Ventoy

Ventoy.md

Ventoy

• (1) Download
• (2) Windows
• (2) Linux
• (3) Configure After Install
• Troubleshooting
• Useful Info

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(1) Download

Download from official releases or get a recent build that may have fixes not officially released yet.

Extract contents of the downloaded zip file to get access to the executable binaries.

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(2) Windows

Run the GUI: Click on Ventoy2Disk.exe

• Pick a disk from the drop-down.
• Choose to Install or Update.

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(2) Linux

Run the GUI: sudo ./VentoyGUI.x86_64

• Pick a disk from the drop-down.
• Choose to Install or Update.

OR

Run via CLI:

• df -h to get list of mounted disks.
  • When updating, find the VTOYEFI/Ventoy disks. Normally they'll be something like /dev/sdb1 and /dev/sdb2. The 1/2 at the end of the disk names are partitions, so you'll use /dev/sdb.
• cd into the unzipped ventoy folder and run:
  • ./Ventoy2Disk.sh to get a list of available flags.
  • sudo ./Ventoy2Disk.sh -l /dev/sdb to check/verify the version that's currently installed.
  • sudo ./Ventoy2Disk.sh -u /dev/sdb to update (it'll tell you what version it's updating from/to, and prompt you to accept).

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(3) Configure After Install

• There should be two mounted partitions VTOYEFI and Ventoy. Don't mess with VTOYEFI. Your ISOs and other User files will go on Ventoy.
• You can configure via a GUI with VentoyPlugson, but in my case I just wanted to specify what folder to scan for ISOs.
  • Create two folders at the root of Ventoy, ISOs and ventoy.
  • Inside of ventoy, create ventoy.json.
  • Add this to ventoy.json:

    {
      "control": [
        { "VTOY_DEFAULT_SEARCH_ROOT": "/ISOs" }
      ]
    }
    

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Troubleshooting

• Run Ventoy with Secure Boot Enabled

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Useful Info

• Global Control options
• Search Configuration