Why Ventoy Is the Ultimate Bootable USB Solution for Linux Deployments
Ventoy, an open‑source bootable USB tool, lets you copy multiple ISO, WIM, IMG, VHD(x) or EFI files to a single flash drive without reformatting, supporting a wide range of Linux distributions and firmware modes, making system installation faster and more flexible.
Ventoy is an open‑source bootable USB creation tool, latest version 1.0.47 released on July 17.
It eliminates the need to repeatedly format USB drives; you simply copy ISO, WIM, IMG, VHD(x) or EFI files onto the drive and boot from them.
Ventoy supports automatic deployment of many Linux distributions such as RHEL 7/8, CentOS 7/8, SUSE, Ubuntu Server and Debian.
Official link: https://www.ventoy.net/cn/index.html
The tool works with x86 Legacy BIOS, IA32 UEFI, x86_64 UEFI, ARM64 UEFI and MIPS64EL UEFI, and has been tested with over 720 images.
Users can copy multiple image files to a single USB and select the desired one from a boot menu.
It is a convenient solution for frequent installations or experimentation.
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