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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: 0.204s | 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. fuzzfactor ◴[31 Oct 25 05:36 UTC] No.45768736[source]▶
As far as I can tell, a great many Android phones have always been able for their SD cards to serve as read/write external storage/bootable drives for PC's when connected by USB cable.

You have to format the SD card in a PC first, perhaps also repartition beforehand.

Even the old Sony smartphones before there were iPhones could do it with their MemorySticks. I really do miss the non-Android non-iOS smartphones.