This is absolutely amazing. Having to clear out a usb just to boot a live image is really annoying (still need to format the usbs with it at the beginning though)
You can put whatever you want on the VENTOY drive: I made one for a friend a that had Kubuntu and Tails ISOs along with Yuzu (Nintendo Switch emulator) and a bunch of Switch games.
I didn't test Tails much (I was just trying to encourage learning linux through fun... tools) but I could boot into Kubuntu and play the included Switch games. It even worked with a cheap/generic Switch Pro-like controller without any extra setup required other than to tell Yuzu to use it.
Essentially it was an instant boot-on-anything Nintendo Switch emulator thumb drive (it was one of the tinier varieties too). Tape that drive to the back of a $20 Switch Pro-like controller and it's a fantastic Christmas gift
Yes- it formats the USB when you install Ventoy (to add an EFI partition) but after that you can put other files on it in addition to the ISOs. It will only show the ISOs in the boot menu and ignore the other files.
Is there any option to set a default ISO to boot? Without having to select a file manually. I keep juggling between different OSes on raspberry pies and it’s a pain to reformat drive again and again. But sometimes i do want it to boot headless.
You can also have it leave extra space at the end of the device. I create a new partition there and format it with ab EXT4 filesystem. At one time (I think) Windows could not deal with the extra partition but Linux does just fine.
Good to know! I haven't looked into the configuration at all, just been using it as-installed since hearing about it a little over a year ago. (Thanks, Late Night Linux!)
