Samsung SSD Firmware ISOs won't boot

[reedy]

Hello!

I'd like to report that the Samsung SSD Firmware ISO's don't seem to work with Ventoy v1.0.26.

From https://www.samsung.com/semiconductor/minisite/ssd/download/tools/

NVMe SSD-970 EVO Plus Firmware - https://s3.ap-northeast-2.amazonaws.com/global.semi.static/SAMSUNG_SSD_970EVO_Plus_ISO_190513/7ES357322A6707A720E1A71EF11A3BE1EED819E011D317626415F0281A78151C/Samsung_SSD_970_EVO_Plus_2B2QEXM7.iso

Just sits there on a blank screen.

SATA SSD-850 PRO Firmware - http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/content/FM/201711/20171102105105735/Samsung_SSD_850_PRO_EXM04B6Q_Win.iso

Gets this error message

Let me know if I can help provide more debugging information. I've only tried it on the new PC I'm in the midst of building (motherboard is an Asus Z490-F). I'll try it on my older desktop and see if it plays ball there

[reedy]

Same behaviour on my much older desktop (Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H)

[ghost]

Hi, guys!

Tried on

my pc

``` sudo inxi -MCDazy1 Machine: Type: Mini-pc System: Intel Client Systems product: NUC8i5BEK v: J72742-308 serial: Chassis: Intel Corporation type: 35 v: 2.0 serial: N/A Mobo: Intel model: NUC8BEB v: J72692-309 serial: UEFI: Intel v: BECFL357.86A.0085.2020.1007.1917 date: 10/07/2020 CPU: Info: Quad Core model: Intel Core i5-8259U socket: BGA1528 (U3E1) note: check bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Kaby Lake family: 6 model-id: 8E (142) stepping: A (10) microcode: D6 L1 cache: 256 KiB L2 cache: 6144 KiB L3 cache: 6000 KiB flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 18406 Speed: 1725 MHz min/max: 400/2300 MHz base/boost: 2300/3500 volts: 0.8 V ext-clock: 100 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1725 2: 1762 3: 1671 4: 1562 Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT disabled Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, RSB filling Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected Drives: Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 328.91 GiB (70.6%) ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 970 EVO Plus 500GB size: 465.76 GiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: rev: 2B2QEXM7 temp: 34 Celsius C scheme: GPT SMART: yes health: PASSED ... ```

Samsung_SSD_970_EVO_Plus_2B2QEXM7.iso: -) UEFI: direct loading not works; -) UEFI: loading w/ Memdisk technique (https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_memdisk.html) works:

loading w/ Memdisk technique


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Samsung_SSD_850_PRO_EXM04B6Q_Win.iso:

-) UEFI: direct loading not works; -) UEFI: loading w/ Memdisk technique not works; -) Legacy boot: in Memdisk mode works:

Legacy boot: in Memdisk mode


Have local package:

$ pacman -Qi ventoy
Name            : ventoy
Version         : 1.0.27-1

and updated to the same version on USB stick, which I tried to load images from.

Do not want to try Memdisk mode and Legacy boot?

[reedy]

Thanks

I see memdisk is documented at https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_memdisk.html (I thought I tried that at the time, but it didn't work; I can try again)

Legacy boot presumably means changing BIOS/UEFI settings? This seems to be not particularly well documented, just mentioned.

[ghost]

Legacy boot presumably means changing BIOS/UEFI settings?

Yes. I enter my BIOS/UEFI settings at the very initial boot time of pc, added flag in checkbox of Legacy boot setting, saved, reboot, chose legacy item in boot menu to load USB stick with ventoy and images.

[ventoy]

This is an old issue. I will close it now. If you still have problem with latest Ventoy release, you can reopen the issue.

[NelsonMinar]

FWIW if anyone sees this in 2024: Samsung's ISOs only seem to boot in MBR / "Legacy BIOS", not UEFI.