[issue]: Steam Deck recovery image not working

[florensie]

Official FAQ

• [X] I have checked the official FAQ.

Ventoy Version

1.0.79

What about latest release

Yes. I have tried the latest release, but the bug still exist.

BIOS Mode

UEFI Mode

Partition Style

GPT

Disk Capacity

32GB

Disk Manufacturer

SanDisk

Image file checksum (if applicable)

No.

Image file download link (if applicable)

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/1B71-EDF2-EB6D-2BB3

What happened?

I first extracted the .img file with bunzip2. It hangs on a black screen and never loads.

[leo60228]

Can reproduce. GRUB2 and MEMDISK modes have the same behavior.

[Nelfym]

Can reproduce with Ventoy 1.0.80.

[Traumlewis]

have the same problem Ventoy 1.0.80

[Ardakilic]

Can confirm this happening as well. It would be great to have all my recoveries on same drive.

[Kikoarl]

Can confirm. Could install Windows 11 on the Deck with this, but not the recovery.

[Conan179]

I can confirm that too, the recovery image does not start.

[HerrTiSo]

Issue still persists. That's so frustrating...

[steve6375]

https://ventoy.net/en/doc_subscription.html Maybe you will get better attention if you subscribe and ask nicely?

[aet08]

Same issue

[carrierfry]

Same issue. Would be great to be able to have the recovery image on ventoy as well!

[Pleasant-exe]

I think its pretty obvious as to why it wont work, however i would like to get on the request bandwagon.

[MrHomebrew]

I'd also like to see this as an added supported OS.

[zorbathut]

Issue appears to persist with 1.0.88.

[akeilox]

This issue still havent been solved it appears. I get blank screen like others mentioned.

[johnlietzke]

I would also like to see this feature added. Would be nice to have everything on one USB.

[robotman40]

I tested this by added the compressed img archive and it does not show up in the boot menu. Unpacking the iso from the archive results in a 10GB file that, like all of you are facing, does not boot from Ventoy.

It would be convenient for me to have my Steam Deck recovery image stored along with my Linux distros.

[My1]

I think its pretty obvious as to why it wont work, however i would like to get on the request bandwagon.

kindly do explain if it is so obvious.

[Mart-Bogdan]

I think its pretty obvious as to why it wont work, however i would like to get on the request bandwagon.

@Pleasant-exe

It is not. Linux distrs and windows works, but this is not. It's becouse it's not ISO but IMG? Like it already have MBR inside?

[Mart-Bogdan]

Yes, it's indeed jsut image of full disk with all stem partitotions

But it only have part A not both A and B. I guess some conversion of disk is required to being able to boot from ventoy. that's a shame

[baldsealion]

bump, would like to see this supported

[omgzpwnd]

bumpzy, please make it happen ;p

[ChristophWeigert]

Is there any workaround?

[baldsealion]

This is the error message I get when trying to boot the img from Ventoy 1.0.94

error: attempt to read or write outside of disk ‘hd3’.

[zorbathut]

Is there any workaround?

Unfortunately the current workaround is "don't use Ventoy".

[dibu28]

Is there any workaround?

[baldsealion]

Is there any workaround?

Lol… did you read the comment above yours?

[My1]

Lol at this stage we can just hope that person was trying to be funny (which failed successfully)

[baldsealion]

Lol at this stage we can just hope that person was trying to be funny (which failed successfully)

Right haha it got a good laugh from me.

In all seriousness though… the closest workaround with Ventoy is using HoloISO, for whatever reason that works… but useless for full recovery.

[arnogon]

I hate to say this, but considering the comment that suggested to "subscribe and ask nicely" was downvoted into oblivion... I doubt this feature is high on the developer team's priority list.

[My1]

Lol. 20 per year isn't even that much, and specific support for specific images is literally on the list of what a sub gets.