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Can’t boot Clonezilla on Surface Go 1 (self.linux)

submitted 1 year ago by Dariusmiles2123 to c/[email protected]

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Hi everyone,

I have a Surface Go 1 with 128 gb hooked up to a usb-c screen.

I’ve installed Fedora 38 on it and I’m really happy with the whole setup. So much so that I wanted to be able to reproduce it on all my computers.

The problem is I can’t get the machine to boot from a Usb-a with usb-c adaptor or from a usb-c stick.

I’ve tried everything. I can access the uefi settings and disable secure boot and change the boot order. At first I thought it was because I was using an usb-c adapter but buying a usc-c stick didn’t change a thing.

In the past the only way I was able to boot from usb was to break my system, install windows again and go to windows recovery. I don’t want to do that again as I would want to clone my system.

For now, I’ve resorted to cloning my girlfriend’s 2012 MacBook Pro with Fedora on it, but since it’s not my daily driver, it’s not where I’m creating my perfect setup.

If anyone can help me, I’d be really grateful.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

My Surface GO also refuses to boot Linux usb sticks directly (interestingly windows usb sticks are no problem).

What worked for me is creating a ventoy usb stick and then putting the iso on there.

If this does not work you can try to set the boot order from fedora with efibootmgr. More infos

[–] Dariusmiles2123 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks I guess I’ll try that👍

[–] Dariusmiles2123 1 points 1 year ago

Well apparently the Ventoy trick is working. At least it booted on it as Clonezilla is taking 4 hours to clone my disk. So for now I don’t have a definitive result.

I’ve tried with a usb-c ventoyed stick and I’ll also try with a usb-a with adapter ventoyed stick.