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Yes- it formats the USB when you install Ventoy (to add an EFI partition) but after that you can put other files on it in addition to the ISOs. It will only sho

Yes- it formats the USB when you install Ventoy (to add an EFI partition) but after that you can put other files on it in addition to the ISOs. It will only show the ISOs in the boot menu and ignore the other files.

jtriangle 3y ago
And those other files can include bios files, drivers, etc
- drewzero1 3y ago
  If your files include non-bootable ISOs, they will also show up in the boot menu. I haven't tried selecting one to see what happens.
  - 77pt77 3y ago
    You can say that only a specific folder has ISOs. It's configurable via a simple json file.
    - drewzero1 3y ago
      Good to know! I haven't looked into the configuration at all, just been using it as-installed since hearing about it a little over a year ago. (Thanks, Late Night Linux!)
      - 77pt77 3y ago
        https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_imagelist.html https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_imagelist.html Example config: { "image_list": [ "/ISO/Linux/archlinux-2020.10.01-x86_64.iso", "/ISO/cn_windows_10_enterprise_ltsc_2019_x64_dvd_9c09ff24.iso", "/ISO/Win10PE.iso" ] } or: https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_control.html https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_control.html And something like: { "VTOY_DEFAULT_SEARCH_ROOT": "/ISO" }
girishso 3y ago
Is there any option to set a default ISO to boot? Without having to select a file manually. I keep juggling between different OSes on raspberry pies and it’s a pain to reformat drive again and again. But sometimes i do want it to boot headless.
- c-hendricks 3y ago
  See `VTOY_DEFAULT_IMAGE`, which also allows for some special values: https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_control.html#vtoy_default_image https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_control.html#vtoy_default_i...
HankB99 3y ago
You can also have it leave extra space at the end of the device. I create a new partition there and format it with ab EXT4 filesystem. At one time (I think) Windows could not deal with the extra partition but Linux does just fine.

jtriangle 3y ago

And those other files can include bios files, drivers, etc

drewzero1 3y ago
If your files include non-bootable ISOs, they will also show up in the boot menu. I haven't tried selecting one to see what happens.
- 77pt77 3y ago
  You can say that only a specific folder has ISOs. It's configurable via a simple json file.
  - drewzero1 3y ago
    Good to know! I haven't looked into the configuration at all, just been using it as-installed since hearing about it a little over a year ago. (Thanks, Late Night Linux!)
    - 77pt77 3y ago
      https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_imagelist.html https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_imagelist.html Example config: { "image_list": [ "/ISO/Linux/archlinux-2020.10.01-x86_64.iso", "/ISO/cn_windows_10_enterprise_ltsc_2019_x64_dvd_9c09ff24.iso", "/ISO/Win10PE.iso" ] } or: https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_control.html https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_control.html And something like: { "VTOY_DEFAULT_SEARCH_ROOT": "/ISO" }

girishso 3y ago

Is there any option to set a default ISO to boot? Without having to select a file manually. I keep juggling between different OSes on raspberry pies and it’s a pain to reformat drive again and again. But sometimes i do want it to boot headless.

c-hendricks 3y ago
See `VTOY_DEFAULT_IMAGE`, which also allows for some special values: https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_control.html#vtoy_default_image https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_control.html#vtoy_default_i...

HankB99 3y ago

You can also have it leave extra space at the end of the device. I create a new partition there and format it with ab EXT4 filesystem. At one time (I think) Windows could not deal with the extra partition but Linux does just fine.