![]() ![]() You can make use of VirtualBox, the installation process is no different from normal installation. In theory, other distros which use dracut/initramfstool/mkinitcpio to build initramfs are also supported.Ĭreate vhd/vdi with fixed size (dynamic type not supported) and install supported Linux distro into the vhd/vdi. If you don't need it anymore, just delete it as a normal file. ![]() The Linux OS does not need a disk or partition, just in a file.įor example, Windows is your main OS, and you put some Ubuntu/Debian/Arch. One vhd/vdi file can be booted in both Legacy BIOS mode and UEFI mode.ģ. The Linux OS runs on a physical machine, not in a virtual machine, so there is no loss in efficiency.Ģ. with a Linux distro in it) on a real machine.īoth Legacy BIOS and UEFI are supported. As mentioned, you may treat it as normal USB disk by storing photos, documents, etc, along with disc images.This plugin is used by Ventoy to boot vdisk file (vhd/vdi/raw. When everything’s done, you’ll find the USB driver mounted with name “Ventoy”, put ISO images into it and boot it when required. Also for UEFI mode enable ‘ Secure Boot‘ under options. ![]() In the web UI, select your USB device and click ‘Install’. Next in web browser go to “” will open the web installation page: When terminal opens, run command to start the Web UI service: sudo. ![]() Then right-click on blank area to select ‘ Open in Terminal‘. The software also has a Web UI which has same appearance to the Windows app.Īs the previous step did, download ‘ ‘, extract and go to source folder. If everything’s done successfully, it will prompt ‘ Install Ventoy to /dev/sdb successfully finished.‘ c.) Install Ventoy in Windows or Linux via Web UI If you want to use GTP partition table instead of MBR, add “-g” flag, so the command will be sudo. Though the device name of your USB stick is mostly /dev/sdb, check the terminal output, or use gparted, mount command, etc to confirm. If your machine boot with UEFI mode, also add -s flag for secure boot support, so the command will be: sudo. When terminal opens, copy and paste the command below into it and hit Enter to install Ventoy to USB: sudo. Then extract, and right-click on blank area in generated folder to open the directory in terminal via ‘Open in Terminal’ menu option. It will bring you into menu of iso image entries, like the picture shows:ī.) Install Ventoy in Linux from command line:Īlso download the “ ” tarball. Then start or re-start your machine, and select boot the USB. Make a backup before getting started!Īfter installation, copy and paste some system discs (iso images) into the USB stick. NOTE: Installing Ventoy will format the USB stick. You may also preserve some space at the end of the disk. And use either “Install” or “Update” button to install /upgrade Ventoy to the USB drive.įrom the “option” menu, it’s possible to enable Secure Boot support, select partition to MBR for compatibility or GPT for most modern PCs. Same to the Windows app and Web UI, plug your USB into computer and select it from the app window ( click Refresh if you don’t find it). Simply download the “ ” tarball from the above button, extract, and right-click on the executable to “Run” it will bring up the UI: And it runs in either modern 64-bit PC, old 32-bit machine, ARM64 OS like Phytium/Kunpeng, and mips64el Loongson 3A MIPS OS. The software now provides graphical user interface for Linux since version 1.0.52. Download them from the link below:ĭownload Ventoy a.) using Ventoy’s graphical app for Linux: The software provides ISO image as well as installers for Windows and Linux. Also support Local Disk, SSD, NVMe, SD Card.700+ ISO files supported (Windows, Linux, WinPE, Unix, Vmware, Xen).Save all other data along with ISO images, just like a normal USB driver.As many ISO images as your USB stick can store. Just copy ISO to USB and boot it! No extraction needed.Ventoy is a free and open-source tool written mainly in C. Ventoy will find what to boot and show them all in startup menu. Without extracting, just drag and drop to move ISO images into USB drive, and it will boot them! Like normal USB drive, you can put your photos and other data along with ISO images. With Ventoy, it just format your USB one time, create a small ( 34 MB in my case) EFI partition, and leave all other spaces free in another partition. Why Ventoy:ĭifferent to other USB creators, you don’t need to format your USB stick again and again to write data from ISO images. Now Ventoy is a good choice that I use often to try different operating systems. I used to create bootable Ubuntu USB installer with UNetbootin, then with Ubuntu’s built-in USB creator. ![]()
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