X-Git-Url: https://glassweightruler.freedombox.rocks/gitweb/Ventoy.git/blobdiff_plain/e85f50ab35e24d6ff8b0a842bd11904aaa23d4db..78df21fc4053350dbb6f41061dcfeeff9727f4fb:/README.md?ds=inline diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index d6d12b4..031423c 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,21 +1,87 @@ -# Ventoy -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. 100+ ISO files are tested. -A "Ventoy Compatible" concept is introduced by ventoy, which can help to support any ISO file. +

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+Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files.
+With ventoy, you don't need to format the disk over and over, you just need to copy the image files to the USB drive and boot it. +You can copy many image files at a time and ventoy will give you a boot menu to select them.
+x86 Legacy BIOS, IA32 UEFI, x86_64 UEFI, ARM64 UEFI and MIPS64EL UEFI are supported in the same way.
+Both MBR and GPT partition style are supported in the same way.
+Most type of OS supported(Windows/WinPE/Linux/Unix/Vmware/Xen...)
+620+ ISO files are tested. 90%+ distros in distrowatch.com supported.
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# Features -*100% open source (license) -*Simple to use (Get started) -*Directly boot from iso file, no extraction needed -*Legacy + UEFI supported in the same way -*Native boot menu style for Legacy & UEFI -*Most type of OS supported, 100+ iso files tested -*"Ventoy Compatible" concept -*Plugin Framework -*Readonly to USB drive during boot -*USB normal use unafftected -*Data nondestructive during version upgrade +* 100% open source +* Simple to use +* Fast (limited only by the speed of copying iso file) +* Can be installed in USB/Local Disk/SSD/NVMe/SD Card +* Directly boot from ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files, no extraction needed +* No need to be continuous in disk for ISO/IMG files +* MBR and GPT partition style supported (1.0.15+) +* x86 Legacy BIOS, IA32 UEFI, x86_64 UEFI, ARM64 UEFI, MIPS64EL UEFI supported +* IA32/x86_64 UEFI Secure Boot supported (1.0.07+) +* Persistence supported (1.0.11+) +* Windows auto installation supported (1.0.09+) +* RHEL7/8/CentOS/7/8/SUSE/Ubuntu Server/Debian ... auto installation supported (1.0.09+) +* FAT32/exFAT/NTFS/UDF/XFS/Ext2(3)(4) supported for main partition +* ISO files larger than 4GB supported +* Native boot menu style for Legacy & UEFI +* Most type of OS supported, 610+ iso files tested +* Linux vDisk boot supported +* Not only boot but also complete installation process +* Menu dynamically switchable between List/TreeView mode +* "Ventoy Compatible" concept +* Plugin Framework +* Injection files to runtime environment +* Boot configuration file dynamically replacement +* Highly customizable theme and menu +* USB drive write-protected support +* USB normal use unaffected +* Data nondestructive during version upgrade +* No need to update Ventoy when a new distro is released + +![avatar](https://www.ventoy.net/static/img/screen/screen_uefi.png) + + +# Installation Instructions +See [https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_start.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_start.html) for detail + +# Compile Instructions +Please refer to [BuildVentoyFromSource.txt](https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/blob/master/DOC/BuildVentoyFromSource.txt) + +# Document +Title | Link +-|- +**Install & Update** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_start.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_start.html) +**Customize Theme** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_theme.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_theme.html) +**Global Control** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_control.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_control.html) +**Auto Installation** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_autoinstall.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_autoinstall.html) +**Injection Plugin** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_injection.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_injection.html) +**Persistence Support** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_persistence.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_persistence.html) +**Boot WIM file** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_wimboot.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_wimboot.html) +**Menu Class** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_menuclass.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_menuclass.html) +**Menu Alias** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_menualias.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_menualias.html) +**Menu Extension** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_grubmenu.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_grubmenu.html) +**Memdisk Mode** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_memdisk.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_memdisk.html) +**TreeView Mode** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_treeview.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_treeview.html) +**Disk Layout MBR** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_disk_layout.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_disk_layout.html) +**Disk Layout GPT** | [https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_disk_layout_gpt.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_disk_layout_gpt.html) + + +# FAQ +See [https://www.ventoy.net/en/faq.html](https://www.ventoy.net/en/faq.html) for detail + + +# Forum +[https://forums.ventoy.net](https://forums.ventoy.net) + +