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1. #Multiboot ventoy install#
2. #Multiboot ventoy update#
3. #Multiboot ventoy iso#
4. #Multiboot ventoy windows#

When done run the script to display your options or use the GUI (TIP: use the option menu to divide the stick’s storage space) $ ventoy

#Multiboot ventoy install#

Install the package from the repo $ pamac install ventoy

#Multiboot ventoy iso#

ventoy locates all ISO files and presents them in a consistent manner. It installs a bootloader for EFI and MBR and formats the remaining part of the device using exfat.Ĭopy your ISO files to the partition and boot your system from the stick.

#Multiboot ventoy windows#

It is also available for Windows from the ventoy web Ventoy is a set of small binaries compiled from various open source projects - most notably grub and exfat. As such a 2GB ISO makes it impossible to use the excess space for anything - it just sits there unused. This is because Manjaro ISO is a ISO9660 CD-ROM file system and this filesystem is immutable: you cannot change it. Why can’t I use the remaining space on my 32GB USB?

My notes on ISO to USB no wasted space Manjaro ISOįrom time to time the question is raised on how an ISO is written to a USB stick, especially large capacity USB sticks. clonezilla, Debian, gparted, Linux Mint, Manjaro (tempted to test that, looks pretty nice!), Ultimate Boot CD and of course Ubuntu, so that’s about all I really need on a multiboot stick.Original topic on the archived forum. However, scanning and pattern-matching a file that you’re about to boot is entirely possible within a few seconds. There probably is a compatibility layer in between the GRUB menu and the ISO itself, as scanning dozens of files on every boot would create a significant delay. It says there’s no need to do that for new distribution releases, but since every ISO is different and they list ISO sizes on their compatibility list, I’d say they are running a dual approach – use a known-good configuration for specific releases, and run unknown releases with a best-guess configuration based on the boot structure of the ISO itself. It is upgradable without data loss on the main partition. All configuration data is hidden on the small UEFI partition and the thing creates a boot menu on the fly that covers all files. After that, one does simply place entire ISO files on the data partition (subfolders are possible) and the thing is ready to go. The latter can also be of NTFS, ext2/3/4, FAT, XFS or UFS type with their respective restrictions and advantages. It creates two partitions on the USB drive, one 32MiB UEFI FAT32 partition on the very end of the drive, and one exFAT partition that covers the rest. Ventoy requires installation first (Windows/Linux – likely OSX will work with the Linux installer) and will wipe the disk once. How does it work? Honestly, I do not know in detail. Others like Solaris (for development use only, of course!) still require physical media or at least one USB drive for themselves. Luckily some have improved over time so that the current versions are indeed bootable without extraction and other wizardry.

Quite a lot run out of the box, some have minor glitches, some have major glitches, and also quite a lot do not boot at all. Well, mostly, I didn’t run shady imagesīut there were 160 different ISOs, because I tested all the old versions and also downloaded the most recent ones during the tests. While I did nothing to make this happen, I heard about it in some multiboot forum thread and decided to test it and report the results to the developer(s). It’s now archived here mostly for GRUB config reference.Īnd the reason for finally abandoning it is Ventoy.

#Multiboot ventoy update#

As I’m the only user and there’s not that much demand for running different Linuxes at the moment, that script is badly maintained and only got an update when like a new Ubuntu LTS hit the market. It’s capable of running ISO files directly from the USB drive and also the option for a separate partition for some Windows WIM extraction, in order to offer bootable Windows install media. Speaking of the GitHubs on the Interwebs: I’ve been using a somewhat selfmade bash script to make bootable USB media for quite some time now. By Bzzz In project clonzezilla debian gparted grub iso linux mint manjaro multiboot solaris ubcd ubuntu usb ventoy USB ISO multiboot script – Ventoy (#P26)