Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files. With Ventoy, you don"t need to format the disk over and over, you just need to copy the ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)EFI files to the USB drive and boot them directly. You can copy many files at a time and ventoy will give you a boot menu to select them. Both Legacy BIOS and UEFI are supported in the same way. Most type of OS supported (Windows/WinPE/Linux/Unix/Vmware/Xen...)
Ventoy features:
- 100% open source
- Simple to use
- Fast (limited only by the speed of copying iso file)
- Directly boot from ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI file, no extraction needed
- Legacy + UEFI supported in the same way
- UEFI Secure Boot supported (since 1.0.07+)
- Persistence supported (since 1.0.11+)
- MBR and GPT partition style supported (1.0.15+)
- WIM files boot supported (Legacy + UEFI) (1.0.12+)
- IMG files boot supported (Legacy + UEFI) (1.0.19+)
- Auto installation supported (1.0.09+)
- File injection supported (1.0.16+)
- ISO files larger than 4GB supported
- Native boot menu style for Legacy & UEFI
- Most type of OS supported(Windows/WinPE/Linux/Unix/Vmware/Xen...), 550+ iso files tested
- Not only boot but also complete installation process
- ISO files can be listed in List mode/TreeView mode
- Linux vDisk boot supported (vdi/vhd/raw)
- "Ventoy Compatible" concept
- Plugin Framework
- Menu Alias/Menu Style/Customized Menu supported
- USB drive write-protected support
- USB normal use unaffected
- Data nondestructive during version upgrade
- No need to update Ventoy when a new distro is released
Ventoy 1.0.31 changelog:
- Fix a bug in Ventoy2Disk.exe for 2TB+ disk
- Fix a bug when use workaround for Legacy BIOS access limitation.
- Fix a bug about source media missing when boot rhel 8.3/CentOS 8.3
- Rebuild some x86_64 binraries with musl-libc to avoid virus false positive. (issue #660)
- Change default label from ventoy to Ventoy in Ventoy2Disk.sh (PR #656)
New iso support (total 580+)
- blackarch-linux-full-2020.12.01-x86_64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- anarchy-1.3.1-x86_64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- austrumi64-4.3.3.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- austrumi-3.4.7.iso (Legacy)
See https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_news.html for detail.
Notes:
The install program Ventoy2Disk.exe has not been updated for some releases. It seems that it has been added to the whitelist of anti-virus software vendors. But Ventoy2Disk.exe is updated in this release, so there may be some false positives again.
Download: Ventoy 1.0.31 | 10.2 MB (Open Source)
Download: Ventoy Live CD | 40.5 MB
Link: Ventoy Home Page | Project Page @GitHub