I recently submitted to the Ventoy path, can't believe it took me so long.
I actually thought I had messed something up after burning it on a USB. The drive mounted an empty folder and I thought, "no way it's that simple, I don't just drop the ISOs into the folder do I?"
Yes, you just throw all your ISOs into that folder, unmount, and you're good to go!
Same here. "Theres a random folder on the USB now but where's the software to put the ISO in there?"
Now, having used Linux for a some time, it makes sense why it's just an empty folder. An ISO is just a file, like anything else.
I need to get more USB drives in my bag. For no reason.
(Wait, I should actually install Ventoy.)
Can confirm, Ventoy is fantastic! I just keep one 128GB USB drive with a ton of ISOs on it and that does the trick!
I tried it but it failed or something and windows just took over again
In the uefi bios make sure Linux is the first option. If that doesn't work delete windows.
I solved all my dual boot issues with this one weird trick
Bring forth the USB of power!!! (insert evil laugh)
ominous chanting begins followed by clapping wood against heads
a black and red penguin with horns brings forth a pentagram
Imagine needing a thumb drive to install Linux
May I introduce my lord and saviour isodrive to you? (TLDR: Allows rooted phones to mount image files, which can be used like a normal usb can)
That means I have to leave my phone plugged into the computer while it installs rather than take my phone to browse memes on while I shit or whatever
Meanwhile I mount the ISO, copy paste its contents to a ~150 GiB FAT32 partition on my HDD I used for backing up PS3 and then modify grub.cfg so GRUB can pass the correct arguments to Linux kernel.
all praise the ventoy usb
careful, you may summon the distro hoppers
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I recently submitted to the Ventoy path, can't believe it took me so long.
I actually thought I had messed something up after burning it on a USB. The drive mounted an empty folder and I thought, "no way it's that simple, I don't just drop the ISOs into the folder do I?"
Yes, you just throw all your ISOs into that folder, unmount, and you're good to go!
Same here. "Theres a random folder on the USB now but where's the software to put the ISO in there?"
Now, having used Linux for a some time, it makes sense why it's just an empty folder. An ISO is just a file, like anything else.
I was so happy when I found it
It's so goddamn easy to use!
Link for those that want to try it out
I will