[issue]: can't boot to recalbox

[candrapersada]

Official FAQ

• I have checked the official FAQ.

Ventoy Version

1.0.64

What about latest release

No. I didn't try the latest release.

BIOS Mode

Both

Partition Style

MBR

Disk Capacity

200 GB

Disk Manufacturer

No response

Image file checksum (if applicable)

No response

Image file download link (if applicable)

https://upgrade.recalbox.com/latest/download-wizard/x86_64/recalbox-x86_64.img.xz

What happened?

A bug happened! why can't boot to recalbox from ventoy?

[ventoy]

I have fixed it, you can try with the CI release:
https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/actions/runs/1801342733
https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_github_ci.html

Attention:
The latest recalbox img file will auto extend space during the first boot time.
So you MUST extend the original img file size (at least 2GB) before boot it from Ventoy.

For example, in linux you can extend the img file as follows (just append 2GB zero data to the end of the original img file):

dd if=/dev/zero bs=1M count=2048 >> recalbox-x86_64.img

Then copy the new recalbox-x86_64.img file to Ventoy USB stick and boot it.

[candrapersada]

Attention:
The latest recalbox img file will auto extend space during the first boot time.
So you MUST extend the original img file size (at least 2GB) before boot it from Ventoy.

how to extend the img in Windows?

[ventoy]

On Windows

1. Find a file in Windows, it can be any file with any content, the only requirement is that its size must be at least 2GB. Assume the file is xxx.bin
2. run the command in cmd.exe

copy /b recalbox-x86_64.img+xxx.bin  recalbox-x86_64_new.img

Finally copy the recalbox-x86_64_new.img to Ventoy USB stick and boot it.

[candrapersada]

how to use xxx.bin for add 2GB?

[ventoy]

run the command in cmd.exe
copy /b recalbox-x86_64.img+xxx.bin recalbox-x86_64_new.img

This command will concat recalbox-x86_64.img and xxx.bin to generate a new file recalbox-x86_64_new.img

[candrapersada]

what I mean is how to create a file xxx.bin with size 2GB

[ventoy]

You don't need to create a special file with exactly 2GB size.
Just find a file, for example, abc.iso xxx.img xxx.rar .... any file is OK, only that its size is at least 2GB (can be 3GB 4GB ...)

[ventoy]

Or you can make a copy of recalbox-x86_64.img and rename it as xxx.bin

copy  recalbox-x86_64.img   xxx.bin

[ventoy]

Can it work?

[candrapersada]

yes