![]() ![]() Partition #1 - Formatted with the exFAT filesystem.$ cd ventoy-VERSION/Īfter the installation is complete, the USB stick will be divided into 2 partitions: Note: All contents currently on the USB drive will be completely wiped during the install.Ĭhange into the unpacked Ventoy directory and run script to install to the USB stick (example: /dev/sdX). Download the latest release of and unpack. You can also press F2 to directly browse and boot files on the drive. Simply copy Linux installer *.iso images to the USB, reboot, and the auto-generated menu lists all the images available to boot. What it does is configure a USB drive to be a multiboot installer. Another distro, another wipe and flash USB, and repeat.īut there is a better way, and its name is Ventoy. When I want to try out a Linux distro on a physical machine, previously I would download the *.iso installer file, flash it to a USB drive using the dd command, and away I go. Home → Archive Create a multiboot Linux USB installer with Ventoy As mentioned, you may treat it as normal USB disk by storing photos, documents, etc, along with disc images.Create a multiboot Linux USB installer with Ventoy ☯ Daniel Wayne Armstrong Daniel Wayne Armstrong When everything’s done, you’ll find the USB driver mounted with name “Ventoy”, put ISO images into it and boot it when required. Also for UEFI mode enable ‘ Secure Boot‘ under options. In the web UI, select your USB device and click ‘Install’. Next in web browser go to “” will open the web installation page: ![]() When terminal opens, run command to start the Web UI service: sudo. Then right-click on blank area to select ‘ Open in Terminal‘. The software also has a Web UI which has same appearance to the Windows app.Īs the previous step did, download ‘ ‘, extract and go to source folder. If everything’s done successfully, it will prompt ‘ Install Ventoy to /dev/sdb successfully finished.‘ c.) Install Ventoy in Windows or Linux via Web UI If you want to use GTP partition table instead of MBR, add “-g” flag, so the command will be sudo. Though the device name of your USB stick is mostly /dev/sdb, check the terminal output, or use gparted, mount command, etc to confirm. If your machine boot with UEFI mode, also add -s flag for secure boot support, so the command will be: sudo. When terminal opens, copy and paste the command below into it and hit Enter to install Ventoy to USB: sudo. Then extract, and right-click on blank area in generated folder to open the directory in terminal via ‘Open in Terminal’ menu option. It will bring you into menu of iso image entries, like the picture shows:ī.) Install Ventoy in Linux from command line:Īlso download the “ ” tarball. Then start or re-start your machine, and select boot the USB. ![]() Make a backup before getting started!Īfter installation, copy and paste some system discs (iso images) into the USB stick. NOTE: Installing Ventoy will format the USB stick. You may also preserve some space at the end of the disk. And use either “Install” or “Update” button to install /upgrade Ventoy to the USB drive.įrom the “option” menu, it’s possible to enable Secure Boot support, select partition to MBR for compatibility or GPT for most modern PCs. ![]() Same to the Windows app and Web UI, plug your USB into computer and select it from the app window ( click Refresh if you don’t find it). Simply download the “ ” tarball from the above button, extract, and right-click on the executable to “Run” it will bring up the UI: And it runs in either modern 64-bit PC, old 32-bit machine, ARM64 OS like Phytium/Kunpeng, and mips64el Loongson 3A MIPS OS. The software now provides graphical user interface for Linux since version 1.0.52. Download them from the link below:ĭownload Ventoy a.) using Ventoy’s graphical app for Linux: The software provides ISO image as well as installers for Windows and Linux.
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