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Can QEMU images boot straight from USB? No host OS/Hypervisor? That’s news to me. I wish they would go over how they got that working. Does everything run from

Can QEMU images boot straight from USB? No host OS/Hypervisor? That’s news to me. I wish they would go over how they got that working. Does everything run from RAM? How large of flash drive do they use and how many snapshots/backups do they keep/where do they keep them?

unixhero 3y ago
Yes with that new usb stick boot method... I cannot remember the name of the project, not eufus, not unetbootin, not lili
- alwyn 3y ago
  I'm thinking you mean Ventoy? They say they can load vhd and img files, though I've only tried ISO's myself. https://www.ventoy.net/ https://www.ventoy.net/
  - refset 3y ago
    > Why do you not trust Ventoy? > Ventoy is a great tool from what I’ve seen online and the use case it fills does save time and resources. However, I have some reservations about it. If I had to compromise a bunch of critical systems over a long time period, then publishing a great tool and having it tamper with your OS installation media silently would be a really good pick. At this time, I don’t trust the developers of the tool enough and I don’t have the time or skills to perform repeated audits of the software every time they release a new version. ...from the addendum to https://ounapuu.ee/posts/2023/02/15/shrinkflation/ https://ounapuu.ee/posts/2023/02/15/shrinkflation/ (which was itself discussed previously [0]) - I don't have strong opinions of my own but reading this review was enough to put me off installing Ventoy the other day. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34800830 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34800830
    - foul 3y ago
      If you're not wishing to read its code, it's a good strategy not to use it.
  - GTP 3y ago
    I'm a Ventoy user but missed this feature. Does anyone knows how it works? Are they packaging one or more hyoervisors together with Ventoy?
hiAndrewQuinn 3y ago
That's what I'm wondering too. Why not use a live USB?
- Manfred 3y ago
  Because those are platform dependent, you can't run an ARM image on X64 for example.
vmfunction 3y ago
There is also https://minios.dev/en/ https://minios.dev/en/ and an HN link regarding a tons of other linux on USB options. I agree with the author. With USB in 1TB size range, easy to carry and backup. Why do I even need cloud?

unixhero 3y ago

Yes with that new usb stick boot method... I cannot remember the name of the project, not eufus, not unetbootin, not lili

alwyn 3y ago
I'm thinking you mean Ventoy? They say they can load vhd and img files, though I've only tried ISO's myself. https://www.ventoy.net/ https://www.ventoy.net/
- refset 3y ago
  > Why do you not trust Ventoy? > Ventoy is a great tool from what I’ve seen online and the use case it fills does save time and resources. However, I have some reservations about it. If I had to compromise a bunch of critical systems over a long time period, then publishing a great tool and having it tamper with your OS installation media silently would be a really good pick. At this time, I don’t trust the developers of the tool enough and I don’t have the time or skills to perform repeated audits of the software every time they release a new version. ...from the addendum to https://ounapuu.ee/posts/2023/02/15/shrinkflation/ https://ounapuu.ee/posts/2023/02/15/shrinkflation/ (which was itself discussed previously [0]) - I don't have strong opinions of my own but reading this review was enough to put me off installing Ventoy the other day. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34800830 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34800830
  - foul 3y ago
    If you're not wishing to read its code, it's a good strategy not to use it.
- GTP 3y ago
  I'm a Ventoy user but missed this feature. Does anyone knows how it works? Are they packaging one or more hyoervisors together with Ventoy?

hiAndrewQuinn 3y ago

That's what I'm wondering too. Why not use a live USB?

Manfred 3y ago
Because those are platform dependent, you can't run an ARM image on X64 for example.

vmfunction 3y ago

There is also https://minios.dev/en/ https://minios.dev/en/ and an HN link regarding a tons of other linux on USB options. I agree with the author. With USB in 1TB size range, easy to carry and backup. Why do I even need cloud?