▲ 175 ▼ How to create a bootable Linux USB drive (www.zdnet.com) submitted 2 years ago by jorge@feddit.cl to c/linux@lemmy.ml 80 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 99 points 2 years ago (5 children) Personally I use Ventoy Basically I can just throw a whole bunch of ISOs on a USB drive and when I boot it it brings me to a menu to pick which one I want to boot It's freaking great I've got various windows ISOs and Linux distros just living on a 64GB flash drive permalink fedilink source hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] billwashere@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago* Yeah totally go with Ventoy. I had an external device that basically did the same thing but it was a pain in the ass. Little screen and you pick an iso on the drive and it simulated a CD rom. Ventoy is so much simpler. My only complaint is there isn’t an installer that works on a Mac so I have to use Windows. But other than that it’s awesome. permalink fedilink source parent [–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 years ago (2 children) It must have gotten better than the last time I tried to use Ventoy. Maybe 5 years ago? It kept complaining that the USB drive I was using was bad when it worked completely fine with other tools. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 years ago It has gotten a lot better over the years That was basically my first experience with it as well also about 5 years ago Nowadays it works like a dream come true for every OS I've thrown on the drive permalink fedilink source parent [–] governorkeagan@lemdro.id 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) I tried a couple of months ago on my Windows PC and something went wrong somewhere and my USB was stuck in a permanent read-only state. I definitely will give it another try though, it's super handy to have. I'm an idiot and got Ventoy confused with another program I was testing at the time. Please ignore me. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 3 points 2 years ago Was it VampBoy? I accidentally ordered one and opened the crate to find a sexy, undead Twink. ☹️ I wanted to nerd-out with Linux!!! permalink fedilink source parent [–] penquin@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago Ventoy is great. It was a bit confusing when I first ran into it. It installed, but I didn't know what happened. Lmao. I think I installed it like 10 times because it wasn't telling me what it did, but then the light bulb went off. Aaaaaah. I was trying to install windows on a laptop and it was being a bitch on the USB stick, and Ventoy made it work. permalink fedilink source parent [–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago Best way to have a bootable USB permalink fedilink source parent [–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago Huh, never tried it. It has persistent storage? Updates? Security? I'm currently using MX Linux for my Persistent, Live USB of choice, but apparently I need to check out Ventoy? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago* Yeah totally go with Ventoy. I had an external device that basically did the same thing but it was a pain in the ass. Little screen and you pick an iso on the drive and it simulated a CD rom. Ventoy is so much simpler. My only complaint is there isn’t an installer that works on a Mac so I have to use Windows. But other than that it’s awesome. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 years ago (2 children) It must have gotten better than the last time I tried to use Ventoy. Maybe 5 years ago? It kept complaining that the USB drive I was using was bad when it worked completely fine with other tools. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 years ago It has gotten a lot better over the years That was basically my first experience with it as well also about 5 years ago Nowadays it works like a dream come true for every OS I've thrown on the drive permalink fedilink source parent [–] governorkeagan@lemdro.id 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) I tried a couple of months ago on my Windows PC and something went wrong somewhere and my USB was stuck in a permanent read-only state. I definitely will give it another try though, it's super handy to have. I'm an idiot and got Ventoy confused with another program I was testing at the time. Please ignore me. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 3 points 2 years ago Was it VampBoy? I accidentally ordered one and opened the crate to find a sexy, undead Twink. ☹️ I wanted to nerd-out with Linux!!! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 years ago It has gotten a lot better over the years That was basically my first experience with it as well also about 5 years ago Nowadays it works like a dream come true for every OS I've thrown on the drive permalink fedilink source parent
[–] governorkeagan@lemdro.id 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) I tried a couple of months ago on my Windows PC and something went wrong somewhere and my USB was stuck in a permanent read-only state. I definitely will give it another try though, it's super handy to have. I'm an idiot and got Ventoy confused with another program I was testing at the time. Please ignore me. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 3 points 2 years ago Was it VampBoy? I accidentally ordered one and opened the crate to find a sexy, undead Twink. ☹️ I wanted to nerd-out with Linux!!! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 3 points 2 years ago Was it VampBoy? I accidentally ordered one and opened the crate to find a sexy, undead Twink. ☹️ I wanted to nerd-out with Linux!!! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] penquin@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago Ventoy is great. It was a bit confusing when I first ran into it. It installed, but I didn't know what happened. Lmao. I think I installed it like 10 times because it wasn't telling me what it did, but then the light bulb went off. Aaaaaah. I was trying to install windows on a laptop and it was being a bitch on the USB stick, and Ventoy made it work. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago Best way to have a bootable USB permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago Huh, never tried it. It has persistent storage? Updates? Security? I'm currently using MX Linux for my Persistent, Live USB of choice, but apparently I need to check out Ventoy? permalink fedilink source parent