Okay update, part way through the installation process (before it actually started downloading, when it’s still asking questions about languages and location and password and all that) it said it failed and lost connection to the drive or something, then froze. When I tried to re-boot it, it started saying “invalid magic number, load kernel first” or something around those lines. It’s getting late here, so I’ll try it again tomorrow. If you know of anything I can try, I’ll attempt it when I get the chance.

I tried redoing it right after replying to you.

Just tried Ventoy, it worked perfectly. Thank you! I appreciate it.

It was just a regular usb drive as far as I know, nothing fancy. Completely clean before hand, new. I used Balenta Etcher to flash Linux Mint onto it. It was specifically the August 2023 version of BE if that makes a difference. The current version was bugging and would just freeze.

Pretty sure it was UEFI

It’s from a regular usb drive as far as I know. It’s new and never been used, didn’t hold anything on it until I flashed the Linux Mint ISO onto it. I used Balenta Etcher to flash it, not sure how to verify with it.

In case anyone is reading this and using an iPhone, Orion is the only iOS browser afaik to currently support uBlock Origin. I haven’t had a single ad since discovering that. Picture in Picture mode works too, as long as you go full screen with the video before swiping home. Hope this helps someone.