Creating a bootable drive for Garuda Linux

In this tutorial, we will use ventoy to create a bootable drive. 

Step 1: Download the zip file from the GitHub releases page of ventoy – https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/releases

Step 2: Extract the zip file from your computer and open the extracted folder.

Step 3: Connect the Pendrive which you want to make the bootable drive to your PC.  Double-click on Ventoy2Disk.exe, or Ventoy2disk.sh to launch the ventoy application.

Step 4: Now you will see the following window: 

Step 5: Now click on the blue green colored refresh button (shown in the below screenshot), to see your connected drive on this application:

Step 6: Now click on the dropdown menu under Device and choose the drive which you want to make bootable.

Step 7: Now you need to configure some options, so click on the Options button in the top left-hand corner of the window. A menu will appear. Now click on Secure Boot Support and make sure it is checked.

Step 8: After this select your preferred partition style. If you have BIOS on your computer then you can only use the MBR partitioning style, whereas if you have UEFI, you can use both MBR and GPT partitioning styles. Most of the systems use UEFI, but if you are not sure, you can search about your laptop model or if you are using a desktop, you can search for the motherboard’s serial number to get the related info.

Step 9: After configuring all the options, click on install-to-install ventoy on your chosen disk.

Note: All the data on the chosen disk will be erased after you hit install.

Step 10: Now your Pen drive will be partitioned into 2 drives, one will likely be of a much smaller size (this partition contains ventoy), while on the other partition, you can put your ISO files and install them on your PC.

Step 11: After this, you can copy your ISO file of Garuda Linux to the bigger-sized partition, and with this done, our bootable drive is ready.

Garuda Linux is a recent Linux distro that is primarily based on Arch Linux (a former Linux distribution). This distro was mainly created by keeping performance-centric tasks in mind, such as – Gaming, Video Editing, and Compiling huge amounts of code. Other than this, it also offers easy-to-use features and an attractive GUI. This distro comes with a wide range of Linux desktop environments like – GNOME, KDE, Cinnamon, XFCE, etc. You can check out other desktop environments and download them by clicking on this link: https://garudalinux.org/downloads.html.

Note: This guide is for the fresh installation of Garuda Linux on a machine and not for Dual booting alongside other OS like Windows. If you proceed with this guide on a laptop, then the currently installed OS and Data will be erased.

Downloading and Installing Garuda Linux

So, before we begin with our installation of Garuda Linux, we will need the Disk Image file, also known as the ISO file, of our favorite desktop environment of Garuda Linux. It will be better if you research all the available desktop environments of Garuda Linux on the web. After you are done, you can download it here- https://garudalinux.org/downloads.html

Note: Make sure that your system meets the specified requirements which will be shown after you click on the above link.

After you have downloaded your favorite desktop environment’s ISO, we will move on to the installation procedure.