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We open this file with a plain text editor and paste the following:įrom the above we have to change 'ISO-file-name.iso' by the name of the ISO (and paths if they are not in the root of the USB) and 'persistence.img' by the name of the image file and path, in case we have changed the name and it is not located in the root of the USB.Ignorance is not complete failure, just minor lack of awaremess sometimes.

Inside this folder we create a file called 'ventoy.json', also without the quotes.

On the USB where we have installed the tool, we create a folder called 'ventoy', without the quotes. We have to create a json configuration for Ventoy containing the paths to the ISO image and the persistent files. We connect the pendrive on which we have installed Ventoy and copy the 'persistence.img' file to the USB drive.

The created file will be called 'persistence.img' and should be available in the Ventoy folder.

If we want the persistent part to be larger, we have to increase the number 4096 (which is 1024MB -1GB- multiplied by 4)

In the correct path, we write this command, which will create a 4GB EXT4 image.

We move to the folder where we have extracted the files, where the scripts with the.

If what we want is to create a USB with persistent storage, in addition to the previous steps we have to do these others:

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How to create a bootable USB with persistent storage with Ventoy

Now we can drag the ISO into the unit and start from the one that suits us best.

It will ask us if the USB name is correct and we will have to confirm with the letter «y», then press Enter.Īnd that would be all.

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To install Ventoy on the USB drive we will use these commands (we remember to change the X for the letter of the name obtained in step 4):.

In this step, we have to open a terminal and navigate to the path where we have extracted Ventoy. Now the time has come to install Ventoy, but not before warning that, as usual when we are going to use a pendrive for these things, ALL DATA WILL BE LOST.

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Sudo umount /dev/sdXN Installing the software In the example above you have to write after the command (once per partition) / dev / sdd1 and / dev / sdd2: Next we have to unmount the partitions with this other command, where we have to replace 'sdXN' with our partitions to unmount.If there are partitions, there will be numbers behind it, such as / dev / sdd1 or / dev / sdd2. One possible result would be / dev / sdd.

The best thing to make things easier is that there is only one connected, the one we want to use. Once the above command has been entered, it will show us the disks and partitions that are attached to the computer, including the USB.To do this, we connect it to the computer and write the following command: Now we have to identify the name of the USB device.The first is Ventoy2Disk.sh, which will install the tool on the USB, and the second is CreatePersistentImg.sh, which will create a persistent image. If you don't make changes in the future, right now we find three folders and two scripts. We extract the tar.gz file downloaded in the previous step.

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At the time of writing this article, the available version is ventoy-1.0. and the direct link to its download is this.

We download the file for Linux from the download page.

Next, we are going to explain how to install Ventoy on a pendrive from Linux, and I personally thank Linux Uprising for the work done and on which this article is based:

Possibility of updating the Ventoy installation (which we remember is done on the pendrive) without formatting.īearing in mind that this blog is about Linux (although haters must be reminded that sometimes we write about other topics for general interest reasons), the only thing we are going to say about the Windows version is that it includes graphical interface very intuitive.

Self installation, which will work on supported systems.

It works with over 260 images, including popular ones like Debian / Ubuntu, CentOS, RHEL, Windows 7-10, and less popular ones like ALT Linux.

Support for 'Legacy' and 'UEFI Secure Boot'.

If we need more space, we only have to delete one or more of the added images.

The USB can continue to be used as a normal pendrive, which means that we can save documents in free space.

Linux users have to use the terminal as we will explain later.

Includes graphical interface, but only on Windows.

Available for Windows, but also for Linux.

When we add more than one, when we start from the USB we will see a menu that will allow us to choose which ISO to start.

We can add several ISO to the same pendrive.

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