#How to install ventoy on ubuntu archive#
#How to install ventoy on ubuntu download#

#How to install ventoy on ubuntu archive#

Open the ISO's folder as Administrator, open the ISO using Archive Manager.Create an ext4 partition labeled casper-rw.Add an ext4 root partition large enough for the Ubuntu ISO's contents, (~ 3GB for 20.04).Add a 300MB FAT32 EFI boot partition next to it.Create a 1MB BIOS boot partition on the left, formatted as unformatted.Create a GPT partition table on Target USB.If you like learning experiences, you can create a multi partition, persistent USB that can install Ubuntu, from scratch. ¹ You can alter all the entries an leave the rest untouched, in my example I'm simplifying. Ready, you have now an EFI/i386 bootable pendrive with the partitions you created. Copy the ISO image in the partition (the first FAT one).Linux (loop)/casper/vmlinuz iso-scan/filename=$iso_path file=/cdrom/preseed/ed maybe-ubiquity quiet splash. Mount the Ubuntu ISO and copy the grub.cfg file in /media/user/PENDRIVE/boot/grub/Īlter the file¹, in this example with ubuntu-20.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso Unmount the binded dirs and remove them: for dir in doĬreate a file grub.cfg under /media/user/PENDRIVE/grub/ with ther content: set root='(hd0,1)' Sudo chroot /media/user/PENDRIVE/ grub-install -force -removable -target=i386-pc -boot-directory=/ /dev/sdb Sudo chroot /media/user/PENDRIVE/ grub-install -force -removable -target=x86_64-efi -efi-directory=/ /dev/sdb1 Sudo mount -bind /$dir /media/user/PENDRIVE/$dir sudo apt install grub-efi-amd64ĭirs=(dev bin sbin etc sys usr proc lib lib64) WARNING! Dangerous commands ahead, you could break your system! Adviced: do this in a virtual machine, or, if you have a spare pendrive, in a live environment (easier).

Mark this partition as bootable, you can do this from Disks utility. Run lsblk to identify which device is your pendrive, i.e /dev/sdb, being the first partition the FAT one, i.e /dev/sdb1. Partition the pendrive as you like, giving space for the ISO image in a FAT partition, the first one. Otherwise, you can run Ventoy with a graphical interface using:įurther details are available in Ventoy Installation.Īnother interesting source is this article from : Creating a multi-boot Linux desktop system

g use GPT partition style, default is MBR style (only for install) s enable secure boot support (default is disabled) r SIZE_MB preserve some space at the bottom of the disk (only for install) I force install ventoy to sdX (no matter installed or not) i install ventoy to sdX (fail if disk already installed with ventoy) Sudo bash /opt/ventoy-1.0.61/Ventoy2Disk.sh -I -g /dev/sdbįollowing, the list of parameters provided by Ventoy2Disk.sh: Ventoy2Disk.sh CMD /dev/sdX To create a bootable USB mapped as /dev/usb (always use lsblk to identify correctly your USB disk!) with a GPT partitioning, you can run Now, you need to give permissions to at least Ventoy2Disk.sh and VentoyGUI.x86_64: Sudo tar xzf ventoy-1.0. -C /optĬonsidering the meaning of /opt folder, I think that /opt is the best choice in terms of destination folder. tar.gz version (I'll refer to version 1.0.61 in the following examples), you can extract it by issuing in the terminal:

#How to install ventoy on ubuntu download#

Ventoy does not come in a deb format or with an installation script, so you need to download Ventoy from the release page. When I open it via Nautilus, it is like a normal USB stick where you can put your files (screenshot taken from my Ubuntu 20.04): This means that when I use this USB stick as a bootable drive I have a menu like this (screenshot taken from the official website): At the same time, I can use this USB also to store my personal data (they do not appear in the Ventoy Menu). I have created a bootable USB where I have copied my Ubuntu ISO files simply with a copy/paste procedure, so that they are shown in a menu when the USB stick is used as a bootable drive. You can copy many iso files at a time and ventoy will give you a boot menu to select them.īoth Legacy BIOS and UEFI are supported in the same way.īoth MBR and GPT partition style are supported in the same way. With ventoy, you don't need to format the disk over and over, you just need to copy the image files to the USB drive and boot it. Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files. Another possible solution is to use Ventoy.