X-Git-Url: https://glassweightruler.freedombox.rocks/gitweb/Ventoy.git/blobdiff_plain/2090c6fa978999d4ef1efc0881fc9c99e3615798..d5b829f8e8c8367b032b4bb57a8fc37701d42e17:/README.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 5e7f1bc..47ac841 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,2 +1,28 @@ # Ventoy -A new bootable USB solution. +Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO files. +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. +You can copy many iso files at a time and ventoy will give you a boot menu to select them. +Both Legacy BIOS and UEFI are supported in the same way. 200+ ISO files are tested. +A "Ventoy Compatible" concept is introduced by ventoy, which can help to support any ISO file. + +See http://www.ventoy.net for detail. + +# Features +* 100% open source +* Simple to use +* Fast (limited only by the speed of copying iso file) +* Directly boot from iso file, no extraction needed +* Legacy + UEFI supported in the same way +* UEFI Secure Boot supported (since 1.0.07+) Notes +* ISO files larger than 4GB supported +* Native boot menu style for Legacy & UEFI +* Most type of OS supported, 200+ iso files tested +* Not only boot but also complete installation process +* "Ventoy Compatible" concept +* Plugin Framework +* Readonly to USB drive during boot +* USB normal use unafftected +* Data nondestructive during version upgrade +* No need to update Ventoy when a new distro is released + +![avatar](http://www.ventoy.net/static/img/screen/screen_uefi.png)