plezebra.blogg.se - Ventoy multiboot

Linux (loop)/casper/vmlinuz boot=casper iso-scan/filename=$iso noeject noprompt Linux (loop)/casper/vmlinuz boot=casper iso-scan/filename=$isofile locale=en_US.UTF-8 Linux (loop)/casper/vmlinuz.efi boot=casper iso-scan/filename=$isofile locale=en_US.UTF-8 # Get UUID of USB Flash with `$ lsblk -f` command: $ ls -a /mnt/boot/*isoĪnd setup the Grub2 config: cat /boot/grub2/grub.cfg Now we can copy the images to a flash drive, they can be located anywhere. # grub2-install -target x86_64-efi -efi-directory /mnt -boot-directory=/mnt/boot -removable # grub2-install -target=i386-pc -recheck -boot-directory=/mnt/boot /dev/sdX

add/delete images is easy - the file tree under user controlĭetect the target device by size: $ fdisk -lĬreate a new partition table if needed: # parted /dev/sdX.

all iso images can be located in one directory.

all files on single partition - easy to use.

GRUB2 supports more file systems like Btrfs and F2FS and much more configuration options.

Secure Boot: Ventoy still loads unsigned executables.

So, why do we still need Grub? There are several reasons: Ventoy, another popular Open Source tool made by Chinese developer Hailong Sun, does the job really straightforward and doesn't need any dancing with configs. GRUB is the standard Linux bootloader for decades, and also supports other operating systems.

3 min read Photo by Arun Prakash / Unsplash Why GRUB.

Ventoy also makes my MultiBootCD expendable. Using Ventoy is so simple that a ten year old child can do it. If one doesn’t work you can just delete the ISO from the stick and try another ISO file. You can just test the ones you want on your USB stick. NOTE: Not all Linux systems will work (be bootable).

Then I rebooted my computer and tested each system. Then I copied ten (10) different Linux systems to the stick – see the list below. Opened the folder ventoy-1.0.11 and started Ventoy2Disk.exe for installing Ventoy to the USB stick. Inserted a USB stick of 32 GB ( Corsair Voyager).ģ. Downloaded ventoy-1.0.11-windows.zip and unzipped it.Ģ. Both Legacy BIOS and UEFI are supported in the same way.ġ. You can copy many iso files at a time and Ventoy will give you a boot menu to select them ( screenshot). 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. Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO files. Ventoy 1.0.11 with persistence support was released yesterday (200523).