Ventoy

Ventoy News

2020/07/09 --- 1.0.15 release

Add GPT partition style support, see Notes. For comparison between MBR and GPT see Notes
Add a Refresh button in Ventoy2Disk.exe
Add a Clear Ventoy option in Ventoy2Disk.exe
Add dir option in menu_class plugin, see Notes
Add dir option in menu_alias plugin, see Notes
Add autosel option in auto_install plugin, see Notes
Add autosel option in persistence plugin, see Notes
Change the property of Ventoy2Disk.exe, now it's NOT always topmost
Fixed a bug when boot Windows/WinPE/Wim in UEFI mode with another active CDROM or USB-CDROM
Optimization and bug fix for booting Parted Magic
Optimization for booting Debian series distros
Fixed a bug when boot.wim is in LZMS compression format
New iso support

elive_3.0.0_stable_hybrid.iso (Legacy)
Pardus-19.1-XFCE-amd64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
CDlinux-0.9.7.1.iso (Legacy)

2020/06/25 --- 1.0.14 release

When install Ventoy you can reserve some disk space, see Notes
New feature to boot .efi file directly in UEFI mode. (for cases like firmware upgrade, hardware diagnosis ...)
Auto skip Press any key to boot from CD or DVD... prompt when booting Windows/WinPE ISO files (Legacy + UEFI)
Add Menu Class plugin to show icon in boot menu, see Notes
Add VTOY_MENU_TIMEOUT and VTOY_DEFAULT_IMAGE options in global control plugin, see Notes
Add fonts option in theme plugin to load customized font, see Notes
Fixed a bug about repository group missing with RHEL6
Add 'Search and boot Grub4dos' option in F4 Localboot menu
New iso support (total 300+)

guix-system-install-1.0.0.x86_64-linux.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
systemrescuecd-amd64-6.1.5.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
adelie-live-x86_64-1.0-rc1-20200202.iso (Legacy)
adelie-full-x86_64-1.0-rc1-20200202.iso (Legacy)
OviOS_Linux_3.02_20190821.iso (Legacy)

2020/06/14 --- 1.0.13 release

Add support for N in 1 type of Windows/WinPE ISO files
Add menu alias plugin to set an alias name for the ISO file, see Notes
Add display_mode option in theme plugin, see Notes (issue #166)
Add F4 localboot menu to boot OS in local disk
Add F5 debug menu to check the plugin json configuration(theme,persistence,autoinstall...) and for other debug option
Add a workaround for Legacy BIOS access limitation, see Notes
Optimization for UEFI boot process (for No bootfile found for UEFI error)
Optimization for Sergei Strelec's WinPE (external tools available)
Optimization for boot process of archlinux and distros based on it (eg. archbang/Archman/acrhlab...)
Optimization for boot process of Fedora
Fix a bug about auto install and persistence configuration when VTOY_DEFAULT_SEARCH_ROOT is set
Fix a bug about halt function in F2 power menu
Fix a bug about F2 & F3 menu nesting
Fix a bug about boot Kaspersky krd.iso
Fix a bug about boot distros based on rhel7/CentOS7 with a kickstart cfg
Fix a iPXE build error with GCC 10 (issue #201)
Change the EFI partition label to VTOYEFI (issue #175)
New iso support

Windows10x86x64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
WinPE10_8_Sergei_Strelec_x86_x64_2019.12.28_English.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
Porteus-Kiosk-5.0.0-x86_64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
clear-33300-live-desktop.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
Calculate Linux cldx-20-x86_64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
Mageia-7.1-Live-Xfce-x86_64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
linuxmint-20-cinnamon-64bit-beta.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
foxclone40-02.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-32-1.6.iso (Legacy + UEFI)

2020/05/30 --- 1.0.12 release

Add a new feature to directly boot wim files see Notes
auto installation plugin update Notes

Expand the configuration, now you can specify more than one auto installation scripts for one ISO file
Add a prompt for the iso with auto installation config, you can choose whether to use the auto installation script and which one to use for this time

persistence plugin update Notes

Expand the configuration, now you can specify more than one persistence backend image files for one ISO file
Add a prompt for the iso with persistence config, you can choose whether to use the persistence image and which one to use for this time

Change the 1st partition active and 2nd partition inactive by default (compatibility improvement).
Move the position of the red Memdisk tip to a more prominent position
Add a return parent directory item when in TreeView mode
Add a VTOY_DEFAULT_SEARCH_ROOT option in global control plugin to specify the root path of the iso files.
Change the style of F2 power menu
Fix a bug about Ventoy2Disk.exe can't start when there is a DataRAM Ramdisk in the system.
Files with size less than 32KB will be filted by default
Fix a bug about wrong file size in TreeView mode with NTFS/XFS
Files with space or Non Ascii charactors in name will be shown but with unsupported message when you boot it.
Optimization for Ventoy2Disk.sh
Optimization for arch linux boot
New iso support

android-x86_64-9.0-r2.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
manjaro-xfce-20.0.1-200511-linux56.iso (Legacy + UEFI)

2020/05/23 --- 1.0.11 release

1. Add a new feature for persistence support, Ubuntu/MX/LinuxMint/elementary ... see Notes
2. Add a global control plugin Notes
3. Optimization for blocklist process in Ext2/Ext3/Ext4
4. Optimization for Ventoy2Disk.sh
5. New iso support

tails-amd64-4.6.iso (Legacy + UEFI)

2020/05/16 --- 1.0.10 release

1. Add new filesystem type support for the first partition (ntfs/udf/xfs/ext2/ext3/ext4) see Notes
2. Fixed a memory map bug introduced from the beginning of the version
3. Fixed a bug for booting HBCD_PE (Hirens boot CD) in Legacy BIOS mode
4. Fixed a bug for booting AcronisTrueImage in Legacy BIOS mode
5. New iso support

EasyU_v3.5.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
USM.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
ipfire-2.25.x86_64-full-core144.iso (Legacy + UEFI)

2020/05/09 --- 1.0.09 release

1. Add multi-language framework for Ventoy2Disk.exe
2. Add a new feature for auto installation (Windows/RHEL/CentOS/Debian/SUSE series supported), see Notes
3. Add an option for Secure Boot in Ventoy2Disk.exe/Ventoy2Disk.sh, and default is not checked.
4. fixe bug for eset_sysrescue_live_enu.iso
5. Optimization process for CentOS7/ArchLinux and distros based on them
6. New iso support

archlabs-2020.03.02-beta.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
GoboLinux-017_beta-x86_64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
ZStack-x86_64-DVD-3.8.4-c76.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
Porteus-CINNAMON-v4.0-x86_64.iso (Legacy)
NuTyX_x86_64-JWM-20200504.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
pentoo-full-amd64-hardened-2019.1.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
robolinux64-cinnamon-v10.9.iso (Legacy)
firmware-10.3.0-amd64-netinst.iso (Legacy)

2020/04/30 --- 1.0.08 release

1. Add F1 hotkey for Memdisk mode Notes
2. Add F2 hotkey for Reboot/Halt
3. Add F3 hotkey for TreeView mode Notes
4. Skip directory and subdirectory enumation by put a flag file .ventoyignore
5. Optimzation process for ubuntu/deepin/uos/kylin/Manjaro/CentOS7/Fedora
6. Specical process for some USB drive

2020/04/23 --- 1.0.07 release

1. Secure Boot supported (Not fully tested, but works well in most cases) Notes
2. Fixed a bug in grub2 exfat module
3. Change the default resolution, will display better on high-resolution monitors
4. Optimization for Ventoy2Disk.sh (dd with sync and auto umount)
5. New iso support (total 200+)

APorteus-MULT-v20.01.31-x86_64.iso (Legacy)
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-GNOME-Live-x86_64-Snapshot20200416-Media.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
clear-32870-live-desktop.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
OracleLinux-R7-U7-Server-x86_64-dvd.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
obarun-JWM-2020.03.01-x86_64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
artix-mate-openrc-20200210-x86_64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
elementaryos-5.1-stable.20200405.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
Solus-4.1-Plasma.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
Solus-4.1-Budgie.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
pmagic_2020_02_23.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
pureos-9.0-gnome-live_20200126-amd64.hybrid.iso (Legacy)
HBCD_PE_x64.iso (only UEFI)

2020/04/18 --- 1.0.06 Release

1. Add compatible process for special USB drive
2. New iso support

proxmox-ve_6.1-2.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
ALT Linux, regular-cinnamon-latest-x86_64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
ALT Linux, slinux-live-9.0-x86_64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
lubuntu-20.04-beta-desktop-amd64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
kubuntu-20.04-beta-desktop-amd64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
xubuntu-20.04-beta-desktop-amd64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
ubuntu-mate-20.04-beta-desktop-amd64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
ubuntu-budgie-19.10-desktop-amd64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
ubuntustudio-19.10-dvd-amd64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
slackware64-14.2-install-dvd.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
robolinux64-cinnamon-v10.9.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
devuan_ascii_2.1_amd64_dvd-1.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
Trident-netinstall-x86_64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
4MLinux-32.1-64bit.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
Simplicity, X204PreBeta2.iso, Desktop20-1.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
Porteus-KDE-v5.0rc1-x86_64.iso (Legacy)
Porteus-OPENBOX-v5.0rc1-x86_64.iso (Legacy)

2020/04/14 --- 1.0.05 Release

1. Add backup thread in vtoyjump.exe
2. New iso support

MXLinux 19.1 (Legacy + UEFI)
KNOPPIX_V8.6-2019-08-08-EN.iso (Legacy)
Puppy Linux, bionicpup64-8.0-uefi.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
tails-amd64-4.5.iso (Legacy)
slax-64bit-9.11.0.iso (Legacy)
Kaspersky Rescue Disk 18 (Legacy + UEFI)
Parted Magic 2018 Bootable ISO (Legacy + UEFI)
veket_20.iso (Legacy)
ZeroShell-3.9.3-X86.iso (Legacy)
SuperGrub2Disk rescatux-0.73.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
Some WinPE iso (Legacy + UEFI)

2020/04/10 --- 1.0.04 Release

1. Fixup duplicate disk signature issue
2. Add memdisk mode
3. Add retry in vtoyjump.exe

2020/04/09 --- 1.0.03 Release

1. Fixup parted hang bug in Ventoy2Disk.sh
2. Add raw iso boot mode

2020/04/08 --- 1.0.02 Release

1. Delete filter by removable in Ventoy2Disk.exe
2. Auto retry in Ventoy2Disk.exe

2020/04/07 --- 1.0.01 Release

1. Fixup vtoyjump.exe current path bug.

2020/04/05 --- First Release

ventoy-1.0.00 is released. This is the first release of Ventoy.