Done!
After installing the ISO(s) desired, simply drag the ISO file into the flashed drive as Ventoy will automatically locate the ISO files. Your drive is ready to boot!
Flashing Guide
Info
This guide provides a thorough walk-through of flashing a Linux ISO into a pendrive to enable local installation through Ventoy
Warning
Flashing a USB drive will completely erase all contents within, thus make sure to check or back-up necessary files/documents before proceeding
What is Flashing?
Flashing a USB drive enables us to run local ISO on the machine, which might be used for OS installation, rescue environment, etc... In the case of Linux, flashing an ISO onto a drive would be the very first step in starting your journey.
Note
Upon flashing a drive, the USB drive will not function as a storage device anymore, and will only serve the purpose to boot live environments.
How to Flash?
There are many tools available for this purpose, including but not limited to Rufus, Balena Etcher, Ventoy, and Fedora Media Writer.
Why Ventoy?
This guide will use Ventoy as it supports multiple ISO images on a single USB drive, compatible in both Windows and Linux, and most importantly, open source.
Other great options for this purpose would be Rufus (only available on Windows) and Fedora Media Writer (only available on Linux).
Download Ventoy from the official website
- For Windows, install
.zipfile and unzip the file - For Linux, install
tar.gzfile and extract the file
- For Windows, install
Installation
- For Windows, locate
Ventoy2Disk.exeand run it. - For Linux, locate
VentoyGUI.x86_64and run it. - After executing the program, a GUI should appear. Select the correct disk to format, and Install.
- For Windows, locate
Great! Now you have flashed your drive and Ventoy installed on the current USB drive.
Your next steps would be to download ISOs from the distribution's official website
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