README.md

   1 # Ventoy
   2 Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO files.
   3 With ventoy, you don't need to format the disk again and again, you just need to copy the iso file to the USB drive and boot it.
   4 You can copy many iso files at a time and ventoy will give you a boot menu to select them.
   5 Both Legacy BIOS and UEFI are supported in the same way. 100+ ISO files are tested.
   6 A "Ventoy Compatible" concept is introduced by ventoy, which can help to support any ISO file.
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   8 See http://www.ventoy.net for detail.
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  10 # Features
  11 * 100% open source
  12 * Simple to use
  13 * Fast (limited only by the speed of copying iso file)
  14 * Directly boot from iso file, no extraction needed
  15 * Legacy + UEFI supported in the same way
  16 * ISO files larger than 4GB supported
  17 * Native boot menu style for Legacy & UEFI
  18 * Most type of OS supported, 100+ iso files tested
  19 * Not only boot but also complete installation process
  20 * "Ventoy Compatible" concept
  21 * Plugin Framework
  22 * Readonly to USB drive during boot
  23 * USB normal use unafftected
  24 * Data nondestructive during version upgrade
  25 * No need to update Ventoy when a new distro is released