I don’t need USB flash drives anymore!

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[@zenmaster24]

dont need a usb drive, but need another computer and a network

[@goblinslayer5404]

don't even need that to install windows

[@TVPInterpolation]

​@@goblinslayer5404you still need some sort of bootable media to install windows. doesnt matter if its a pxe boot, usb, disk, whatever.

[@Derpuwolf]

I don’t think this is necessarily meant for a single install kinda thing, but for a power user or a shop that’s constantly installing or changing OSs.

[@Junky4me-zq9bu]

What is that different from ssh

[@kojinomaru7429]

​@@Junky4me-zq9bussh is remote with network booting you need to press Buttons on the actual computer to start up the Boot menu, im not sure if this is true or not but i think ssh requires an already installed OS on the System for it to work

[@loganm2633]

I thought the trashcan was a 2013 Mac pro for a second.

[@efisgpr]

Crapple ®

[@FriskGamer1]

Actually, it is.

[@pandemicccc]

Wow we do care!

[@andrupka8749]

@@pandemiccccyou’re so original, funny and relevant to the conversation. You know that there are better ways to get attention that your parents didn’t give you, right?

[@cup_oh_tea]

@@andrupka8749 - Hey, guys! I found the apple user!

[@TheOnlyTwitchR6]

Oh man, I've been wanting to set this up for years now... Maybe tomorrow, just like every other time

[@abdalnablse10]

I just use one usb stick with ventoy which allows me to simply drag any img or iso "the list goes on for the files type" to the usb stick without flashing, it's probably the best tool to ever exist for this use case.

[@MRJMXHD]

​@@abdalnablse10Rufus is also good

[@bbrrraaapp]

Same

[@jeffreyepiscopo]

Did you do it

[@TheOnlyTwitchR6]

@@jeffreyepiscopo no not yet...

[@maxaalde]

Dude, I'm already happy that I don't have to burn a DVD-RW for ~30 min anymore

[@EgnachHelton]

Do you still remember how to use Ghost? 😂

[@TechnoTim]

CDBurnerXP and Nero Burning ROM just cried...

[@handles_are_dumb_01]

@@TechnoTimImgBurn (previously DVD Decrypter) for life dog

[@Mitchellwow]

I still do, I even use CDs

[@Cornflakes7]

I'm just happy where OS installation is today compared to the late 80s

[@yootae13]

I’m just okay with Ventoy 😂

[@savagesarethebest7251]

Combine Ventoy with @Venjent ! 😁✌️

[@MrQuay03]

Ventoy is more efficient than this

[@abdalnablse10]

The best solution to ever exist, I love it.

[@LeoNux-um7tg]

and more secure than opening your bios with the internet...

[@CLOYO]

​@@savagesarethebest7251What does Venjent have to do with that...

[@rsatonyplayz5186]

This will be a great idea if u have brand-new 100s of computers for ur office/school/college and I need to install windows on all in a short period

[@ScaniaMF]

If you have 100s of Computer you would use PXE since many years ago.

[@bartm_]

Depends on your setup. 2009 I worked a a contractor on a project that needed pallets of laptops imaged with a in-house custom image. Took ages running anything over 4 machines. Since we had a license server on prem, I asked our Microsoft rep if it would be alright to clone a unactivated install. With his permission I started cloning 8 machines every 4 minutes. Using the time in between to pull the next set of drives. I shaved roughly 1 month off the project (didn’t think it through and put myself out of work early). HP Compaq 6910p. Good times.

[@dingding4898]

​@@bartm_Damn! You got punished for being efficient!

[@ax3226]

@@bartm_damn… was it hourly paid or contract on project… if it was hourly paid than that sucked

[@bartm_]

@@ax3226 I was a sub to a sub contractor. I was hourly, and very low pay. Learned a lot about corporate culture and what a good manager looks like. Good times.

[@PCSJEFF67]

1999: PXE protocol appears in commercial BIOS 2024: this video

[@Vifnis]

*d a y a m*

[@nikize]

PXE and TFTP, super slow. iPXE over HTTP and internet fast. Similar but a huge difference.

[@thecloudtherapist]

Ahh, yes. PXE booting. Takes me back to my data centre days from 15-20 years ago. Along with IPMI, SNMP, WMI and protocols such as IP Multicasting 😄

[@ssjaken]

Damn. You just shot me back to my IRQ numbering days with all that

[@heyitsnemo]

In guessing these protocols are no longer used?

[@olivetho]

​@@heyitsnemo they unfortunately still are.

[@xzenor-art]

​@@ssjakenoof... IRQ 5 for the soundblaster compatible audio card

[@TJ-vh2ps]

Me too! Good times. What was old is new again, wrapped in a pretty package. Remember IRC and Unix “talk” and “write”? IRC + micro transactions = Discord. Yay progress! 🥳 Unix “write” is still the best: where else can you surreptitiously write messages directly your friend’s screen without their permission? 😂

[@limerickman8512]

I am old enough to remember booting up os on floppy disc and cd. USB was a miracle device.

[@Derpuwolf]

For anyone who thinks it’s kinda pointless, I don’t think this is necessarily meant for a single install kinda thing, but for a power user or a shop that’s constantly installing or changing OSs.

[@BeyondPC]

Exactly.

[@MH-kc5jr]

Or just having fun trying new things and setting it all up, just to tear it down after successful testing :)

[@Derpuwolf]

@@MH-kc5jr Honestly yeah. Seems like something I'd play with and take down cuz I usually just install from a portable drive every time.

[@MH-kc5jr]

@@Derpuwolf Thats the way :) there is no need to have a practical reason for everything, just have some fun.

[@moltony]

its also useful for people who are developing an OS, so that everytime they want to test the OS on a real computer (not in virtual machine) then they can use netboot

[@nekoill]

My brother in Christ, we've had PXE for ages, it's the only conceivable way you can modernize a big factory for instance, without needing a billion USB sticks and without being chewed up by datasec

[@ax3226]

Jesus was a Prophet Only! Jesus was a Middle Eastern man born in current day palestine! Jeus spoke aramaic and he called God ‘Allaha

[@blarghblargh]

yeah, video author probably already knows, considering the project itself says it is a wrapper for iPXE on its main website. google it. or don't.

[@1in0]

Jesus is only a fictional character. U sad sad believers!

[@nekoill]

@@1in0 bruh

[@KopperNeoman]

@@ax3226 That's what the Koran says, because the Koran lies. Jesus refers to Himself as God repeatedly in the Bible, which was written by His own disciples, as opposed to the Koran which was written by a warlord 600 years later. Jesus was not a "mere prophet", He was either a madman who thought he was God, a demon lying and pretending to be God, or he IS God.

[@JontyLevine]

2014: I can’t access my photos. The network is down and they’re on someone else’s computer. 2024: I can’t boot up my operating system. The network is down and it’s on someone else’s computer.

[@smorrow]

The future Rob Pike wanted

[@diegocejudo9704]

Did you even watch the video?

[@complexity5545]

Its traditionally called a PXE server. System Adminstrators usually have the PXE server working with your main DHCP router to present OSs to you at the PXE boot phase of your client machine. Its easier to boot from a USB. But if you change the boot order of your bios to boot from another computer over the network. Most administrators use a good bootloader to do all this without setting up a PXE server.

[@abdalnablse10]

I just use one usb stick with ventoy which allows me to simply drag img and iso files to the usb stick without flashing, it's probably the best tool to ever exist for this use case.

[@FlyboyHelosim]

​@@abdalnablse10Yeah when it works.

[@Samcharleston24]

@@abdalnablse10built in back doors in Bentley, essentially handing over your bios to get malware

[@phoenixfireclusterbomb]

At the college we hooked up 100 pc’s at a time. Damn kids and there porn viruses.

[@lopwidth7343]

One word: Ventoy. Easiest solution out there and you can install it on a small external drive. Just copy isos on there and boot. No complicated configuration

[@dkannegi]

Can put Ventoy on the second internal SSD in place of the former CDROM which I have done (ideally done fresh, as to do it on an already in use drive is a chore and risks data loss). Self recovery and boot anything with the laptop on the road is awesome.

[@FlyboyHelosim]

It's not quite as simple as that in reality though and I've literally just had a bunch of issues with Ventoy.

[@igoresque]

I downloaded a Windows ISO for reinstall on my secondary drive and forgot to put it on Ventoy stick. I was glad to discover that I can just browse any drive in the system within Ventoy and boot ISO from there. I changed the primary m.2 drive to a new one, and couldn't be bothered to put it back in to be able to put ISO on the stick.

[@dkannegi]

@@igoresque If doing a repair install and the Windows is working, you can make a 8GB VHD and mount it, both in disk management in a pinch. I 'deployed' Windows 11 22H2 rufus'd in this fashion, had Rufus take the ISO and dump yo the VHD, sent that to each machine across Tailscale/LAN, and ran up the installer from the VHD per machine doing repair installs over remote desktop.

[@misterprimeminister473]

Creator of Ventoy made a network boot version, iVentoy

[@ofoosy]

I don't use USB though. I use CD's and DVD's still. Okay fair enough I have used netboot images more than a few times...

[@JohnDoe-ug6go]

I dont use USB drives either. I still use optical discs

[@thelonercoder5816]

The entire point of a USB is portability. If you don't care about portability, you might as well just use a virtual machine.

[@EpicLPer]

Windows Installs via Netboot are rather annoying tho cause you need to remember a few commands before you can actually start the installer

[@alexanderblohme5044]

Ooooold technology😂 its funny to see kids today discover dinosaur stuff like this and be like “daaaamn what a piece of new high tech!!!!”

[@evertchin]

Overly complicated for most people.... Even most tech nerds dont need it. Just get a larger usb drive and install ventoy.

[@abdalnablse10]

Yes, I love ventoy, the best solution to ever exist.

[@FlyboyHelosim]

When Ventoy decides to work, that is.

[@abdalnablse10]

@@FlyboyHelosim When was the last time you've used ventoy? It works fine for me windows and linux isos.

[@FlyboyHelosim]

@@abdalnablse10 Literally two days ago.

[@abdalnablse10]

@@FlyboyHelosim damn, what iso were you trying to load?

[@Blank-n7c]

You might need usb drives even though you don’t need them but can be useful for emergency like if you accidentally break your computer 🖥️ you might want to keep them so you can transfer data to a new computer

[@Redditify765]

Unfortunately you need to be connected to the network via ethernet for this to work.

[@LilPersey]

Daz nutz 🚮

[@TheEgg185]

Lol. I'd take a flash drive over that any day.

[@System_._.064]

Ai generated pfp​@@LilPersey

[@LilPersey]

@@System_._.064 if u say so👍🏿

[@BenjaminVestergaard]

Sooo... how do I boot this? - Yeah well you need an iPXE bootloader... - How do I get that onto the laptop I just bought without any OS? - Use a USB stick or set up an old fashioned PXE/TFTP server! Yeah... come back when it's a firmware standard, or you can tell me how to install OpenWrt/LEDE on my cable modem without missing any modem drivers. That's the device I have that could possibly act as a PXE server. My router won't let me configure PXE, so can't even just use my phone. Could perhaps be possible with phone tethering, any apps for that?

[@日日日日日]

I am a pirate, i definitely need a usb so that the fbi doesn't know 😅

[@andrupka8749]

It uses the local network, not the internet. The FBI can’t track that.

[@ThePrincessjinifer]

Nah, you just need a VPN haha

[@_BLANK_BLANK]

Shh Googles listening

[@natr0n]

still need hard drives to store iso. This is cool stiil.

[@Windows7UltimateTheVyonder]

It's all fun and games, until you fucking realize that netboot has been proven to be fucking slow

[@EnlightenAlchemist]

This is great but someone is going to fck this up.

[@maxit0x]

For install a bunch of machines at the same time is nice

[@TechnoTim]

Exactly!

[@cryptearth]

​@@TechnoTimyou really missed the point that PXE does require at least another machine + a patch cable + the client even able to do a PXE boot if you have only one machine there's no way to set up PXE you really should re-do this (or a longer regular video) explaining all the requirements as actual cons to using a flash drive as boot media

[@user-pq9ji7kt4l]

@@cryptearth. Um. Thought that was obvious?

[@cryptearth]

@@user-pq9ji7kt4lthat's the issue with most tech-youtubers: they all assume that people have knowledge about the topic(s) they talk about in thier videos - when they often know that many of thier TARGET audienece has at least some vague idea about it while others who watch such shorts as the very first tech-content ever don't get it at all the issue with this short here is: when you go to the site of this "product" the very first options you get presented are: "use a thumbdrive" and "burn a CD" with "use PXE" come at only 4th(!) option - while still not explain what PXE is but only shouting "use it!" to those who don't know anything about it if this short here wouldn't be just some "tech advice" but rather some "serious advertisements" there're several countries in europe and the all-migthy EU itself you could be dragged to court for "false advertisement" as a claim is made that a) doesn't work this way, b) requires additional setup, c) requires quite a lot of explanation or at least experience in this topic this entire short is complete bullshit - just deleting it and doing a proper full length video explaining what PXE is, what it requires, what it's good for and how to set it up would be WAY better ... but hey, I understand: YT pays by the views - the more you can fool the more money you make without have to deal with any who don't get it ever wondered how much those idian/pakistani videos and thier crap shorts make? have a look - some do more than US-$ 10.000 A DAY(!) for actual crap and who pays for it? those who try it and sometimes pay with thier lives - it's a bit like those idian call-center scammers: some people have no soul and don't care about ruin others peoples lives

[@orbatos]

We've been using network boot since before USB, it has pros and cons.

[@james-m-8285]

This seems like it would open up some really serious security concerns

[@PatousMcGillicuddy]

Yeah...this is really slick, but as an OpenBSD guy btw, I feel much safer downloading install media from an approved source, then verifying it with signify(1).

[@james-m-8285]

@@PatousMcGillicuddy yeah I just don’t think bios really has the necessary facilities to be doing things on the internet safely

[@alexstone691]

But you need a flash drive to use this as well

[@FriendlyNeighborhoodNitpicker]

You still have to download the media. You imagine how slow this would be if it actually pulled it off the Internet every time? PXE has been around for 25 years or more. This is just a new way of delivering the same old thing. May be a better way, PXE was always a pain in the ass to implement, but It’s no more insecure than any location where you have hardware access to the machine, and direct interface to the network.

[@blisphul8084]

It would be nice if there was an Internet mode where you could just select any os and it would download it for you and boot to it. Sure it'd be a bit slow, but Internet connections are fast nowadays.

[@trueriver1950]

I think this is dangerous. The issue arrives from the apparently convenient feature that the software is "always up to date". Up to date could include that it's been handled to include malware. That's why wise installers download the hash for the .iso file from a trusted site, verified with a cryptographic signature, and then check offline that it verifies OK before using it. I'm sceptical whether this process, where the file is downloaded and booted without operator intervention, actually does all of that. Even if it does do it, by havening the checkpoint process defined in code, that too becomes hackable. This is just another example of something being offered to save a few minutes work (and only occasionally in this case) that is setting us up for a messy comeback someone in the future.

[@kaioneal6160]

Hmmm I can already feel a zero day vulnerability coming None the less, it’s a cool project

[@blarghblargh]

v1.0 was in 2019. do you own a time machine?

[@pascalabessolo5350]

Circa 1991 Linux install with 2.5 floppies and compiling on the fly... (Feeling moist)

[@alozie__]

Linux looking like mortal Kombat fr

[@tuckfuddyduddy]

It is nice to see in the consumer space that an a-joe can now have the same experience of using PXE boot to try or load an OS just like in a corporate IT setting.

[@bit2shift]

​@@IvanNedostal you can't boot with live USB on early-2000s hardware, but you can with PXE 👌

[@thecloudtherapist]

Yeah, I just commented that PXE takes me back to my IBM days, when I racked and stacked for our customers, and then did weird stuff with PXE booting, SNMP, IP Multicasting, etc. 😄

[@Azlehria]

​@@IvanNedostalI did installs for a (now-defunct) retailer that used PXE to set up the POS systems. The systems were pre-configured to boot over the internet, so no playing around with hotkeys during boot. Their PXE environment was interesting - more than just a menu tree, it was basically a form. Enter the WO number, the store number, the terminal number, and for _some_ terminals it would also ask whether it was a manager PC or a server. Then it would _build_ and deliver the image, write it to the system, alter the firmware boot settings, and restart. Always the latest version of their stack as of the _install_ date, not the shipment date weeks or months earlier. Try doing that with a USB drive to 20+ systems per site, at dozens of sites per day, simultaneously. Scale matters.

[@BenjaminConnelly]

Bootp tftp has been around since before I was born... For any standard consumer. Joe might need to know how to read. But it's always been there and always been free.

[@NaoPb]

​@@Azlehriasounds awesome

[@javnav0110]

This is so sick! I don’t know why so many people are dogging on this, it’s his home lab. If this man walks into an interview he automatically looks better than you because not only does he does this at work but lives and breathes this at home too. The whole purpose of a home lab is to build skills and experimenting, not to make optimal use of the technology. It’s an investment that will end up paying for itself over time with knowledge gained, and if you enjoy this stuff (as this guy seems to) it’s pretty damn fun hobby too😅

[@notafbihoneypot8487]

I hope you picked them usb,s out the garbage 😢

[@1993StrangeBoy]

What's the issue with using USB drives to install OSs? They are way more practical than using discs like back then, installing through network seems a much bigger hassle.

[@evgeniik.7832]

Fun fact: ventoy exists

[@Shadow-jw2hk]

But ventoy no is as stable as thise proyect

[@abdalnablse10]

And it's the best solution to ever exist.

[@lopwidth7343]

Iso booting should straight up just be built into uefi at this point. Even an optional extension in uefi spec is fine, just add it to your mainboard after buying is fine

[@beruang420]

Not so fun fact: versioning and update exists

[@abdalnablse10]

@@beruang420 Fun fact: LTS exist.

[@PutraRhm]

Guys, sorry if I sound like a beginner, but what is the end result of all of this complicated stuff to the eyes of normal people? I know it's for security, but other than that? How strong is the security anyway besides privacy.

[@dr.zippymcscoots8725]

Imagine Skynet taking full advantage of this to kill us all

[@blarghblargh]

this is just serving isos over the network on boot. I think it wouldn't provide much utility to skynet.

[@dr.zippymcscoots8725]

@blarghblargh Don't underestimate Skynet. People made that mistake abd we ended up with Terminators

[@chuchuokeke]

​@@dr.zippymcscoots8725yeah it took only 7years from the first one to give us a liquid metal terminator. I'm personally more scared of the Daleks but yh don't underestimate skynet.

[@N5O1]

hmm, my bios doesn't have such thing... oh, maybe if I hind USB stick somewhere I could update it

[@portalfreak7628]

Neat! >boots into Windows anyway

[@unlimitedslash]

My answer to this is Ventoy, really cool tool, formats a single USB to be used for multiple OS installers, along with tools, literally makes your average joe USB into myriad of possibilities and multitool.

[@GreatTaiwan]

This feels so insecure by nature

[@zimzob]

That’s why you hardcode allowed hardware addresses on your PXE server and only allow those machines to load an OS (or specify a default locked down OS for unknown MACs)

[@bartm_]

PXE boot, the first thing I disable on every machine. I prefer physical media, but they are slowly taking it away from me.

[@FlyboyHelosim]

Same.

[@mrkoyunreis]

That... seems like a really horrible way to boot into an os for numerous reasons.

[@praveen513]

This is usefull when u have lots of Computers lying around to install windows... It requires a dedicated computer publishing those OS on pxe... Will stick to usb

[@AiOinc1]

It's called PXE and it's been around since the 90s

[@decodoe]

Yes, we know, but this is an automation tool for PXE. Not just PXE.

[@blarghblargh]

do you still use 5 1/4" floppies? technologies layer and evolve. google the project. or don't.

[@Capt.Pikles]

Now I have to ask, for legacy systems or just newer systems that don’t support network booting, do they offer a minimal boot disk image?

[@Mikein203]

Awesome, thank you!

[@AchmadBadra]

one requirement : need connected to network, and a server/computer who serve the files. For individual / personal user is not really worthed. And for company, a lot of them not using this solution.

[@abdalnablse10]

I just use one usb stick with ventoy which allows me to simply put img and iso files on the usb stick without flashing, it's probably the best tool to ever exist for this use case.

[@kompassorpigo7600]

You still need them to store and transfer data, i.e. what 99.9% of people use USB drives for. Clickbaiter.

[@shahriyarshahriyari9721]

When you imagine an issues that doesn't exist...

[@TechnoTim]

When you imagine that networking booting is how all enterrpises manage their clients...

[@jansix4287]

@@TechnoTim No enterprise uses more than one OS. Even if they’re stupid enough to use Linux or Windows. Why would you double the trouble and use both of them?

[@anullhandle]

​@@jansix4287it's early, but that's got to be a favorite to win most pathetic troll of the day

[@jansix4287]

@@anullhandle Nope, this is an actual argument to have. Nobody wants to tinker with multiple setups. This issue does in fact not exist.

[@techrazor3280]

Imagine not needing any computer but only old school "dumb terminal" to boot into OS. ~ who needs that?!😮

[@yaseenamalki9234]

how to connect to wifi in boot mode

[@bxgula]

bios menu

[@darkpadden]

Imagine i been doing this for 20ish years.. imagine gpxe.. imagine this isn't new..

[@AviatorXD]

The point of my usb drives is that I can take them with me and help freinds and family with their computer. This is kind of pointless unless you are an IT admin and have to format hundreds of computers.

[@toslaw9615]

I don't like the idea. Downloading everything from the internet every time I want to install a system is not the coolest thing, I prefer ventoy. And if we talk about hosting your own server then it's like downloading everything to your ventoy USB stick except you cannot take it with you and it's only on your LAN or you need to connect to your home from a different place.

[@pandemicccc]

Ok we do 'care'

[@xnamkcor]

I've spend about 20-30 years of my life not needing a USB stick to install and OS.

[@stuartmacleod259]

Im just glad you dont have to use multiple floppy disks anymore

[@SbF6H]

iPXE is not desirable on slow connections, so it's much better off with USB flash drives.

[@AquaRedX]

No one needs any drives to do this for at least 15 years now as far as I know, however I will still need every single flash drive I have. Can't say about CD's tho.

[@dublxml]

lol, i use the exact same USB flash drive but for my Wii U, mine is by PNY and it’s 128GB.

[@alishbista1748]

I have proxmox on old laptops, there is no grub edit for procmox iso, sadly I still need usb drives.😢

[@winnie8614]

Nice, but what are guarantees that you won't get some malicious images? Des net boot supports SSL and secure boot?

[@NaoPb]

This is great! Thanks buddy. And if you want to imagine sending usb drives to me, I'd be cool with that 😅

[@jcg702]

Guess I did retain some knowledge from school lol, knew it was PXE booting in a few seconds.

[@letronix6243]

I already have that on my server.

[@joelferguson625]

Oh damn.... Ok I'ma have to try this on some vintage hardware for fun and punishment.

[@szymekstormtymczasowe1730]

There's an old boot option in BIOS called "legacy LAN"

[@ikemkrueger]

Two issues I have with this approach: 1. you need a server, 2. the setup is too complicated.

[@msedgeundwinfan]

you need ethernet connection for this to work but some people like me cant use ethernet cause the pc is to far away form the router and they cant use a very long ethernet cable

[@AtzeD109]

This is really handy for people who fix PCs, not so much for the average user tho

[@isminivermekistemeyenmahmut]

It was suspiciously useful

[@AtariWow]

No, I like my ventoy drive. It even flips around to use USBC on the other end.

[@minefreund]

This would be super slow with my wifi because downloading a windows 10 iso takes over 2 hours

[@fruitieplayys9125]

Nah, rufus and sandisk is already doing the job for me if I ever need an fresh windows installation or windows pe

[@noesisML]

I am on board if it works for installing Windows in legacy mode. ❄️🎄💕

[@deltatime9010]

This has literally been used in corporations and schools for a while now, it's nothing new

[@the98goober]

now make it so that you can build your own from a template or something business will boom

[@endlessgoofyahhmemes69]

macOS Recovery OS and Mac App store: did you forget about me?

[@LonksAwakening]

I already don’t need USB drives for OS installs, I just use DVDs

[@Toll99725]

an alternative would be ventoy, which doesnt even use the internet!

[@diegocejudo9704]

PXE doesn't use the internet either

[@fakir_pro]

i remember the time XP used to take while installing, win7 onwards its so less .

[@T_Burd_75]

I recently discovered Ventoy, so I'm happy with my USB drives.

[@ThexthSurvivor]

Good, now everyone can send me their flash drives that they want to discard.

[@thegrishplays3356]

Usually iPXE doesn't boot via wifi just noting

[@TheAussieRepairGuy]

I feel old, having installed most of my os's from cd

[@klingoncowboy4]

Lol I have yet to use a thumb drive... still use the old Zalman

[@xkinformatica]

I'm using Ventoy but now that I know...I need to have it 😉

[@cmoon178D8H-K9]

This is a security vulnerability if I ever saw one...

[@n0viewers409]

I use my secondary HDD. Ventoy and Rufus are epic.

[@shuccle6161]

usb drive with wifi cabailities to do all this would be way cooler

[@KIRBZVIDS]

Thats the oldest trick inthe book since xp days

[@NTSuperbyte]

If you don't need them, can you give them to me please?

[@gurgle9849]

PXE boot has been around for a very long time.

[@MrLeroyJacob]

$30 USB drive vs. $500 server, $50 Switch...

[@iamhugry]

You just need a good internet which most dont have