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Multiple ISOs in single bootable USB stick

Started by William, May 17, 2022, 01:25:54 AM

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William

I just discovered Ventoy which creates a bootable USB stick containing many ISOs.  It uses the entire capacity of USB stick, so you can boot as many distro as it can store.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventoy

On my T450, 1600x900,
What worked:

  • Kubuntu 22.04
  • Ubuntu 22.04
  • Slackware 15
  • Fedora 36 GNOME
  • FreeBSD 13.1
  • Oracle Linux 8.5
  • Windows 10 repair disc
What failed:

  • Fedora 36 KDE -- grub screen was distorted and unreadable, but responded to keyboard.  I know it defaults to 2nd entry where the ISO is checked.  So, move up one, and enter.  Once it booted, live session was OK.
  • OpenSUSE Tumbleweed

fox

Back in December, Jason started a thread on Ventoy (see this. It sounded interesting and I downloaded it, but I haven't yet tried it. I will. I like the concept of a multi-boot USB instead of putting every distro of interest on a separate USB.
Ubuntu 23.10 on 2019 5k iMac
Ubuntu 22.04 on Dell XPS 13

Jason

Actually, you were the OP (original poster) on that thread, Fox, which explains my momentary confusion as I didn't remember anything about it!
* Zorin OS 17.1 Core and Windows 11 Pro on a Dell Precision 3630 Tower with an
i5-8600 3.1 GHz 6-core processor, dual 22" displays, 16 GB of RAM, 512 GB Nvme and a Geforce 1060 6 GB card
* Motorola Edge (2022) phone with Android 13

Jason

T450, William? Is that a Lenovo ThinkPad?

Which distribution ran the best from the USB stick? Does Vanoy allow for persistence?
* Zorin OS 17.1 Core and Windows 11 Pro on a Dell Precision 3630 Tower with an
i5-8600 3.1 GHz 6-core processor, dual 22" displays, 16 GB of RAM, 512 GB Nvme and a Geforce 1060 6 GB card
* Motorola Edge (2022) phone with Android 13

William

Yes, ThinkPad T450, i5-5300U.

No persistence.  Ventoy only enables booting from many ISO.  Just like grub screen, you select and boot from one ISO.

Jason

Cool way to try out different distros on different hardware. I remember way back, we were using YUMI for this.
* Zorin OS 17.1 Core and Windows 11 Pro on a Dell Precision 3630 Tower with an
i5-8600 3.1 GHz 6-core processor, dual 22" displays, 16 GB of RAM, 512 GB Nvme and a Geforce 1060 6 GB card
* Motorola Edge (2022) phone with Android 13