deck Install Support Question

Hello! I am having trouble installing from an SD card or USB drive. It looks like I am not the only one from the support pages I have seen. The boot menu does not display SD cards or USB drives after trying several. As such I am thinking it may be an option for me to flash the Bazzite live CD onto a 2TB SSD directly, then load the entire live CD into the deck's RAM, and install the desktop onto that same SSD(which would be doable if things are cached in RAM). Can someone help me understand what grub or launch flags to use here or if this is unfeasable?
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termdisc
termdisc4mo ago
how are you creating the install media?
catrajang
catrajangOP4mo ago
sudo dd if=/var/home/kecj/Downloads/bazzite-deck-stable.iso of=/dev/sdb
termdisc
termdisc4mo ago
I suggest trying something else like Ventoy, Fedora Media Writer or Balena Etcher
catrajang
catrajangOP4mo ago
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termdisc
termdisc4mo ago
SteamOS doesn't boot from Ventoy Bazzite boots from Ventoy
catrajang
catrajangOP4mo ago
Heard; will proceed as advised then and report back.
termdisc
termdisc4mo ago
I can confirm this because I reinstalled Bazzite on my Deck + PC yesterday with Ventoy
catrajang
catrajangOP4mo ago
Will continue reporting in a few minutes.
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catrajang
catrajangOP4mo ago
@termdisc (Deck+PC) I've only just gotten to grub and currently have my 64GB SSD in. It's working great! I am swapping in my 2TB SSD now and attempting to install. Will update. It's looking great!!
termdisc
termdisc4mo ago
great!
catrajang
catrajangOP4mo ago
If I encrypt boot medium on install am I easily capable of entering pass code on steam deck? Or do I need external keyboard?
termdisc
termdisc4mo ago
I can't confidently answer that because I don't do encrypted boot
catrajang
catrajangOP4mo ago
No problem you have been phenomenal in your support. Install still pending but it appears to be going well.
Kyle Gospo
Kyle Gospo4mo ago
you need an external keyboard however, there is a ujust command to do TPM unlock which will automatically unlock your luks via TPM then you rely on the Steam pin to keep it secure Means the drive is a brick if removed from the deck, and you're still protected by that pin if the device is stolen
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