Official MediCat USB - A Multiboot Linux USB for PC Repair

I confirm that antivirus 360 total security cleaned some apps from folder "PortableApps" like ccleaner and burnaware.
So not only during installation they will be deleted but even after I turned on protection.
After added them to safe ones everything is back to normal

 

Same happens with ESET Internet Security, which includes the NOD32 antivirus. They are detected as potentially unwanted applications, not virus or malware specifically. I guess that's the default setting and you can change it.

 

I've just been playing with V20.11 & have a few questions:

Is there any relevance to the [UEFI] & [BIOS] before the filenames in the various categories?
Is it to signify that this software is not compatible with the opposite thing?

I use UBCD a lot in v20.10 of Medicat, but in this latest release, it has the [BIOS] before it's name, and as I boot in UEFI mode, it comes up with an error message about a missing file?
I'm not sure what has changed to make this software fail as it always used to work on Medicat?

I'm trying to add the latest Knoppix (Linux Distro) but when I try to run it, nothing happens & my laptop hangs.
It's supported on the Ventoy page.

I tried the Malwarebytes bootable, connected to the internet & tried to run all of the scans, and each immediately fails after 1 second & doesn't actually start the scan before the error.
Should I manually use the update option before trying a scan or simply let it look for an update, which it does anyway at the start of any scan?

Thanks in advance.

 

A computer either has a UEFI or BIOS, but not both?

As my laptop boots using UEFI there is no way for me to try the BIOS option?
Could the fact you are now using Ventoy be why UBCD used to work on this laptop & now doesn't?

 

You are right, ISO image is 100+M larger.

 

I can confirm Knoppix work. I add it to the Boot an Operating system directory -- [UEFI]_KNOPPIX_V8_6.iso

 

Thanks...did you prove it works using BIOS or UEFI boot (or both) ?

 

Hi guys!
Do we have another method to make bootable USB supports both Legacy and UEFI mode?
I tried using Ventoy. But it only works in Legacy mode, in UEFI mode it can not boot to USB and go directly to Windows.
I used another ISO (Sergei Strelec) but it doesn't work too.
My testing PC is Acer Travelmate P259 and Thinkpad T430s.
Thanks!

 

Hi That is not my problem. I think it can not boot because UEFI mode on my pc only detects GPT partition, then i tried format Ventoy USB with Option>GPT and it worked.
Thank you so much.

 

Hey, just signed up to ask this – how can I make an ISO out of your zip archives?

Using an iodd MINI, so that's why an ISO would be desirable. Cannot really use Ventoy here, as that would completely defeat the purpose of the iodd MINI

 

Kinda – I think the main benefit of the iodd is that is simulated a CD-ROM Drive, so you usually don't have to hassle with UEFI x BIOS + USB Boot. Migrating the *.wim images is quite a hassle but I guess what can you do ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
And you'll obviously loose the nice splash screen. Already thought about imaging everything to a USB stick as described in the tutorial and then creating an ISO off of it.

Thanks for the feedback tho. Hope I'll get it for me and my 20 colleagues to run. Absolute must-have for any Sysadmin

 

good morning! what a great job jayro, thank you very much.
I am testing Ventoy for the first time, is there an option to have different versions of medicat on a 64gb pendrive?

 

The MediCat is the one package and only one (but You can add more iso to boot from to "OSimages" folder). The choice is Your

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Jayro I have changed one line in ventoy.json file
line 403 to
"alias": "Run Own Images -->"
Look much better now... I hope You dont mind