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Ventoy: Create bootable USB drive for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI Files

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Re: Ventoy: Create bootable USB drive for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI Files

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Post by evanjrowley »

jnovacho wrote: post #25

How does this differ from Rufus [0] or Balena Etcher [1]? [0] https://rufus.ie/en/ [1] https://etcher.balena.io/

Unlike Balena Etcher, Ventoy is not a bloated Electron app that sends telemetry from your computer: https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/issues/3784

Re: Ventoy: Create bootable USB drive for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI Files

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Post by yonatan8070 »

jnovacho wrote: post #25

How does this differ from Rufus [0] or Balena Etcher [1]? [0] https://rufus.ie/en/ [1] https://etcher.balena.io/

Rufus and BalenaEtcher are both programs for flashing an image to a disk. Ventoy is flashed onto the disk itself (into a small EFI partition), then the rest of the disk is just a regular file system, where you drag and drop a group of ISOs, then pick between them on boot.

Re: Ventoy: Create bootable USB drive for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI Files

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Post by LollipopYakuza »

Fokamul wrote: post #27

In perfect world, Microsoft would help to create this tool. Nope, they don't have time for this. Too much work om security through obscurity, making crap SW which eats RAM like hamburgers and disabling local accounts...

Microsoft provides a tool called "Media Creation Tool" https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/software-download/windows11

But of course it’s highly simplified and designed solely for installing Windows.

Re: Ventoy: Create bootable USB drive for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI Files

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Post by tomwojcik »

LollipopYakuza wrote: post #33
Fokamul wrote: post #27

In perfect world, Microsoft would help to create this tool. Nope, they don't have time for this. Too much work om security through obscurity, making crap SW which eats RAM like hamburgers and disabling local accounts...

Microsoft provides a tool called "Media Creation Tool" https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/software-download/windows11 But of course it’s highly simplified and designed solely for installing Windows.

For Windows and FROM Windows.

I swear the most recommended way of creating a bootable Windows USB on Linux changes every year, and usually doesn't work. I keep an old Windows laptop just so I can create bootable Windows usbs, whenever needed.

Re: Ventoy: Create bootable USB drive for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI Files

#36

Post by 867-5309 »

seemaze wrote: post #19
mkesper wrote: post #13

The lot of (partially scary) binary blobs is still an unsolved issue: https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/issues/3224

An alternative was offered here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41959908 https://github.com/thias/glim

does not support Windows

Re: Ventoy: Create bootable USB drive for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI Files

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Post by thefz »

Fokamul wrote: post #27

In perfect world, Microsoft would help to create this tool. Nope, they don't have time for this. Too much work om security through obscurity, making crap SW which eats RAM like hamburgers and disabling local accounts...

Stretching your hate for the company a bit too far, don't you think? I mean all the cool kids do it, but you can't blame them for not having done this.

Re: Ventoy: Create bootable USB drive for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI Files

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Post by huflungdung »

LollipopYakuza wrote: post #33
Fokamul wrote: post #27

In perfect world, Microsoft would help to create this tool. Nope, they don't have time for this. Too much work om security through obscurity, making crap SW which eats RAM like hamburgers and disabling local accounts...

Microsoft provides a tool called "Media Creation Tool" https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/software-download/windows11 But of course it’s highly simplified and designed solely for installing Windows.

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Re: Ventoy: Create bootable USB drive for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI Files

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Post by LiamPowell »

tomwojcik wrote: post #34
LollipopYakuza wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Microsoft provides a tool called "Media Creation Tool" https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/software-download/windows11 But of course it’s highly simplified and designed solely for installing Windows.

For Windows and FROM Windows. I swear the most recommended way of creating a bootable Windows USB on Linux changes every year, and usually doesn't work. I keep an old Windows laptop just so I can create bootable Windows usbs, whenever needed.

For as long as Windows has supported UEFI, you've just been able to copy the files from the ISO directly to a UEFI partition.
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