install and try garuda on so i restarted a bunch of times, and eventually booting to the install media, doesnt matter which USB, doesnt matter which application i used to flash it with, would just hang at the BIOS splash screen as mentioned before
disabling CSM did nothing, same issue except the screen remains stuck on a black screen instead of the BIOS splash… one time i tried with csm disabled though i did briefly see the “Welcome to GRUB!” text, but it disappeared quickly and was stuck on a black screen right after. i tried downloading the iso again on another machine but still nothing…
the thing that confuses me the most though, is i ended up finding out that its not an issue with either isos or usb drives: when i try through my laptop (Probook 470 G1) it manages to boot into the live environment just fine, so im really confused on what makes it not work on my desktop..
when searching i used some more generic terms so i completely missed those results, fair enough, my fault… sorry! but i do wonder why would it only work with ventoy? i also dont understand why would it still work on another machine consistently, but i will go try with ventoy right now
Me too. 
Here too.
Try grub2.
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