Introduction
The New Year holidays are over, but there are still plenty of topics for articles. Let's think about how often you reinstall your operating system. You've definitely had to do it at least once a year. So, let's look at creating a multiboot flash drive. Simply put, it's a device that allows you to select the operating system you want to boot from. All this work will be done using the Ventoy utility. Let's get started.
Work plan
The whole process is incredibly simple. First, let's discuss why this is necessary and what Ventoy is, and then we'll look at how to install it.
What is Ventoy?
Ventoy is an open-source tool designed to create a bootable USB drive for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files without requiring installation. Basically, you download, for example, three images of live distributions (Kali Linux, Tails, Parrot Security), simply put them on the USB drive, boot from the drive, and select the operating system you want to boot from via a convenient menu. Yes, that's exactly how it works, and it's quite convenient. You can also fine-tune this tool directly through the interaction menu. We'll discuss that later.
Installing Ventoy
Before getting started, we need to install the tool on our flash drive. This article will cover the Linux installation method. However, installation via Windows and Linux is essentially the same. So, first, we need to download the archive containing the tool. To do this, go to the tool's official website. Go to the Downloads section. Click on the windows.zip file if you're using Windows, or linux.tar.gz if you're using Linux.
We download the screensaver directly to the directory of our flash drive with a simple command:
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You can install any other screensaver in a similar manner. You can also set a password in the menu, create a persistence partition for any system, and a ton of other functionality.
Conclusion
So, in this article, we've covered installing and configuring Ventoy to suit any needs. This multiboot flash drive can be used to boot various operating systems without downloading and installing an ISO file. Among the advantages, we can highlight the utility's ease of use, but I think you can figure out the disadvantages yourself.
