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UNetbootin has done this since 2007: <https://unetbootin.github.io/ https://unetbootin.github.io/> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNetbootin https://en.wikipe

UNetbootin has done this since 2007: <https://unetbootin.github.io/ https://unetbootin.github.io/> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNetbootin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNetbootin> This is barely a year old and comes all, besides a handful of comments, from one account https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/graphs/contributors https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/graphs/contributors Personally and subjective this rings quite some alarm bells for me, seems just a bit sketchy and in any way really young, so not as much time out on the field and thus possibly not as much bugs shaken out...

xbenjii 5y ago
UNetbootin doesn't support multiple installs on the same device.
breakfastduck 5y ago
That doesn't look like it does the same thing at all. I'm not sure why a piece of software being built by one person is sketchy but ok.
- tlamponi 5y ago
  It is similar though, but yes it misses the "more ISOs" part, which I actually find weird because at that point that would be almost cheap to do - that's why I did not reverified that bit, sorry.
  - moistbar 5y ago
    Unetbootin either dumps the raw ISO directly to the block device or, in the case of Windows, extracts it to an exFAT partition. Ventoy doesn't require you to extract or dump the ISOs at all, which is where the real beauty of it lies.
motiejus 5y ago
From wikipedia[1]: > Multiple installs on the same device are not supported. If one is limited to a single usb-stick per ISO, it's just easier to dd the installation image: run it the way it's (hopefully[x]) been tested by the vendors. Ventoy is a different ballgame: drag & drop ISO file and boot from it. I tested it this morning with 3 things I carry around myself (debian-live, debian-installer, freebsd release installer), and it worked. 1 stick instead of 3, and I still have the remaining exFAT partition for other things. And a spare encrypted partition if I wanted to (I don't). Regarding bugs -- it works or it doesn't for your distribution. I think it's remarkable what this, seemingly single developer, has achieved over a bit more than a year[2]. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNetbootin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNetbootin [2]: https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/commit/2090c6fa978999d4ef1efc0881fc9c99e3615798 https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/commit/2090c6fa978999d4ef1e... [x]: don't get me started with Intel SSD firmware "bootable" images.

xbenjii 5y ago

UNetbootin doesn't support multiple installs on the same device.

breakfastduck 5y ago

That doesn't look like it does the same thing at all. I'm not sure why a piece of software being built by one person is sketchy but ok.

tlamponi 5y ago
It is similar though, but yes it misses the "more ISOs" part, which I actually find weird because at that point that would be almost cheap to do - that's why I did not reverified that bit, sorry.
- moistbar 5y ago
  Unetbootin either dumps the raw ISO directly to the block device or, in the case of Windows, extracts it to an exFAT partition. Ventoy doesn't require you to extract or dump the ISOs at all, which is where the real beauty of it lies.

motiejus 5y ago

From wikipedia[1]: > Multiple installs on the same device are not supported. If one is limited to a single usb-stick per ISO, it's just easier to dd the installation image: run it the way it's (hopefully[x]) been tested by the vendors. Ventoy is a different ballgame: drag & drop ISO file and boot from it. I tested it this morning with 3 things I carry around myself (debian-live, debian-installer, freebsd release installer), and it worked. 1 stick instead of 3, and I still have the remaining exFAT partition for other things. And a spare encrypted partition if I wanted to (I don't). Regarding bugs -- it works or it doesn't for your distribution. I think it's remarkable what this, seemingly single developer, has achieved over a bit more than a year[2]. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNetbootin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNetbootin [2]: https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/commit/2090c6fa978999d4ef1efc0881fc9c99e3615798 https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/commit/2090c6fa978999d4ef1e... [x]: don't get me started with Intel SSD firmware "bootable" images.