I also found it strange that Rufus failed so explored th matter abit further.
Here is what I found in the Rufus log file.
"ISO analysis:
Image is an ISO9660 image
Detected EFI bootloader(s) (from '/boot/grub/efi.img'):
● 'bootx64.efi'
Could not get ISO-9660 file information for file boot/grub/i386-pc/normal.mod
Could not read Grub version from 'boot/grub/i386-pc/normal.mod'
Could not detect Grub version
Disk image analysis:
Image has an unknown Master Boot Record
Image is a bootable disk image
ISO label: 'Lubuntu 20.10 amd64'
Size: 1.7 GB (Projected)
Note: File on disk is larger than reported ISO size by 4.8 MB...
Uses: EFI (through '/boot/grub/efi.img')
Note: This ISO uses symbolic links, which will not be replicated due to file system limitations.
Because of this, some features from this image may not work...
Using image: groovy-desktop-amd64.iso (1.7 GB)"
Note that the Grub version could not be read or detected ..
@Norbert (nrbrtx) , reference comment #55
I also found it strange that Rufus failed so explored th matter abit further.
Here is what I found in the Rufus log file.
"ISO analysis: grub/efi. img'): i386-pc/ normal. mod i386-pc/ normal. mod' grub/efi. img') desktop- amd64.iso (1.7 GB)"
Image is an ISO9660 image
Detected EFI bootloader(s) (from '/boot/
● 'bootx64.efi'
Could not get ISO-9660 file information for file boot/grub/
Could not read Grub version from 'boot/grub/
Could not detect Grub version
Disk image analysis:
Image has an unknown Master Boot Record
Image is a bootable disk image
ISO label: 'Lubuntu 20.10 amd64'
Size: 1.7 GB (Projected)
Note: File on disk is larger than reported ISO size by 4.8 MB...
Uses: EFI (through '/boot/
Note: This ISO uses symbolic links, which will not be replicated due to file system limitations.
Because of this, some features from this image may not work...
Using image: groovy-
Note that the Grub version could not be read or detected ..