Ventoy - Open Source, powerful application allowing you to easily add multiple ISOs to boot from.

[@coldpizza2453]

One of the best tools for IT 👍👍👍👍

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Agree 100%

[@mariohrkac6450]

Medicat is also great tool for IT.

[@chadmarkley]

OMG, I found this tool about a year ago and it was a game changer. Great video

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Thank you, and glad you area already using it!

[@jim7smith]

Saves a lot of money getting thumb drives for everything you need to try or have to install. Also, the ability to boot various distros from a single larger thumb drive is great for troubleshooting or testing to see if the hardware is compatible for the distro you want to use. The great thing is being able to replace isos whenever you want, for upgrades, etc. Also, as someone else mentioned, using a USB drive enclosure with an SSD drive eliminates the problem of keeping up with a thumb drive.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

I love this solution for it's simplicity alone.

[@oscs4556]

Ventoy is even more powerful when you start using the plugins as well. You can use the ventoy live iso to setup another usb thumb drive as a ventoy drive too.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Now that is awesome!

[@donaldwilliams6821]

Ventoy is an amazing tool, I also like how easy it is to upgrade w/o losing existing config/isos. I use and old SSD in a USB enclosure and store all my ISOs on it. Fast too.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

That is an amazing way to use this.

[@blazed-space]

😂 oh my god - this tool saved my life. I had installed Rocky Linux on all my computers and wanted to switch back to Windows, but it wouldn’t work! Mostly a drive formatting problem. I tried everything, but then I found this video and tried Ventoy and it worked. Now I have a thriving fleet Windows machines joined to an AD/DS domain and I just love it! Thanks so much for this amazing video!!

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

I'm glad it helped, even it it did take you back to winodws. :-p

[@blazed-space]

​@@AwesomeOpenSource I kept Rocky Linux on my Thinkpad! I just love that OS and the team so much, they liked my post on Twitter once xD

[@rguifa]

Very interesting, and didn't know about it. Thanks again Brian

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

My pleasure!

[@pctechdr]

Great video.. i support mostly windows.. this would be great to put on windows 10/11 install isos as well as hirens onto a single USB.. right now i have a bag a flash drives and this will help me use much less flash drives. Also, i am a late comer into the Linux world. I just wanted to say thanks for your videos.. you and a few other KZbinrs have helped regain an enthusiasm i have not had for IT in a while. I have Linux growing everywhere on my network thanks to you guys!!! :)

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

So glad the videos are helping, and super glad you are coming along on the journey with us.

[@markverstappen1365]

Again a nice explanatory video. A sugggestion on this would be a video about an PXE / boot / tftp server in docker (for example netbootxyz) that you can spinup at moments when someone needs it. So that it doesn't interfere with an existing DHCP or networksetup.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

I'll see what I can do.

[@ContantContact]

Good review. I had already made a ventoy usb with Mint and Win 7, to repair a friends computer a couple of months ago. It is a perhaps more refined implementation of the PenLinux I had used years before.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Indeed. I'd love to figure out if there's a way to setup some persistent data storage, so I could build up my windows cleaning Linux ISO tool again. I did that for years for people who's systems would get so junked up they couldn't use it anymore. Boot into Linux, clean up their windows install, and hand it back running better than ever.

[@jmcc000]

Parts of it are open source but there are also some binary blobs in the github repo. Nobody knows what those blobs do. It would be possible for Ventoy to insert backdoors into your ISOs at run time or target system firmware . This is why there needs to be more transparency in the source. It's suspicious that the developer has disappeared and isn't answering questions asked by the community about this issue.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Interesting

[@denistsitulsky5731]

Ventoy saved alot of my time.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

It's an awesome project.

[@sanjeev2003]

I install it on ssd itself (1st partition) making the boot/install process very easy and fast. No need to carry external disks as well.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

You are far more brave than I my friend.

[@sanjeev2003]

@@AwesomeOpenSource 😁 Btw, I have not seen anyone using something this way. Once you start using it, you will not go back. 🤞You can update guide outlining this way as well. I suggest to give it a try. Only downside is during update, we have to boot from another disk (can be pendrive). I live boot any linux iso from pendrive and update ventoy on my ssd.

[@donaldwilliams6821]

@@sanjeev2003 I put it on an external SSD almost from when I first started using it. More than a year ago now.. Great way to re-use old SSDs or even spinning drives for that matter in a cheap USB external case. All my recovery ISOs, WIndows, Linux, VMware, Proxmox and rescue ISOs like rescuezilla and Acronis TrueImage are there whenever needed. And fast too. Updates to ventoy are easy that way too.

[@sanjeev2003]

@@donaldwilliams6821 agreed but I don't have any spare ssd so I have it on the same disk with multiple partition.

[@donaldwilliams6821]

@@sanjeev2003 Yup does make it more complicated. :) But great for quick backup/restores.

[@andydransfield8428]

I've tried using Ventoy. When I boot from the Ventoy USB drive, I see a list of the .ISO files that I have added to the drive, but I can't navigate the list with either my keyboard or mouse, both of which are wirelessly connected to my PC. Is this normal?

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Odd, I've not had that occur. Could be a bad install, but really just dont' know.

[@kevinhughes9801]

Great vid thanks

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

My pleasure.

[@co_lao]

I just installed some partition tool on my usb stick via ventoy. When i boot into them, hard drives on my pc didnt appear, it just listed my usb. I don't know if it's ventoy or my pc's fault. Any idea ? Thank you a lot

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

So, depending on what tools, and how they read the drives, and what OS you are running on yoru PC normally, and whether you shut it down properly based on that OS, and several other factors could be at play. I recently booted into Ubuntu to move files to a Windows 10 drive from a backup that could only be read by Linux. I first had to shutdown the windows 10 system by holding down the Shift key while clicking Shutdown. When I get into the Ubuntu system, and opened the Files application, I had to navigate to Other, then click on System, then find the right partition for the data.

[@loverickydaniel]

could i use this ventoy to unlock a chromebook?

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

I haven'tdone a chrome book unlock in a long time, so not sure, but I think, if you just need a drive to boot a linux distro, then possibly.

[@KhalilConsumido]

Love the terminal. What is the name of that terminal?

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Tabby is my terminal emulator, with Power10K and some other add-ons for styling it.

[@ThamiNdlalane]

How does to compare to Easy2Boot as it does the same thing?

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

I've never used Easy2Boot, so not sure. But would love to hear you thoughts on it if you try this one.

[@CraftGodsOfficial]

💪🏽💗

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Thanks.

[@theking2000]

seems like the ventoy website is down ....

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

It may have been, but seems to be up and running now.

[@infocus-media]

Is there a way that you could venture a little bit into Kubernetters, we can all learn together.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

I want to, just not there yet with time.

[@infocus-media]

@@AwesomeOpenSource That would be nice.

[@AwesomeBlackDude]

So both wins-10/11 os won't launch.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Odd. I have used both on Ventoy. Does it have any specific message?

[@AwesomeBlackDude]

@@AwesomeOpenSource I'll take a look later on tonight.

[@yasirarafat9279]

but ventoy is buggy and not long lasting.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Haven't had any issues with it so far. What issues are you seeing with it?

[@yasirarafat9279]

@@AwesomeOpenSource if you have images stored on it for 2 years.are they going to perform well.rufus can remove some limitations from images which ventoy doesn't,though I like ventoy.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

If I have images from 2 years, I'd delete them, and get the latest versions, so I don't guess I'd see those issues.

[@groovetrain397]

You dont need to reaf every message that comes up it gets annoying!!!!!!

[@ManAdam712]

Thanks for contributing the great advice!!! You're right! I found his gallingly superfluous exhibition of gratitude to be most nefarious. 👏👏🙏 🚬🫏🍆🎅🏿

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

My channel is geared toward those looking for great open source options, and often those are beginners. It's for that reason that I go into mroe detail. I include timestamps in the description, and they are on the player timeline for more advanced folks to jump around as desired.

[@groovetrain397]

Blah blah blah u talk to much!!!

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

I do indeed make long-form content. There are plenty of channels with much shorter content covering similar topics. You should check those out.