Ventoy Explained

Ventoy
Released:5 April 2020
Developer:Hailong Sun
Operating System:Cross-platform (Windows, Linux)
License:GPLv3+ License

Ventoy is a free and open-source utility used for creating bootable usb media storage device with files such as .iso, .wim, .img, .vhd(x), and files. Once Ventoy is installed onto a USB drive, there is no need to reformat the disk to update it with new installation files; it is enough to copy the .iso,,,, or file(s) to the USB drive and boot from them directly.[1] [2] [3] Ventoy will present the user with a boot menu to select one of these files.

Features

Ventoy can be installed on a USB flash drive, local disk, SSD (NVMe), or SD card and it will directly boot from the selected .iso,,,, or file(s) added. Ventoy does not extract the image file(s) to the USB drive, but uses them directly, as it has the unzipping facility and does so during the installation. It is possible to place multiple ISO images on a single device and select the image to boot from the menu displayed just after Ventoy boots.

MBR and GPT partition styles, x86 Legacy BIOS and various UEFI boot methods (including persistence) are supported. ISO files larger than 4 GB can be used. Ventoy supports various operating system boot and installation ISO files including Windows 7 and above, Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Fedora and more than a hundred other Linux distributions; various Unix releases, VMware, Citrix XenServer, etc. have also been tested.[4]

Pre-installed Plugins

Global Control PluginThis plugin is used to make some global settings for Ventoy.
Password PluginWith this plugin we can set a password for Ventoy or for an ISO at boot time. This is a very simple password function.
Driver Update Disk PluginThis plugin offers a very simple way of integrating the DUD files.
Boot Conf Replace PluginWhen we boot some Linux distributions, sometimes we need to add the bootoptions for specific hardware or another purpose. This can be done with the "Configuration Replace Plug-in".
Auto Memdisk PluginWith this plugin you can set the memdisk mode for some ISO/IMG filesand Ventoy will always use the memdisk mode to boot them.
Windows Vhdboot PluginVentoy uses this plugin to boot VHD(x) files. It supports both Legacy BIOS and UEFI.
Wimboot PluginVentoy uses this plugin to boot WIM files (Legacy BIOS + UEFI).
Persistence PluginThis plug-in makes it possible to save all changes you make to the live system so that they are still available the next time you start the system.
Auto Installation PluginMany Linux distributions offer unattended installation. You only need to specify a script for the installation to install an ISO automatically.
Menu Extension PluginSince Ventoy is based on grub2, you can define your own grub2 menu in a cfg-file and load it.
Menu Tip PluginWith this plugin you can set a tip for the ISOs. This message is displayed when you select an ISO.
Menu Alias PluginWith this plugin you can define an alias for the ISO/WIM files. The alias is only used to display it in the boot menu.
Menu Class PluginWith this Ventoy plugin you can define a class for the ISO files and display an icon in the boot menu.
Theme PluginVentoy is based on grub2, so all grub2 themes can be used on Ventoy.
Injection PluginWith this plugin you can install some files (e.g. drivers/scripts ...). For Windows, this is the WinPE environment. For Linux this is the initramfs-environment.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Langner . Christopher . Tutorial - Ventoy . Linux Magazine . Linux New Media USA . 6 April 2021 . 27 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210127101026/https://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2021/243/Saving-Steps . live.
  2. Web site: Bootable USB Creator Ventoy Gets A Native GUI For Linux .
  3. Web site: You may now use Ventoy without deleting data on USB Sticks . 11 November 2021.
  4. Web site: List Of Tested ISOs. 2021-03-09. 2021-04-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20210401141214/https://www.ventoy.net/en/isolist.html. live.

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