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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: 0.21s | source
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canada_dry ◴[30 Oct 25 22:50 UTC] No.45766323[source]▶
I'm curious why a GRUB based replacement for ventoy isn't popular? SSDs are ubiquitous/inexpensive.

SSD+USB+GRUB with either a single GRUB partition and multiple ISO files stored in subdirectories, OR one parition per ISO/OS.

Adding new ISOs would require some manual editing of the grub config but wouldn't this be a decent substitute??

Like many people I'm hesitant to use an OS installation tool that has not been thoroughly reviewed to ensure there is no malware in binary blobs.

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1. ac29 ◴[31 Oct 25 16:16 UTC] No.45773750[source]▶
I'm curious about this too.

Alternatively, does anyone know if you can install Ventoy to a partition on an internal disk? The documentation says it supports booting images stored on local disks, but doesnt say if Ventoy itself can be installed on a partition as opposed to an entire disk.