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I often feel we missed a chance to make booting from removable media real easy. If we had built ISO support into EFI, you could just copy an ISO (like a contai

by Aloha 3y ago

I often feel we missed a chance to make booting from removable media real easy. If we had built ISO support into EFI, you could just copy an ISO (like a container) to a MBR or GPT partitioned thumb drive and boot it - no magic tools required, no bits to set. Yes FAT32 has a 4gb limitation, but there is nothing saying that couldn't be fixed with future versions of EFI, or by using multiple partitions on thumb drive. Either way, I feel like an opportunity was missed.

kn100 3y ago
Ventoy is a magic tool that does exactly this, if you weren't aware.
- cvccvroomvroom 3y ago
  I recall there's another one also. They replace the iOdd virtual CD USB device in all virtualized cases. For physical servers, the iOdd virtual ISO USB drive is very handy.
  - Tijdreiziger 3y ago
    I have a similar drive enclosure from Zalman, which takes a 2.5" SATA drive.
    - cvccvroomvroom 3y ago
      It's basically the same thing altough the iOdd predated Zalman by about 1-2 years. 2.5" case with a display, 2-3 buttons, and 1-2 usb-a connectors. http://iodd.kr/wordpress/product/iodd-2531/ http://iodd.kr/wordpress/product/iodd-2531/ https://www.zalman.com/US/Product/ProductDetail.do?pageIndex=1&pageSize=10&productSeq=914&searchCategory1=0&searchCategory2=-99&searchCategory3=-99&searchKey=&searchWord=ZM-VE350 https://www.zalman.com/US/Product/ProductDetail.do?pageIndex...
  - autumn-antlers 3y ago
    > there's another one You're probably thinking of Easy2Boot.
    - cvccvroomvroom 3y ago
      Maybe there's more than 2. I used (name forgotten) to boot a hard drive imaging utility from a USB drive.
- pezezin 3y ago
  Ventoy is absolutely magical, I can't recommend it enough.
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