Ventoy

Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO files.
With ventoy, you don't need to format the disk over and over, you just need to copy the iso file to the USB drive and boot it.
You can copy many iso files at a time and ventoy will give you a boot menu to select them.
Both Legacy BIOS and UEFI are supported in the same way. 200+ ISO files are tested.
A "Ventoy Compatible" concept is introduced by ventoy, which can help to support any ISO file.

See https://www.ventoy.net for detail.

Features

100% open source
Simple to use
Fast (limited only by the speed of copying iso file)
Directly boot from iso file, no extraction needed
Legacy + UEFI supported in the same way
UEFI Secure Boot supported (since 1.0.07+)
Persistence supported (since 1.0.11+)
WIM files boot supported (Legacy + UEFI) (1.0.12+)
Auto installation supported (1.0.09+)
ISO files larger than 4GB supported
Native boot menu style for Legacy & UEFI
Most type of OS supported, 200+ iso files tested
Not only boot but also complete installation process
ISO files can be listed in List mode/TreeView mode
"Ventoy Compatible" concept
Plugin Framework
Readonly to USB drive during boot
USB normal use unaffected
Data nondestructive during version upgrade
No need to update Ventoy when a new distro is released

Installation Instructions

See https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_start.html for detail

Compile Instructions

Please refer to BuildVentoyFromSource.txt

Document

Title	Link
Install & Update	https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_start.html
Customize Theme	https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_theme.html
Auto Installation	https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_autoinstall.html
Persistence Support	https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_persistence.html
Boot WIM file	https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_wimboot.html
Memdisk Mode	https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_memdisk.html
TreeView Mode	https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_treeview.html
Disk Layout	https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_disk_layout.html

FAQ

See https://www.ventoy.net/en/faq.html for detail

Forum

https://forums.ventoy.net

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