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

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Post by pxc »

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.

Making custom Windows install media is insanely painful, even from Windows. I went through the process of creating non-interactive install media for Windows once, and was astonished at how awful it is compared to building custom Linux live media. (Not least of all because of the churn in the XML you have to maintain that basically represents clicking through all the installer menus.)

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

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Post by jy14898 »

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...

ramburgers are quite healthy, they've been shown to improve memory

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

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Post by nutjob2 »

fumeux_fume wrote: post #11

The nice thing about Ventoy—and I didn’t fully appreciate this until I used it—is how simple it makes bootable USBs. You just drag and drop ISO images onto the drive, and it can hold as many as will fit. When you boot from the Ventoy USB, you just pick the image you want to install or run—no re-flashing, no fuss. It’s honestly wild how convenient it is. Ventoy was the only method that worked for me when I needed to i…

Notably Ventoy doesn't work with some Windows install ISOs.

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

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Post by zettabomb »

i4qpLmoptUph3fZ wrote: post #45
mkesper wrote: post #13

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

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I don't see the linked issue as a valid reason to stop using Ventoy, especially since the repo you linked is for a different piece of software made by the same people. Do we have any evidence of Ventoy itself being in any way malicious?

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

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Post by junon »

i4qpLmoptUph3fZ wrote: post #45
mkesper wrote: post #13

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

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The rationale for needing a random driver makes some sense. The statement that they found a random build that was signed by some randy is a horrifying prospect.

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

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Post by zettabomb »

mhurron wrote: post #12
fullstop wrote: post #7

I really like the idea of this, but I've run into several installers which are just incompatible with it. I don't remember which ones, unfortunately, but they just didn't deal with it well.

Ventoy basically breaks openSUSE ISO's. Just mentioning that so maybe it'll show up more in searches.

First I've heard of it, I just installed an openSUSE variant through Ventoy a week or so ago.

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

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Post by dspillett »

fullstop wrote: post #7

I really like the idea of this, but I've run into several installers which are just incompatible with it. I don't remember which ones, unfortunately, but they just didn't deal with it well.

I've seen an installer get confused by the presence of an EFI partition on the stick, and not correctly create one on the target drive. There are probably ways to get around that, but I just made a separate USB stick for the installer (I had a spare stick floating around, and the tools handy (including on at least one of the live CDs on the ventoy stick)) and retried that way, which was probably faster than researching another method.
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