Ventoy
 Ventoy 1.0.54 | |
| Developer(s) | Hailong Sun (aka longpanda) |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 5 April 2020 |
| Stable release | 1.0.99[1]  (8 June 2024) [±] |
| Repository | |
| Operating system | Cross-platform (Windows, Linux) |
| License | GPLv3+ License |
| Website | ventoy |
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 .efi. 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, .wim, .img, .vhd(x), or .efi file(s) to the USB drive and boot from them directly.[2][3][4] Ventoy will present the user with a boot menu to select one of these files. Currently, the project has been on hold in the absence of the main developer longpanda since June, 2024. Some users expressed fear of discontinuation of the project on the official forum,[5] with no affirmation from the developer.
Features
[edit]Ventoy can be installed on a USB flash drive, local disk, solid-state drive (SSD, NVMe), or SD card and it will directly boot from the selected .iso, .wim, .img, .vhd(x), or .efi 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 later, 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.[6] Ventoy isn't recommended on the openSUSE wiki, since there are reports of boot issues by the users [7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Release 1.0.99". 8 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ^ Langner, Christopher. "Tutorial – Ventoy". Linux Magazine. Linux New Media USA. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ "Bootable USB Creator Ventoy Gets A Native GUI For Linux".
- ^ "You may now use Ventoy without deleting data on USB Sticks". Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ "Ventoy 1.0.99 is the final version".
- ^ "List Of Tested ISOs". Archived from the original on 2021-04-01. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
- ^ "Create installation USB stick".
