New Update Ventoy: create bootable USB media that uses ISO images

[CyberTech]

No idea...

 

[Vasudev]

No idea...

Just switched to Ventoy today! Except Kaspersky Rescue disk and ParrotOS Home(customized ISO) everything works fine!

 

[CyberTech]

Just switched to Ventoy today! Except Kaspersky Rescue disk and ParrotOS Home(customized ISO) everything works fine!

That's good both of them support it

ISO list

Ventoy

Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO files. With ventoy, you don't need to format the disk again and again, you just need to copy the iso file to the USB drive and boot it.

www.ventoy.net

a few months ago I put Jailbreak boot ISO into Ventoy (install JB on iPhone) i was surprised it was working fine, i think i buy a new flash drive like 64GB or 128GB soon

 

[CyberTech]

• 2020/07/09 --- 1.0.15 release

1. Add GPT partition style support, see Notes. For comparison between MBR and GPT see Notes
2. Add a Refresh button in Ventoy2Disk.exe
3. Add a Clear Ventoy option in Ventoy2Disk.exe
4. Add dir option in menu_class plugin, see Notes
5. Add dir option in menu_alias plugin, see Notes
6. Add autosel option in auto_install plugin, see Notes
7. Add autosel option in persistence plugin, see Notes
8. Change the property of Ventoy2Disk.exe, now it's NOT always topmost
9. Fixed a bug when boot Windows/WinPE/Wim in UEFI mode with another active CDROM or USB-CDROM
10. Optimization and bug fix for booting Parted Magic
11. Optimization for booting Debian series distros
12. Fixed a bug when boot.wim is in LZMS compression format
13. New iso support
    • elive_3.0.0_stable_hybrid.iso (Legacy)
    • Pardus-19.1-XFCE-amd64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
    • CDlinux-0.9.7.1.iso (Legacy)

Ventoy

Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO files. With ventoy, you don't need to format the disk again and again, you just need to copy the iso file to the USB drive and boot it.

www.ventoy.net

 

[CyberTech]

• 2020/07/23 --- 1.0.16 release

1. Add injection plugin, see Notes
2. Add menu extension plugin, you can define your own grub2 menu now, see Notes
3. Fixed a bug about booting Qubes in UEFI mode.
4. List all the drive letters belong to the disk in Ventoy2Disk's device combox.
5. Add an example of ventoy.json and theme in the install package
6. Add a DistroWatch support list in the website. See DistroWatch Support List
7. New iso support (total 420+)
   • CDL2018_x64_v2_last.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • AcademiX_2.5-stable_64bit.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • anarchy-1.2.1-x86_64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • DuZeru dz4.1-amd64.efi-mbr.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • openmediavault_5.3.9-amd64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • ubuntu_pack-18.04-gnome_classic-amd64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • BigLinux-20.04-beta-23.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • exegnu64_beowulf-20200707.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • kanotix64-silverfire-nightly-KDE.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • debian-amd64-netinst-3cx.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • grml64-full_2020.06.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • karoshi-server-v13.0.0-amd64.iso (Legacy)
   • PrimTux5-Lubuntu-18.04-amd64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • ArchStrike-minimal-2019.06.08.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • caelinux2018.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • refracta10_xfce_amd64-20200620_1845.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • parabola-openrc-lxde-2020.01.18-dual.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • cucumber-linux-1.1-x86_64-full.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • Fatdog64-810.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • ForLExCD_v_3_0_0.iso (Legacy)
   • Hanthana-30-1.0.x86_64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • kwort-4.3.4.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • minino-queiles-64.iso (Legacy)
   • nst-32-11992.x86_64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • Redcore.Linux.Hardened.2004.KDE.amd64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • runtu-lite-20.04-amd64_202006.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • Asianux-7.0-beta2-x86_64-dvddisc-201506150930.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • Clu-Linux-Live-v6.0-BIOS-UEFI.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • uruk-gnu-linux-3.0-2020-6-alpha-1.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • Zorin-OS-15.2-Core-64-bit.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • B2D-Desktop-2019-buster-v1.0.6-gcin.amd64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • BlueOnyx-5210R-CentOS-8.2.2004-20200624.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • finnix-120.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • hamonikr-sun-3.0-amd64-20200423.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • LinHES_R8.6.1.iso (Legacy)
   • linuxconsole.2019-x86_64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • namib-mate-1901_x86_64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • NEXT-BEE-free-20.04-2020-05-31.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • ngfw-untangle-15.1.0-amd64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • Pearl-Desktop-9_2020-04-14_amd64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • SELKS-6.0-desktop.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • SharkLinux-4.15.0-102.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • SpringdaleLinux-7.8-x86_64-netinst.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • SNG7-FPBX-64bit-2002-2.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • TS-6.2.4-Installer-0220.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • turnkey-django-16.0-buster-amd64.iso (Legacy)
   • tuxtrans_1804_d.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • zevenet-ce_v5.11-amd64-v1.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • solydx_10_64_202007.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • rescatux-0.73.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • zentyal-6.2-development-amd64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)

 

[Vitali Ortzi]

Can this work out of the box with an external HDD via a USB A connection?

 

[CyberTech]

Ah good question! i just searched on Ventoy forums

the link's here

Install Ventoy to HDD

 

[Vasudev]

Just updated to Ventoy 1.18

 

[Tutman]

Just installed yesterday and loving it. Have made one usb for AV rescue disks and one for Backup/Repair tools and making another USB for Windows and WinFx10.4 dual boot with custom menu themes too!

 

[CyberTech]

• 2020/08/14 --- 1.0.19 release

1. Experimental support for booting IMG file (only two Linux distros supported now)
2. Boot menu over serial supported, see Notes
3. Optimization for booting Solus distro
4. Optimization for booting .efi file
5. Fixed a bug about booting Debian-10.5.0
6. Fixed a bug about install Ventoy to a 2TB+ disk, issue #387
7. New image support
   • easy-2.3.2-amd64.img (Legacy + UEFI)
   • volumio-2.799-2020-07-16-x86.img (Legacy + UEFI)
8. New iso support
   • deepin-live-system-2.0-amd64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • Endless OS eos-eos3.8-amd64-amd64.200706-185259.base.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • Endless OS eos-eos3.7-amd64-amd64.200210-201928.base.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • PhoenixOSInstaller_v3.6.1.564_x64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • PhoenixOSInstaller-v1.6.1.319-x86.iso (Legacy)
   • SteamOSDVD.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • hyperbola-milky-way-v0.3.1-dual.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • debian-10.5.0-amd64-xfce-CD-1.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • vyos-1.3-rolling-202008112114-amd64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • FuryBSD-12.1-XFCE-2020042001.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • EasyNAS.x86_64-1.0.0_Beta_5.install.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • supergamer_v6.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • Live-Raizo-v11.20.06.28p.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • OPNsense-20.7-OpenSSL-dvd-amd64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • swiftlinux-19.2-x64-TaylorSwift-2020-0812-061403.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • RebeccaBlackOS_amd64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • RebeccaBlackOS_i386.iso (Legacy)
   • daphile-20.08-x86_64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • crux-3.5.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • UCS_4.4-1-amd64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • UfficiozeroMantova2.0.1.iso (Legacy + UEFI)

 

[Tutman]

I have a usb running with Ventoy and it has Paragon HD 25 anniversary (backup and partition repair), Terabyte Image for windows, Strelec windows 10 PE and Minitool Shadowmaker ISO's on there with a custom boot menu! They all boot up and run perfect from the usb!

 

[CyberTech]

Latest Ventoy release introduces experimental IMG format support - gHacks Tech News

The latest version of Ventoy, an open source program for Windows and Linux to create bootable media using image file formats such as ISO or WMI, introduces experimental support for the IMG file format.

www.ghacks.net

 

[Tutman]

Update to 1.0.22

Releases · ventoy/Ventoy

A new bootable USB solution. Contribute to ventoy/Ventoy development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

Changelog:

1. Add Linux vDisk boot plugin (install linux distro into a vhd/vdi/raw file and boot with Ventoy). Notes
2. Change the check policy when Ventoy is running on a partition which is not created by Ventoy2Disk
3. Add disk signature to Ventoy os parameter structure
4. Fix bugs in Ventoy2Disk.sh for install Ventoy on NVMe disk
5. Fix a bug with error message null src bitmap in grub_video_bitmap_create_scaled
6. Add VTOY_SORT_CASE_SENSITIVE in global control plugin
7. Optimization for boot Manjaro series distros
8. New iso support
   • mAid_v2020-09-15_11-40_x86_64_forgetful.iso (Legacy + UEFI)

 

[Tutman]

Download from here: Ventoy

Ventoy

Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO files. With ventoy, you don't need to format the disk again and again, you just need to copy the iso file to the USB drive and boot it.

www.ventoy.net

• 2020/12/12 --- 1.0.30 release

1. Add experimental support for IA32 UEFI (ia32-efi). Notes
2. Add experimental support for ARM64 UEFI (aarch64-efi). Notes
3. Expand dual mode option to multi-mode option. Notes
4. Add a simple Password plugin. Notes
5. Fix a bug in Ventoy2Disk.exe for 2TB+ disk (issue #614)
6. Keep the Secure Boot Support option when update Ventoy. (issue #630)
7. Add class property for submenu of Ventoy UEFI Utilities
8. New iso support (total 580+)
9. • TrueNAS-12.0-RELEASE.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • primeos_mainline_0.4.5.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • avira-rescue-system.iso (Legacy + UEFI)

 

[bayasdev]

Download from here: Ventoy

Ventoy

Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO files. With ventoy, you don't need to format the disk again and again, you just need to copy the iso file to the USB drive and boot it.

www.ventoy.net

• 2020/12/12 --- 1.0.30 release

1. Add experimental support for IA32 UEFI (ia32-efi). Notes
2. Add experimental support for ARM64 UEFI (aarch64-efi). Notes
3. Expand dual mode option to multi-mode option. Notes
4. Add a simple Password plugin. Notes
5. Fix a bug in Ventoy2Disk.exe for 2TB+ disk (issue #614)
6. Keep the Secure Boot Support option when update Ventoy. (issue #630)
7. Add class property for submenu of Ventoy UEFI Utilities
8. New iso support (total 580+)
9. • TrueNAS-12.0-RELEASE.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • primeos_mainline_0.4.5.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • avira-rescue-system.iso (Legacy + UEFI)

Just updated my 128GB ultimate distrohopping Ventoy USB (over 50GB used ), no problems aside from expected WD FP

 

[Tutman]

Yep I had to update about 5 usb's!

 

[Tutman]

Last few updates changelog.

• 2021/02/27 --- 1.0.36 release

1. Experimental Linux GUI based on web browser. Notes
2. Align the partitions with 4KB by default when install Ventoy. (improvement for performance and Legacy BIOS compatibility)
3. Add a icon to identify secure boot option in Ventoy2Disk.exe.
4. Add a Show All Devices option in Ventoy2Disk.exe.
5. Ventoy2Disk.exe doesn't check partition active flag anymore.
6. Optimization for Ventoy2Disk.sh
7. languages.ini update
8. Add support for nbd device in Ventoy2Disk.sh (PR #746)

• 2021/02/08 --- 1.0.35 release (Happy Spring Festival)

1. Display a tip when scanning files.
2. Optimization for booting TinyCore series distros.
3. Fix a bug about invalid iso file size false positive in i386-pc
4. Optimization for vtoyboot when secureboot is enabled.
5. New iso support
6. Arcabit Rescue Disk (arca-rescue.iso) (Legacy)

• 2021/02/03 --- 1.0.34 release

1. vtoyboot-1.0.8 release. Notes
2. vdiskchain-1.2 release. Notes
3. Display a warning message if ventoy.json was mistakenly placed in the EFI partition.
4. Display a warning message if ISO file has an invalid size.
5. Fix a bug when booting vdisk file with secure boot enabled (issue #714)
6. Update VentoyLiveCD from i686 to x86_64
7. Optimization for boot slax distro
8. Add image_blacklist option. Notes
9. New iso support
10. AG-10-Bliss-OS-android_x86_64-202010071034_k-kernel-5.8-si-next-rmi_m-q_dgc-q-x86-generic_gms_cros-wv.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
11. Bliss-v11.13--OFFICIAL-20201113-1525_x86_64_k-k4.19.122-ax86-ga-rmi_m-20.1.0-llvm90_dgc-t3_gms_intelhd.iso (Legacy + UEFI)

Ventoy

Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO files. With ventoy, you don't need to format the disk again and again, you just need to copy the iso file to the USB drive and boot it.

www.ventoy.net

 

[CyberTech]

Ventoy 1.0.42 changelog:

• Add support for OpenWrt IMG file. Notes
• Add support for MidnightBSD 2.x release.
• Add support for new GhostBSD release.
• Fix a bug about source media missing when boot openEuler
• Fix a bug about source media missing when boot CentOS 8
• languages.ini update

New image support (total 700+)

• openwrt-19.07.7-x86-64-combined-ext4.img (Legacy + UEFI)
• openwrt-19.07.7-x86-64-combined-squashfs.img (Legacy + UEFI)
• openwrt-19.07.7-x86-generic-combined-ext4.img (Legacy)
• openwrt-19.07.7-x86-generic-combined-squashfs.img (Legacy)
• GhostBSD-13-21.04.16.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
• MidnightBSD-2.0.6--amd64-disc1.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
• MidnightBSD-2.0.6--i386-disc1.iso (Legacy)
• redos-MUROM-7.3-20210201-Everything-x86_64-DVD1.iso (Legacy + UEFI)

 

[CyberTech]

Ventoy 1.0.43 changelog:

• Change the UTF-16 languages.ini to UTF-8 languages.json
• The update button is available even if data corrupted in VTOYEFI partition.
• Set the default focus to No when you click Install button in Ventoy2Disk.exe.
• Fix a BUG when booting Windows VHD(x) with the latest ventoy_vhdboot.img.
• Support boot Windows VHD(x) files at local disk. Notes

 

[SeriousHoax]

This is really a brilliant piece of software. I heard of it last year but never really tried it. I just checked it out by putting multiple ISOs in the flash drive and it's working perfectly. Thankfully the secure boot option also works. Awesome!