Its the one on our foss site, thats why I chose to follow it, have the confidence that it will work
I had to look up what gpt was in disk booting format as not come across that before or needed it Mbr was good enough for me. But I was expecting to see fat or ext type options.
Follow the guide at question one link, or the guide from jorge at 16, or gary using yumi at 34.
But only tested the first option as of today. Not done a full install just checked it booted, next week before i am back at work and have one lined up to do
Hi Manuel,
I checked.
I used a script called Ventoy2Disk.sh… not the GUI option.
Here is the output
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Ventoy: 1.0.91 x86_64
longpanda admin@ventoy.net
https://www.ventoy.net
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Disk : /dev/sdg
Model: Lexar USB Flash Drive (scsi)
Size : 28 GB
Style: GPT
Attention:
You will install Ventoy to /dev/sdg.
All the data on the disk /dev/sdg will be lost!!!
Continue? (y/n) y
All the data on the disk /dev/sdg will be lost!!!
Double-check. Continue? (y/n) y
Create partitions on /dev/sdg by parted in GPT style ...
Done
Wait for partitions ...
partition exist OK
create efi fat fs /dev/sdg2 ...
mkfs.fat 4.2 (2021-01-31)
success
Wait for partitions ...
/dev/sdg1 exist OK
/dev/sdg2 exist OK
partition exist OK
Format partition 1 /dev/sdg1 ...
mkexfatfs 1.3.0
Creating... done.
Flushing... done.
File system created successfully.
mkexfatfs success
writing data to disk ...
sync data ...
esp partition processing ...
Install Ventoy to /dev/sdg successfully finished.
It made an exfat filesystem.
So how did I get ext3?
I presume that after the install finished, I reformatted /dev/sdg1 to ext3… in my usual stubborn manner.
I always put an ext filesystem on Linux usb drives, so I must have overridden what Ventoy install did.
My usb drive boots OK… I have Clonezilla , Void, and SystemRescue on it.
I should not matter what filesystem the first partition has. All it contains is copies of the .iso files
There is another method.
You can loop mount the .iso file on your HD (loop mounts make a file look like a device) , then configure grub to boot from that directly.
but
it is not easy
every distro needs a different grub config
see for example here
I did it once to boot Void.
I assume Boxes and Virt-manager use this method and I can understand why they sometimes fail. It is a minefield.
Another way would be to put Ventoy on your HD… perhaps not on your main HD, but if you had a second disk that may be an option. Then you would boot Ventoy from grub or directly from the bios.
And it is a tutorial not from this network and it does not do mention to format
And from the official network mentioned in the first post of this thread (therefore from the beginning):
Does mention of formatting
Before installing, it will ask you to check the drive two times as it will format the drive, so make sure to take a backup of critical data (if there’s any):
I watched many videos on YouTube to learn how to use Ventoy and all of them show the formatting process. Just in case, it about how to install in Windows 10.
I watched about to install in Ubuntu but because was not straight: therefore I install and update through Windows
I have rarely come across a device that wouldn’t boot from Ventoy, it can happen though. I have some bootable Mint Linux, WinPE and various system rescues just in case. Some of the distros have issues with some of the hardware, but Ventoy itself is never the problem. This is what I’ve been playing with lately:
Hi @minoque ,
Wow that is a big range of isos and machines.
Thank you, it will give us some confidence.
Do you have any thoughts on security when using Ventoy?
Regards
Neville
A huge number of people use and have used Ventoy for years and I’ve not seen any reports of specific security issues arising from Ventoy found in the wild.
So I’m not particularly concerned about the security suspicions. It would be nice if the developer would clarify things though.
Nearly all of my laptops are rescued from recycling and will not be leaving my workshop, also when connecting to the local network they join a guest wi-fi that has no access to the intranet.
My purpose in all this testing is to settle on a small number of distros that I can recommend for various hardware configurations and use-cases. When decided, I will probably create individual installer USBs for them as there won’t be a need for a zillion distros on a stick and I may want to add a small script of my own.
I think we should treat all usb drives as a possible route of entry for malicious code… like floppies and CD’s.
That is not Ventoy specific, but Ventoy is one component that could be exploited.
That is the great benefit of open source.
If I were 20 years younger I might try… someone will eventually do it, but lets hope it is not a coorporate takeover.
I am sure we would all love to see your final list.
I am lucky, i dont have a machine with windows on !
Dont trust many tutorials on youtube, so many just talk crap … ok not all but like the net needs thinking about first
Thanks for the links … at least it seems the risk is “potential” …
Viddo tutorials move too fast for me. I like to read material.
I take both approaches according the case. About commands in Linux, Java tutorials Text to read … but about to use a tool in realtime (VirtualBox, Linux) videos
If you want learn to ride a bike a video is more valuable than a text tutorial (even with Figures)
Well all is a taste of preferences
Minoque
Thanks for the feedback
Paul
I am lucky, i dont have a machine with windows on !
I use it for MS Office purposes etc … and to share with some members of my family
Dont trust many tutorials on youtube, so many just talk crap
You can change the speed of the video on youtube the top right of the screen icon does that. I use it to watch the diving from a high board, especially like the girls who do handstands on a 10 m board before entry, not becausebthe are girls, nust the form and position throughout the dive. Red bull platform dives are a spectacle !
You can change the speed of the video on youtube the top right of the screen icon does that.
Do you mean “bottom right”?
I abandoned ms office after word 6 the new toolbars could not get my head around, now prefer libreoffice as it looks and feels like the older versions
Due work with other co-workers is mandatory use MS Office.
I know LibreOffice can open all, but about MS Words the structure is different for any opened document, it about the content presentation and structure, therefore it is complicated.
