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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: 0.216s | source
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mkesper ◴[30 Oct 25 15:04 UTC] No.45760844[source]▶
The lot of (partially scary) binary blobs is still an unsolved issue: https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/issues/3224
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hddherman ◴[30 Oct 25 15:07 UTC] No.45760882[source]▶
If anyone is wondering, then there are Ventoy alternatives like IODD [0], but they are not perfect. Usable, but annoying in some aspects.

[0]: https://ounapuu.ee/posts/2025/02/14/iodd-st400-review/

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1. theodric ◴[30 Oct 25 19:01 UTC] No.45763922[source]▶
So far I am 0/2 on buying IODD devices and having them fail within a couple of weeks. I gave it a good 5 years between purchases and bought a different version of the unit. Perhaps I just have extremely bad luck, but my experience is that basically anything is more perfect than an IODD.