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Ventoy: Create bootable USB drive for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI Files

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284 points wilsonfiifi | 1 comments | 30 Oct 25 14:23 UTC | HN request time: 0.206s | source
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franga2000 ◴[30 Oct 25 16:41 UTC] No.45762028[source]▶
Ventoy is great, but what I really miss is DriveDroid from the good old days. It still exists, but it's not quite as reliable on modern Android as it was on rooted Cyanogenmod back in the day and the distro download links have rotten away.

For those not familiar with it, it turns your Android phone into a USB DVD drive, meaning not only can you just download and host any distro with a few taps, you also don't need any hybrid ISOs or anything like that, the computer sees a real DVD so even old or weird machines accept it.

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1. winkelmann ◴[30 Oct 25 16:51 UTC] No.45762153[source]▶
I've been using an IODD 2531 enclosure for many years now, and it's doing pretty much exactly that. It works with any ISO I throw at it and has no issues with Secure Boot. It’s also platform-agnostic as it acts as a USB optical disk drive.

There are some shortcomings, like a bug where it doesn't remember the last selected ISO if its filename is too long, files also need to be fully sequential. These might be fixed in their newer models (the 2531 is fairly old).