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The physical one, which is more reliable to boot because it's emulating the actual USB-DVD/USB-HD/USB-flash interfaces when you use it. https://www.iodd.shop/I

The physical one, which is more reliable to boot because it's emulating the actual USB-DVD/USB-HD/USB-flash interfaces when you use it. https://www.iodd.shop/IODD-ST400-USB-30-External-Encrypted-Hard-Drive-Enclosure https://www.iodd.shop/IODD-ST400-USB-30-External-Encrypted-H... I love using my IODD in "dual-mode" with Clonezilla. It exposes a USB-DVD drive with an emulated Clonezilla DVD in it as well as its' HDD storage so I can dump an image right to the hard drive. (Bonus points: I can then have Clonezilla bundle me a clonezilla-iso package of my captured image, and save it back into the ISO folder to boot from later!)

k8svet 2y ago
I almost want one of these, except I have no use for it nowadays. Ventoy didn't even work the one time I tried it, probably because it couldn't hook nixos's initrd properly. But also, I'm insanely frustrated that (1) Google doesn't allow USB Gadget mode to do this from stock Android (2) the app that appeared to work for LineageOS/rooted devices is abandonware. There's no good reason why your phone can't serve up ISOs with gadget mode. I already travel with my ancient Pixel 3a as a backup (which has come in handy, clumsy me). It would be slick to have that as a portable ISO host, and backup phone. (Ignore the USB2 USB-C port, it's fine.)
- hddherman 2y ago
  I remember giving that a go many years ago. Not 100% successful, but when it worked, it was fantastic. It would be incredibly handy nowadays, especially for troubleshooting use cases. OS installation, memtest, clonezilla, portable Windows installation, and you'll always have them with you since you're already carrying your phone!
- ryukafalz 2y ago
  This might not help you that much depending on your use case but Ubuntu Touch can do this: https://open-store.io/app/me.fredl.isodrive https://open-store.io/app/me.fredl.isodrive ...and runs on the Pixel 3a: https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/device/sargo/ https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/device/sargo/

k8svet 2y ago

I almost want one of these, except I have no use for it nowadays. Ventoy didn't even work the one time I tried it, probably because it couldn't hook nixos's initrd properly. But also, I'm insanely frustrated that (1) Google doesn't allow USB Gadget mode to do this from stock Android (2) the app that appeared to work for LineageOS/rooted devices is abandonware. There's no good reason why your phone can't serve up ISOs with gadget mode. I already travel with my ancient Pixel 3a as a backup (which has come in handy, clumsy me). It would be slick to have that as a portable ISO host, and backup phone. (Ignore the USB2 USB-C port, it's fine.)

hddherman 2y ago
I remember giving that a go many years ago. Not 100% successful, but when it worked, it was fantastic. It would be incredibly handy nowadays, especially for troubleshooting use cases. OS installation, memtest, clonezilla, portable Windows installation, and you'll always have them with you since you're already carrying your phone!
ryukafalz 2y ago
This might not help you that much depending on your use case but Ubuntu Touch can do this: https://open-store.io/app/me.fredl.isodrive https://open-store.io/app/me.fredl.isodrive ...and runs on the Pixel 3a: https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/device/sargo/ https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/device/sargo/