Bootdisk Ventoy

In dutch: https://www.linuxadictos.com/nl/ventoy-maakt-een-opstartbare-usb-aan-door-de-iso-naar-de-pendrive-te-slepen.html

In english: https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_start.html

make a boot USB penmdrive to Boot Windows, Linux and much more.

For Linux - CLI mode

Download the installation package from GITHUB, and decompress it.

Enter a Terminal from the decompressed folder.

Run

sudo sh VentoyWeb.sh

CTRL - Click in the terminal on the link and run the installer. It sees if any Ventoy disk is installed and automatically installs or updates the USBdisk.

If this doesn't work:

Run the shell script as root sh Ventoy2Disk.sh { -i | -I | -u } /dev/XXX XXX is the USB device, for example /dev/sdp.

For a vanilla installation use:

sudo sh Ventoy2Disk.sh -i /dev/sdp

Ventoy2Disk.sh CMD [ OPTION ] /dev/sdX

CMD:

-i install ventoy to sdX (fail if disk already installed with ventoy)

-I force install ventoy to sdX (no matter installed or not)

-u update ventoy in sdX

-l list Ventoy information in sdX

OPTION: (optional)

-r SIZE_MB preserve some space at the bottom of the disk (only for install)

-s enable secure boot support (default is disabled)

-g use GPT partition style, default is MBR style (only for install)

-L Label of the main partition (default is Ventoy)

Attention that the USB drive will be formatted and all the data will be lost after install.

You just need to install Ventoy once, after that all the things needed is to copy the iso files to the USB.

You can also use it as a plain USB drive to store files and this will not affact Ventoy's function.

• Copy Image files

After the installation is complete, the USB drive will be divided into 2 partitions. The 1st partition was formated with exFAT filesystem (You can also reformat it manually with NTFS/FAT32/UDF/XFS/Ext2/3/4 ... See Notes). You just need to copy iso files to this partition. You can place the iso/wim/img/vhd(x) files any where. Ventoy will search all the directories and subdirectories recursively to find all the image files and list them in the boot menu alphabetically. Also you use plugin configuration to tell Ventoy only to search for image files in a fixed directory (and its subdirectories).

• Update Ventoy

If a new version of Ventoy is released, you can update it to the USB drive.

It should be noted that the upgrade operation is safe, all the files in the first partition will be unchanged.

Download the new installation package from GITHUB, and decompress it.

Upgrade operation is in the same way with installation. Ventoy2Disk.exe and Ventoy2Disk.sh will prompt you for update if the USB drive already installed with Ventoy.

Use for USB drive /dev/sdp:

sudo sh Ventoy2Disk.sh -u /dev/sdp