2023/10/06 — 1.0.96 release
- Fix that bootpwd not working for VentoyPlugson. (#2584)
- Add escaping for path in VentoyPlugson.sh (#2585)
- Fix the warning prompt for Ventoy2Disk.sh (#2593)
- Fix the issue that VTOY_LINUX_REMOUNT=1 does not work on some distros. (#2475 #2551)
- vtoyboot-1.0.30 release. Notes
- languages.json update
- Wana boot and install OS through network (PXE)? Welcome to my new project, iVentoy https://ventoydownload.com/
2023/08/23 — 1.0.95 release
- Drag to resize Ventoy2Disk.exe dialog width.
- Fix a bug when booting veket_24.
- Fix a bug when booting the latest UOS server ISO.
- New distro support: vanilladpup
- New distro support: FydeOS 17
- languages.json update
2023/07/20 — 1.0.94 release
- Fix Synchronous Exception on some ARM cpus. (#2488)
languages.json update
2023/06/23 — 1.0.93 release
- Fix the boot issue for Fedora/CentOS when file name contains special character. (#2360)
- Support unattended auto install for Deepin/UOS.
- Fix a bug that if you plug-out the USB drive during installation, Ventoy will be probabilistically installed to other disk.
- Correct EFI chainloader image device path. (#2397)
- languages.json update.
2023/04/05 — 1.0.91 release
- Add support for FreeBSD 14-CURRENT.
- Fix the issue for booting Bliss OS 15.x (#2329)
- Fix a bug that Fedora boot error if Ventoy partition is NTFS. (#2333)
- Add Recognition for NTFS with large cluster size (greater than 64KB).
- Improve grub2 mode process for legacy BIOS mode.
- languages.json update.
2023/03/26 — 1.0.90 release
- Fix the issue that VTOY_LINUX_REMOUNT option can not work for (Kernel 5.18+) + (Intel Gen11+ CPU).
- Support LibreELEC 11.0+. (#2281)
- Fix the issue that Fedora Rawhide install media not detected. (#2283)
- Add support for chimera linux. (#2309)
- Optimization for Fedora boot process.
- languages.json update.
- New iso support. (Total 1100+)
2023/03/07 — 1.0.89 release
- Fix the issue that VTOY_LINUX_REMOUNT can not work in new linux kernel.
- Fix the issue that Ventoy2Disk_X64.exe can not run under altexe directory.
- Fix the issue that VentoyPlugson_X64.exe exit silently.
- Add missing /FS option for Ventoy2Disk.exe in Windows command line mode.
- Ventoy2Disk.exe automatically change current directory when started from other directory.
- Add tip message when theme file contains non-enclosed literal values. (#2166)
- Ignore reserved space when do non-destructive installation via GUI. (#2168)
- Fix the menu missing issue when there exist an invalid vlnk file. (#2228)
- languages.json update
2023/01/13 — 1.0.88 release
- Fix the VHD(x) boot issue introduced in 1.0.87.
- Add more options for Windows command line mode. Notes
- VentoyPlguson: Fix VTOY_WIN11_BYPASS_CHECK option web page display issue.
- Fix that workaround #2 not working for Legacy BIOS access limit.
- Fix a syntax error in F4 localboot.
- Show file checksum menu title according to the existence of checksum value.
- Automatically switch to en_US when use text mode.
- Add unsupported tip message for 4k native disk.
- languages.json update
2023/01/07 — 1.0.87 release
- Add return to previous menu in secondary boot menu for convenience.
- Add max value for screen resolution option in theme plugin. Notes
- Fix the bug when F2 browse and boot VHD/VHDX files in an extend logic partition.
- Fix the menu title of F5 Tools —> Power —> $VTLANG_POWER_REBOOT_EFIFW
- Support BSD style for .md5/.sha1/.sh256/.sha512 checksum file. (#2112)
- Support VENTOY_CHECKSUM file for checksum value match. Notes
- Disable Fn hotkeys in autoinstall/persistence/wim select menu.
- Fix the blank item in the last of Language select menu.
- Fix the menu display issue when use persistence (VTLANG_NO_PERSISTENCE).
- Add support for Lenovo Product Recovery iso file.
- Add support for Dell PER ISO. (#2113)
- grub2 mode supports Porteus ISO file.
- Fix the file path when file checksum in F2 browse mode.
- Add new menu languages
languages.json update
2022/12/24 — 1.0.86 release
- Add F5 Tools —> Temporary Control Settings menu. Notes
- Ventoy2Disk.exe now supports command line mode. Notes
- Add VTOY_WIN11_BYPASS_NRO option in global control plugin to bypass online account requirement when intall Windows 11.
- Enable VTOY_WIN11_BYPASS_CHECK and VTOY_WIN11_BYPASS_NRO by default.
- Add resolution_fit option in theme plugin. Notes
- Change the MBR partition type to 0xC if user selects FAT32 when intall Ventoy.
- VentoyPlugson: Add duplicate file path check in different lower/upper cases.
- Change egrep to grep -E for some scripts. (#2083)
- Add new menu languages
- languages.json update
2022/12/18 — 1.0.85 release
- Fix the NTFS/FAT32 format failure in some cases when install Ventoy.
- Grub2 mode supports KNOPPIX.
- Auto memdisk plugin support some IMA/IMG files.
- Optimization for booting memtest86-usb.img.
- Fix the issue when booting Peux distro iso files.
- Add new menu languages
- languages.json update
2022/12/04 — 1.0.84 release
- Multi-Language supported for Ventoy boot menu. Notes
- Add L hotkey to choose language.
- Change F1 hotkey from memdisk mode to help information.
- Add Ctrl+d hotkey for memdisk mode.
- Add VTOY_MENU_LANGUAGE option in Global Control Plugin for default menu language.
- Remove VTOY_HELP_TXT_LANGUAGE option, use VTOY_MENU_LANGUAGE option uniformly.
- Ventoy2Disk.exe: Add Cluster Size option for
- Ventoy install.
- Ventoy2Disk.exe: Support FAT32 for 32GB+ disk.
- Ventoy2Disk.exe: Fix the format failure when install
- Ventoy in some WinPE/Lite Windows.
- Ventoy2Disk.exe: Change the lock icon for secure boot option to a yellow picture.
- Ventoy2Disk.exe: Show a tip message for cluster size when the mouse hover on the file system string.
- Ventoy2Disk.exe: Add UDF file system for Ventoy install.
- VentoyPlugson.exe: Fix the garbled characters when preview json which contains unicode characters.
- Add VentoyPlugson_X64.exe for convenience when used in WinPE.
- Update Shim/Mokmanager efi files.
- languages.json update
2022/11/17 — 1.0.82 release
- Ventoy2Disk.exe: Add exFAT/NTFS/FAT32 options in Option–>Partition Configuration for Ventoy installation.
- Ventoy2Disk.exe: Display Ventoy partition file system in selected disk
- Ventoy2Disk.exe: Fix the issue that string “Status x%” is missing for translations (#1667)
- Update Shim/Mokmanager efi file from Fedora 37.
- Add VTOY_SHOW_PASSWORD_ASTERISK option in global control plugon. (#1931)
- VentoyPlugson: Fix the issue that secondary boot menu option mismatch between web page and json file.
- Fix the issue that Linux WEB/GUI version does not restore MBR when updating. (#1935)
- Change Ventoy LiveCD GUI default language to English (#1938)
- Fix the issue that help line disappears when auto-going to a Fn submenu. (#1939)
- Fix an issue that CGI backup tool can not open after boot WePE.
- Optimization for Windows unattended install process.
- Fix the disk display error when pCloud virtual disk is installed in Windows OS.
- languages.json update
2022/10/25 — 1.0.81 release
- Show asterisks (‘*’) when typing password (PR #1868)
- Disable Fn hotkey during secondary boot menu.
- Fix the issue that VTOY_LINUX_REMOUNT=1 does not work with Batocera 35 (#1878)
- Fix the issue that rockcluster, part of config missing during install. (#1900)
- Fix VentoyPlugson issue when ISO partition has a drive label with a space. (#1901)
- Add support for easyOS easy-4.4.2-amd64.img. (#1926)
- VentoyPlugson: Add json preview feature.
- VentoyPlugson: Add reset button.
- VentoyPlugson: Add configuration active identifier for each tab.
- Add _VTNORMAL identifier.
- languages.json update
2022/09/21 — 1.0.80 release
- Add secondary boot menu for boot compatibility improvement. Notes
- Now wimboot mode supports WinPE ISO files.
- Make injection plugin available in WIMBOOT mode. (#1834)
- Add support for HoloISO. (#1644)
- Bugfix for booting latest Gentoo live. (#1770)
- Bugfix for booting latest ALT linux. (#1784)
- Always use /bin/bash to launch VentoyPlugson.sh (#1809)
- Add w and r hotkey for WIMBOOT and GRUB2 mode. (#1837)
- Fix typo in VentoyPlugson web page. (#1782)
- Fix the ‘overflow is detected’ error in WIMBOOT mode for large ISO file.
- Fix a bug when ISO contains a ks=file:/xxx boot parameter.
- languages.json update
- Total 1000+ iso files tested. (A big milestone)
2022/07/28 — 1.0.79 release
- Rollback Super-UEFIinSecureBoot-Disk to v3.3
- Support Fedora CoreOS (#1727)
- Fix a bug when rhel based distribution has an external kickstart file. (#1717)
- Fix a bug that VTOY_LINUX_REMOUNT option doesn’t take effect in openSUSE. (#1729)
- Fix a bug that autosel option doesn’t work (#1716)
- Fix a bug for Ventoy2Disk.gtk that reserved space can not contains digit 9. (#1753)
- Fix a bug that can not find repo when install Kylin V10SP2 Server.
- vtoyboot-1.0.24 release. Notes
- languages.json update
- New ISO support (total 940+)
2022/07/01 — 1.0.78 release
- Improvement for Boot Conf Replace Plugin, now can replace at most 2 files. Notes
- Update Super-UEFIinSecureBoot-Disk to v3.4 (#1695)
- .ventoyignore also works in F2 Browser Mode.
- Fix the bug when booting latest KaOS. (#1696)
- Fix a bug when booting TrueNAS Core 13.0. (#1684)
- Fix a bug when booting StorageCraft StorageProtect SPX. (#1683)
- Auto remove the redundant trailing slash when set directory path on VentoyPlugson page.
languages.json update - New ISO support (total 920+)
- Document: How To Delete Ventoy Secure Boot Key
2022/06/19 — 1.0.77 release
- Support variables expansion in auto installation script. Notes
- Fix the UEFI memory alloc failure in some computer. (#1671)
- Fix the issue that install media not recognized when install Clear Linux. (#1674)
- Fix a bug when booting daphile-21.01
- languages.json update
2022/06/12 — 1.0.76 release
- Enable secure boot support option by default when install Ventoy. Notes
- Fix the issue when enrolling key for secure boot with Super UEFIinSecureBoot Disk v3-3.
- Auto use memdisk/grub2/wimboot mode if the ISO file name contains special identifier. Notes
- Fix a bug when booting linux vdisk (.vtoy) file in Legacy BIOS mode with F2 or ventoy_grub.cfg.
- Support EasyOS partition resize at the first boot time.
- Support EasyOS 4.0
- Support Stratodesk NoTouch OS. (#1652)
- Update languages.json
- New ISO support (total 900+)
2022/05/31 — 1.0.75 release
- Update Super UEFIinSecureBoot Disk v3-2
- By default use memdisk mode when booting iKuai OS.
- Fix the bug when booting linx iso (#1600)
- Fix a bug when booting latest Alpine linux.
- Fix a bug when booting easyos 3.4.3+
- Fix a bug when booting ATLAS Windows ISO.
- Fix a bug when UEFI booting KaOS-2022.04-x86_64.iso.
- Fix the bug when booting ALT Linux in UEFI mode. (#1645)
- Support programs loading for DLC Boot PE. (#1647)
- Fix a bug in menu tip plugin webpage of VentoyPlugson. (#1602)
- Fix a bug when booting RHEL/CentOS/Fedora with LVM device in the computer.
- Fix a bug when boot in F2 browser mode if the computer has more than one disks with same size.
- Update languages.json
- New ISO support (total 880+)
2022/04/28 — 1.0.74 release
- Show the directory path in the return menu for TreeView mode and Browser mode.
- Fix a bug that Windows ISO in local disk can not install when boot through F2 browser mode in Legacy BIOS mode.
- Fix a bug when install Ventoy if the USB already mounted at a path which contains space.
- Fix the issue when booting customized CentOS7 with inst.ks=cdrom:/xxx boot parameter.
- Fix a bug for Linux GUI program when update from old release. (#1590)
- Fix the issue when booting Fedora with VTOY_LINUX_REMOUNT=1
- Fix the log and ini file owner attribute for VentoyGUI in linux.
- Fix the issue when booting Prime OS 2.1.0.
- Fix the issue when booting Euler OS V2
- Update languages.json
- Document: About USB hardware problem
- New ISO support (total 850+)
2022/04/06 — 1.0.73 release
- Ventoy Subscription Service. Notes
- A dialog will be popped up when you click install button if Ventoy already installed in the disk.
- Then you must enter YES in the text box manually to confirm the installation.
- If the ISO file name is too long to displayed completely.
- You can press left or right arrow keys ← → to scroll the menu.
- Add F5 Tools –> Power –> Reboot to EFI setup menu in UEFI mode, (reboot to UEFI BIOS Setup).
- Add F5 Tools –> Hardware Information menu.
- We can set menu tip position and color for per-theme. Notes
- Prevent DLL search order hijacking for Ventoy2Disk.exe/VentoyPlugson.exe/VentoyVlnk.exe.
- Fixed a bug that VTOY_LINUX_REMOUNT option does not take effect for Manjaro/Arch.
- vtoyboot-1.0.21 release. Notes
- languages.json update
2022/03/26 — 1.0.72 release
- Ventoy Subscription Service. Notes
- Add support for venomlinux (#1526)
- Add missing execute bit when packing (#1530)
- vtoyboot-1.0.20 release.Notes
- Fix some typo and grammar mistakes in the document and language.json
2022/03/11 — 1.0.71 release
- VTOY_DEFAULT_IMAGE can be set to F2> to automatically enter F2 browser mode.
- Fix the bug when booting FreeBSD 13.0 in F2 browser mode.
- Auto use memdisk mode for Memtest86+ and KolibriOS iso file.
- Support Easy Recovery Essentials for Win10/Win11.
- Suppress Fn hotkey when VTOY_DEFAULT_IMAGE is set to Fn>.
- New ISO support (total 830+)
2022/02/19 — 1.0.70 release
- Fix Porteus Kiosk boot issue in latest Ventoy release. (#1446)
- Add cmdline mode for VentoyVlnk.exe
- Support latest Qubes 4.1.0 release.
- Auto use grub2 mode for krd.iso.
- Fix a few bugs for VentoyPlugson web.
- Add a tip when save ventoy.json failed in VentoyPlugson.
- Fix the bug when booting Windows 7 iso files in local disk.
- Update help text.
- Update languages.json
2022/02/15 — 1.0.69 release
- Fix a BUG that Ventoy shows NO ISO found … if the partition for ISO files is in NTFS format. (introduced in 1.0.68 which has been deprecated)
2022/02/15 — 1.0.68 release
- Support F2 to browse Ventoy self. Notes
- Optimize menu generation speed when browsing files
- Skip System Volume Information directory when browsing files.
- Vlnk supports files in Ventoy disk reserved space.
- Make VTOY_TREE_VIEW_MENU_STYLE also control the browser menu style. (#1439)
2022/02/14 — 1.0.67 release
- Support F2 to browse and boot ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files in local disk. Notes
- Move the reboot/halt menu from F2 to F5 Tools/Power
Change default menu display mode back to ListView mode. (Powerful habit 🙂 ) - Fix the bug when booting SystemRescue 8.X/9.X
- Fix the bug in VentoyVlnk.sh when create vlnk file for files in a NTFS partition. (#1430)
- Fix the bug that the 1st menu item is not always selected when switching between submenus.
- Fix the bug that file injection does not take effect for windows.(introduced in 1.0.66).
2022/02/13 — 1.0.66 release
- Experimental support to boot ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files in local disk. Notes
- Change the default menu display mode to TreeView mode.
- Fix a bug when booting the latest recalbox-x86_64.img. (#1423)
- Fix a bug about the CGI tool after boot WePE.
- Support /dev/disk/by-id/xxx format input in Ventoy2Disk.sh (#1422)
- languages.json update
2022/02/04 — 1.0.65 release
- Auto Installation Plugin now supports cloud-init for latest ubuntu server release (20.x+).
- Fix Ventoy Plugson Web update and language display issue.
- Update the tip message for VTOY_DEFAULT_SEARCH_ROOT (#1373)
- Add check for size in CreatePersistentImg.sh (#1384)
- VTOY_LINUX_REMOUNT support for both 64bit(x86_64) and 32bit(i386) linux.
- languages.json update
- New ISO support (total 800+)
2022/01/08 — 1.0.64 release
- Support CentOS-9-Stream (#1335)
- Add an experimental option VTOY_LINUX_REMOUNT in global control plugin. Notes
- This option make the image partition where the ISO files locate mountable after boot into a linux live environment.
2021/12/20 — 1.0.63 release
- VentoyPlugson.exe fixed the “plugson.tar.xz not found” error, when the path contains unicode characters.
- Add check for invalid characters in menu_class plugin in VentoyPlugson.
- Fixed a bug when booting latest Solus in UEFI mode.
- Optimization for Ventoy2Disk.sh
- languages.json update
2021/12/02 — 1.0.62 release
- VentoyPlugson —— A GUI plugin configurator. Notes
- default_file option in theme plugin. Notes
- Add F5 Tools –> Theme Select menu to switch between themes. Notes
- Automatically fix volume abnormal status when do non-destructive install in Windows.
- Optimization for FreeBSD boot process.
- Optimization for Ventoy2Disk.sh
- languages.json update
2021/11/13 — 1.0.61 release
- Fix some BUGs when do update after non-destructive installation.
- Before non-destructive installation in Windows, use chkdsk to fix the volume if needed.
- Add dir option in menu_tip plugin. Notes
- languages.json update
2021/11/12 — 1.0.60 release
- Fix some BUGs when do non-destructive installation with GPT disk. Now 1.0.59 release is deprecated.
- Add non-destructive installation support in Linux Ventoy2Disk.sh. Notes
- Optimization for Ventoy2Disk.exe. Use powershell as an alternative when VDS is unavailable.
- Document: About GRUB2 Mode
- Help information language update
- languages.json update
2021/11/10 — 1.0.59 release
- Experimental support for non-destructive installation on Windows. Notes
- Show a warning message if ventoy.json is in UCS-2 encoding. (#1125)
2021/11/06 — 1.0.58 release
- Add Ventoy2Disk_X64.exe/Ventoy2Disk_ARM.exe/Ventoy2Disk_ARM64.exe. Notes
- Fix the false error report about ventoy.jsonxxx file. (#1190)
- Fix a bug when booting HDM17x64_17.20.0_ADV_Linux_Downloadly.ir.iso
- languages.json update
2021/10/29 — 1.0.57 release
- Optimization for Ventoy2Disk.exe. Improve the success rate of upgrade.
- Change help hotkey from Ctrl+h to h.
- Change checksum hotkey from Ctrl+m to m.
- Add Checksum file compare feature. Notes
- Improvement for multi-mode option. Now you can use for example theme_uefi and theme at the same time. Notes
- Improve Boot Conf Replace Plugin for systemd-boot in UEFI mode. Notes
- Fix a bug when booting latest ROSA distro in Legacy BIOS mode.
- Help information translation update
- languages.json update
2021/10/22 — 1.0.56 release
- Add Ctrl+h hotkey for help.
- Add VTOY_HELP_TXT_LANGUAGE option in Global Control plugin. Notes
- Add Ctrl+m hotkey for file cheksum. Notes
- Add timeout option in Auto Install plugin. Notes
- Add support for Eset SysRescue image file. (#1162)
- Fix the long delay when boot tails in UEFI mode.
languages.json update - New image support (total 760+)
- eset_sysrescue_live_enu.img (Legacy + UEFI)
- dfly-x86_64-6.0.1_REL.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
2021/10/17 — 1.0.55 release
- Optimization for Ventoy2Disk.exe. Improve the success rate of installation and upgrade.
- Add VTOY_WIN11_BYPASS_CHECK option in Global Control plugin. Notes
- Add VentoyAutoRun feature for Windows ISO in Injection Plugin. Notes
- Compatibility improvement for WinPE ISO
- languages.json update
2021/10/12 — 1.0.54 release
- Ventoy Live CD update and has a GUI now. Notes
- Support WinPE with PESET.EXE
- Fix a bug when booting trisquel 10 (#1127)
- Fix a bug when install Untangle (#1120)
- Fix a bug that menu_tip is not shown for the default menu item.
- Support Porteus v5.0rc3
- Document When Ventoy2Disk.exe Failed To Update
- languages.json update
2021/09/27 — 1.0.53 release
- Add menu_tip plugin. Notes
- Add —qt5 parameter for VentoyGUI. Notes
- Support nondestructively shrink persistence dat file. Notes
- Document How to inject files to Linux Live OS
- Document Replace ISO boot menu background
- languages.json update
2021/09/13 — 1.0.52 release
- Native GUI install program for Linux. (x86_64/i386/aarch64/mips64) (GTK/QT) Notes
- Add support for Emergency Boot Kit
- Continue to boot when the ISO file size is invalid.
- Fix a bug when booting puppy-4.3.1
- languages.json update
2021/08/27 — 1.0.51 release
- Experimental support for chrome OS (FydeOS/CloudReady) Notes
- Fix the mount issue for 2K10 Win7x64 PE
- Support 2k10 PE x86 series
- Support escaped quotes (\”) in ventoy.json. (#1062)
Support Lenovo EasyStartup - New image support
- FydeOS_for_PC_v12.2-stable.img (UEFI)
- cloudready-free-92.3.4-64bit.img (UEFI)
- EasyStartupv3.7.9.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
2021/08/14 — 1.0.50 release
- Support synoboot.img v1.02b
- Fix the boot issue for some Win7PE
- Fix the boot issue for Windows in UEFI mode on some Dell server
- Fix the boot issue for Untangle distro
- Fix the boot issue when install some Lite Windows version with special file name.
- Fix “Failed to open random seed file” error message for arch linux in some UEFI machine.
- Fix the check media issue for SUSE/openSUSE.
- Add F5–>Tools–>Ventoy UEFI Utilities–>Show EFI Drivers menu
- vtoyboot-1.0.18 release Notes
- languages.ini update
2021/08/03 — 1.0.49 release
- Compatibility improvement for some WinPE
Optimization for booting SUSE/openSUSE - Fixed the boot issue for “StorageCraft Recovery
Environment” ISO in UEFI mode (#1034)
languages.ini update
2021/08/01 — 1.0.48 release
- Add Option –> Generate VTSI File feature. Notes
- Fix the missing program issue for EasyU
- Fix Windows boot issue when Ventoy is booted from rEFInd
- Fix the boot issue for latest release of Artix Linux
- Fix some bugs for nested boot (e.g. Ventoy–>rEFInd–>Ventoy).
- Better support for custom arch iso (#1021)
- Remove VentoyWebDeepin.sh
- languages.ini update
2021/07/17 — 1.0.47 release
- Optimizations for booting openwrt
- Support some floppy images in Memdisk mode
- Remove the 2TB limit for the reserved space in Ventoy2Disk.exe
- Fixed a bug when booting big boot.wim file.
- Compatibility improvement for WinPE which contains PECMD.EXE
- Fix Parabola rEFInd booting (#989)
- Add check for the built-in browser in WebDeepin.sh
- Speedup md5sum/sha1sum/sha256sum/sha512sum command
- vtoyboot-1.0.16 release.
- Fixed the corruption after update kernel or install Nvidia driver.Notes
- vdiskchain-1.3 release. Notes
- languages.ini update
- New image support
- HBCD_PE_x64.iso v1.0.2 (Legacy + UEFI)
- MocaccinoOS-MATE-0.20210714.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
2021/05/15 — 1.0.44 release
- Add WIMBOOT Mode. Notes
- Fix issue when install Fedora Server Edition
- Add -o option in CreatePersistentImg.sh (#903)
- Add parent/isopwd/wimpwd/imgpwd/efipwd/vhdpwd/vtoypwd options in password plugin. Notes
- Fix a bug about unaligned read in UEFI mode.
2021/05/08 — 1.0.43 release
- Change the UTF-16 languages.ini to UTF-8 languages.json
- The update button is available even if data corrupted in VTOYEFI partition.
- Set the default focus to No when you click Install button in Ventoy2Disk.exe.
- Fix a BUG when booting Windows VHD(x) with the latest ventoy_vhdboot.img.
- Support boot Windows VHD(x) files at local disk. Notes
2021/04/27 — 1.0.42 release
- Add * fuzzy matching for menu_alias/image_list/auto_install/persistence … plugins. Notes
- Add parent option in menu_class plugin. Notes
- Add F4boot F5tool builtin class in menu_class plugin.
- By default the submenu will use its parent’s class in F4 boot and F5 tool menu.
2021/04/21 — 1.0.41 release
- Add support for OpenWrt IMG file. Notes
- Add support for MidnightBSD 2.x release
- Add support for new GhostBSD release
- Fix a bug about source media missing when boot openEuler
- Fix a bug about source media missing when boot CentOS 8
languages.ini update - New image support (total 700+)
- openwrt-19.07.7-x86-64-combined-ext4.img (Legacy + UEFI)
- openwrt-19.07.7-x86-64-combined-squashfs.img (Legacy + UEFI)
- openwrt-19.07.7-x86-generic-combined-ext4.img (Legacy)
- openwrt-19.07.7-x86-generic-combined-squashfs.img (Legacy)
- GhostBSD-13-21.04.16.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- MidnightBSD-2.0.6–amd64-disc1.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- MidnightBSD-2.0.6–i386-disc1.iso (Legacy)
- redos-MUROM-7.3-20210201-Everything-x86_64-DVD1.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
2021/04/10 — 1.0.40 release
- persistence support for Fedora series. Notes
- persistence support for ArchLinux series (Arch/ArchMan/ArchBang/BlackArch…). Notes
- Fixup a bug when booting special Windows/WinPE ISO file.
- Add a workaround for #815
- Support RHEL6/CentOS6 auto install
- Clear input key before show main menu. (#824)
- languages.ini update
2021/03/28 — 1.0.39 release
- Add VTOY_DEFAULT_KBD_LAYOUT option in global control plugin. Notes
- Add F7 hotkey for text mode. Notes
- Add a workaround for buggy bootloader’s out-of-range access
- Support latest CentOS Stream 8 distro. (#799)
- .ini update
- New iso support
- veket_20.10.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- CentOS-Stream-8-x86_64-20210311-dvd1.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- Porteus-3.2-UD-i586-20170206.iso (Legacy)
- kerio-control-installer-9.3.5-4367.iso (Legacy)
2021/03/16 — 1.0.38 release
- Optimization for VentoyWebDeepin.sh
- Fix a bug for image_blacklist plugin
- Add VTOY_FILE_FLT_XXX option in control plugin. Notes
languages.ini update - New iso support(total 650+)
- openEuler-20.03-LTS-SP1-x86_64-dvd.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- FreeBSD-13.0-RC2-amd64-disc1.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- tails-amd64-4.16.img (Legacy + UEFI)
2021/03/06 — 1.0.37 release
- Experimental support for loongson mips64el UEFI. Notes
- Add VentoyWebDeepin.sh script for Deepin/UOS. Notes
- Add VTOY_MAX_SEARCH_LEVEL option in global control plugin. Notes
- Improvement for UEFI boot compatibility.
- remove the ASSERT warning in UEFI mode when boot fail.
- use uname -m to detect architecture in shell script (PR #774)
- Change the partition configuration dialogbox layout in Ventoy2Disk.exe to fit text area. (issue #769)
- languages.ini update
- Document: Ventoy Search Configuration
2021/02/27 — 1.0.36 release
- Experimental Linux GUI based on web browser. Notes
- Align the partitions with 4KB by default when install Ventoy. (improvement for performance and Legacy BIOS compatibility)
- Add a 🔒 icon to identify secure boot option in Ventoy2Disk.exe.
- Add a Show All Devices option in Ventoy2Disk.exe.
- Ventoy2Disk.exe doesn’t check partition active flag anymore.
- Optimization for Ventoy2Disk.sh
languages.ini update - Add support for nbd device in Ventoy2Disk.sh (PR #746)
2021/02/08 — 1.0.35 release (Happy Spring Festival)
- Display a tip when scanning files.
- Optimization for booting TinyCore series distros.
- Fix a bug about invalid iso file size false positive in i386-pc
- Optimization for vtoyboot when secureboot is enabled.
- New iso support
- Arcabit Rescue Disk (arca-rescue.iso) (Legacy)
2021/02/03 — 1.0.34 release
- vtoyboot-1.0.8 release. Notes
- vdiskchain-1.2 release. Notes
- Display a warning message if ventoy.json was mistakenly placed in the EFI partition.
- Display a warning message if ISO file has an invalid size.
- Fix a bug when booting vdisk file with secure boot enabled (issue #714)
- Update VentoyLiveCD from i686 to x86_64
- Optimization for boot slax distro
- Add image_blacklist option. Notes
- New iso support
- AG-10-Bliss-OS-android_x86_64-202010071034_k-kernel-5.8-si-next-rmi_m-q_dgc-q-x86-generic_gms_cros-wv.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- Bliss-v11.13–OFFICIAL-20201113-1525_x86_64_k-k4.19.122-ax86-ga-rmi_m-20.1.0-llvm90_dgc-t3_gms_intelhd.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
2021/01/21 — 1.0.33 release
- Add support for Keyboard layout F5 Tools —> Keyboard Layouts
- Add support for boot Linux vDisk file from other bootloaders. Notes
- Add persistence support for Kali/CloneZilla
- Fix a bug when using workaround for Legacy BIOS access limitation in GPT partition style.
- Fix a bug when using Ventoy2Disk.sh -l (PR #703)
- New iso support
- Clover-5128-X64.iso (UEFI)
- austrumi64-4.3.5.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- slacko64-7.0.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- bionicpup32-8.0-uefi.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- ldiag_4.37.0_linux.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- LinuxRa1n-V3.4_Ultimate.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- checkra1n-0.12.1_linux_live.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- ubuntu-20.10-live-server-arm64.iso (ARM64 UEFI)
- ubuntu-20.04.1-live-server-arm64.iso (ARM64 UEFI)
- ubuntu-18.04.5-server-arm64.iso (ARM64 UEFI)
2021/01/06 — 1.0.32 release
- Linux vhd/vdi/raw file now is bootable in both Legacy BIOS mode and UEFI mode. Notes
- vtoyboot-1.0.7 release. Notes
- Add support for DragonFly BSD distro
- Fix a bug when booting wifislax64-2.1-final.iso
- New iso support(total 600+)
- MX-18.3_386.iso (Legacy)
- MX-18.3_x64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- bitdefender.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- dfly-x86_64-5.8.3_REL.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- dfly-x86_64-5.8.2_REL.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- dfly-x86_64-5.8.1_REL.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- dfly-x86_64-5.8.0_REL.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
dfly-x86_64-5.6.3_REL.iso (Legacy + UEFI) - dfly-x86_64-5.6.0_REL.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- dfly-x86_64-5.4.3_REL.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- dfly-x86_64-5.4.0_REL.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- dfly-x86_64-5.2.2_REL.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- dfly-x86_64-5.0.2_REL.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- dfly-x86_64-5.0.0_REL.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
2020/12/23 — 1.0.31 release
- Fix a bug in Ventoy2Disk.exe for 2TB+ disk
- Fix a bug when use workaround for Legacy BIOS access limitation.
- Fix a bug about source media missing when boot rhel 8.3/CentOS 8.3
- Rebuild some x86_64 binraries with musl-libc to avoid virus false positive. (issue #660)
- Change default label from ventoy to Ventoy in Ventoy2Disk.sh (PR #656)
- New iso support
- blackarch-linux-full-2020.12.01-x86_64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- anarchy-1.3.1-x86_64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- austrumi64-4.3.3.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- austrumi-3.4.7.iso (Legacy)
2020/12/12 — 1.0.30 release
- Add experimental support for IA32 UEFI (ia32-efi). Notes
- Add experimental support for ARM64 UEFI (aarch64-efi). Notes
- Expand dual mode option to multi-mode option. Notes
- Add a simple Password plugin. Notes
- Fix a bug in Ventoy2Disk.exe for 2TB+ disk (issue #614)
- Keep the Secure Boot Support option when update Ventoy. (issue #630)
- Add class property for submenu of Ventoy UEFI Utilities
- New iso support (total 580+)
- TrueNAS-12.0-RELEASE.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- primeos_mainline_0.4.5.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- avira-rescue-system.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
2020/11/19 — 1.0.29 release
- Image file name now can contain space and unicode characters(Chinese/Japanese/Korean …).
- Add Driver Update Disk (DUD) plugin. Notes
- Skip Ventoy EFI part when searching for bootx64.efi (issue #592)
- Display a warning message when booting a non-bootable WIM file
- Add -l command in Ventoy2Disk.sh to display Ventoy information in disk.
2020/11/14 — 1.0.28 release
- Add -L option in Ventoy2Disk.sh to set the label of 1st partition (default is ventoy)
- Expansion for option VTOY_DEFAULT_IMAGE (e.g. F4>Search and boot Windows). Notes
- Persistence support for Kaspersky Rescue Disk Notes
- Prohibit the use of Ventoy in unofficial environments. Notes
- vtoyboot-1.0.5 release. Notes
- New iso support
- siduction-patience-nox-amd64-latest.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- tails-amd64-4.12.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
2020/10/31 — 1.0.27 release
- New Boot Conf Replace Plugin to dynamically modify the boot options in configuration file. Notes
- Add an menu to enter Text Mode in F5 Tools ==> Screen Display Mode
- Fix issue #555 (treeview mode VTOY_DEFAULT_IMAGE ineffective in special case)
- vtoyboot-1.0.4 release. Notes
- New iso support
- 2020-02-12-rpd-x86-buster.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- FreeBSD-12.1-RELEASE-amd64-bootonly.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- FreeBSD-12.2-RELEASE-i386-bootonly.iso (Legacy)
2020/10/24 — 1.0.26 release
- Support dual mode plugin options. Notes
- Display a warning message if syntax error detected in ventoy.json.
- Use the original order from image list plugin (if exist) in boot menu. Notes
- vtoyboot-1.0.3 release Notes
- Optimization for the tip message in Ventoy2Disk.sh
2020/10/21 — 1.0.25 release
- Add image list plugin. Notes
- Optimization for Linux vDisk boot in Legacy BIOS mode.
- vtoyboot-1.0.1 release Notes
- Support different themes for Legacy BIOS mode and UEFI mode. Notes
- Fix bug for VTOY_DEFAULT_IMAGE in TreeView mode when VTOY_DEFAULT_SEARCH_ROOT was set.
- New iso support
- kali-linux-2020.3-installer-amd64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
2020/10/17 — 1.0.24 release
- Disable “Pass parameter by ACPI table” feature introduced in 1.0.23 by default. It’s not compatible with Windows 7/8 and will cause error.
- Fix apt mirror bug when install Debian series distros
- New iso support
- debian-10.6.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- debian-10.6.0-amd64-netinst.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
2020/10/16 — 1.0.23 release
- Make VTOY_DEFAULT_IMAGE avaliable in both ListView mode and TreeView mode
- Add VTOY_TREE_VIEW_MENU_STYLE option in global control plugin
- Change the default resolution to 1024×768
- Pass ventoy runtime parameter to OS by ACPI table
- Fix issue #521 (blackarch 2020.06.01 boot fail)
- Fix issue #516 (archlinux 2020.10.01 boot fail in UEFI mode)
- Fix issue #512 (file with name .iso)
- Fix Parabola EFI booting (PR #508)
- Fix a bug when booting VentoyLiveCD iso
- New iso support
- blackarch-linux-live-2020.06.01-x86_64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- archlinux-2020.10.01-x86_64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- GeckoLinux_STATIC_Mate.x86_64-152.200726.0.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- fossapup64-9.5.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
2020/09/27 — 1.0.22 release
- Add Linux vDisk boot plugin (install linux distro into a vhd/vdi/raw file and boot with Ventoy), see Notes
- Change the check policy when Ventoy is running on a partition which is not created by Ventoy2Disk
- Add disk signature to Ventoy os parameter structure
- Fix bugs in Ventoy2Disk.sh for install Ventoy on NVMe disk
- Fix a bug with error message null src bitmap in grub_video_bitmap_create_scaled
- Add VTOY_SORT_CASE_SENSITIVE in global control plugin
- Optimization for boot Manjaro series distros
- New iso support
- mAid_v2020-09-15_11-40_x86_64_forgetful.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
2020/09/12 — 1.0.21 release
- Experimental support for booting VHD(x) file (Windows) (ventoy_vhdboot.img needed). Notes
- Add Ventoy LiveCD package(Not ISO version of Ventoy, just used to install Ventoy). Notes
- Add auto memdisk plugin. Notes
- Change F5 Debug to F5 Tools and add a menu to set resolution
- Optimization for F4 Search and boot Windows
- Optimization for boot atrix and archlinux series distros
- Fix a bug when boot Debian series distros with preseed configuration. issue #456
- Ventoy2Disk.exe doesn’t check partition active flag anymore
- New iso support
- Memtest86+ mt531b.iso (Memdisk mode) (Legacy)
- atzlinux-10.5.1-amd64-DVD-1.iso (Legacy + UE
2020/08/30 — 1.0.20 release
- Fixed a bug about booting Debian i386 netinstall.iso
- Change the default directory and file permissions in linux tarball issue #392
- New image support
- Lakka-Generic.x86_64-2.3.2.img (Legacy + UEFI)
- LibreELEC-Generic.x86_64-9.2.3.img (Legacy + UEFI)
- freedombox-stable-free_buster_all-amd64.img (Legacy + UEFI)
- paldo-live-x86_64-stable.img (Legacy + UEFI)
- ubos_yellow_x86_64-pc_20200817-001259.img (Legacy + UEFI)
- recalbox-x86_64.img (Legacy + UEFI)
- batocera-5.26-x86_64-20200527.img (Legacy + UEFI)
- memtest86-usb.img (UEFI)
- New iso support (total 550+)
- wifislax-4-12-final.iso (Legacy)
- MidnightBSD-1.2–amd64-uefi-disc1.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- MidnightBSD-1.2–i386-disc1.iso (Legacy)
- HP SPP P03093_001_spp-Gen8.1-SPPGen81.4.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- HP SPP P26940_001_spp-2020.03.0-SPP2020030.2020_0319.22.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- hardenedbsd-12-stable-amd64-disc1.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- rescurezilla-1.0.6.1-64bit.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- garuda-xfce-lite-200726-linux-zen.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- debian-edu-10.5.0-amd64-netinst.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- minimal_linux_live_15-Dec-2019_64-bit_mixed.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- nethserver-7.8.2003-x86_64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- osgeolive-13.0-amd64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- pardus_topluluk_4.2_9.10.2018_xfce_64bit.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- Pinguy_OS_18.04.2_Full-LTS_x86-64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- debian-9.9.0-amd64-netinst-Elastix.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- aryalinux-gnome-2.4-x86_64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- efw_community-x64_3.3.0_recovery_softwarex86-64_20181026164637.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- hamara-sugam-live-2.1-final-amd64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- Rocks Cluster kernel-7.0-0.x86_64.disk1.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- MorpheusArch_2018.4-2018.4-x86_64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- smeserver-9.2-x86_64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- apodio12-beta0.4.1.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- lin-comm-server-2019.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- PeachOSI.Patriot.19.4.18.04.64bit.LTS.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- photon-minimal-3.0-a383732.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- plamo-6.2_x86_64_dvd.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- SuperX_5.0_Lamarr_build416_amd64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- Bicom serverware-3.3.0.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- ploplinux-19.4-x86_64.isoLegacy + UEFI)
- lliurex-servidor_64bits_19_latest.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- omarine-7.0-dvd.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- freespire-6.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
DietPi_NativePC-UEFI-x86_64-Buster.iso (Legacy + UEFI) - boss-8.0-amd64-DVD-301019.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- Pisilinux-2.1.2-Mehmetcik-UEFI_KDE_x86_64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- t2-minimal-glibc-gcc-x86-64-r49128.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- blackPantherOS-v18.1SE-x86_64-Renegade-DVD.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- pld-new-rescue-th2018-1.6-64bit.iso (Legacy)
- clonos-19.09-release.iso (Legacy)
- Vine65-DVD-x86_64.iso (Legacy)
- Vine65-DVD-i686.iso (Legacy)
- Vine63-CD-x86_64.iso (Legacy)
- kolibri.iso (Legacy)
- Omoikane dvdboot.iso (Legacy)
- redorescue-2.0.4.iso (Legacy)
- Secure-K OS live-image-amd64.iso (Legacy)
- slackellive64-openbox-7.3.iso (Legacy)
- dragora-3.0-x86_64-beta1-live.iso (Legacy)
- Express-3.1-SP4-i586.iso (Legacy)
- Express-3.1-SP4-x86_64.iso (Legacy)
- lunar-1.7.0-x86_64.iso (Legacy)
- lunar-1.7.0-i686.iso (Legacy)
TENS-3.0.0_public.iso (Legacy) - rancheros.iso (Legacy)
- smgl-test-quinq-x86_64-20090608.iso (Legacy)
- alpine-standard-3.12.0-x86_64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- alpine-standard-3.12.0-x86.iso (Legacy)
- alpine-extended-3.12.0-x86.iso (Legacy)
- Webconverger-e43e9c8b34bc8aac292762556b1b847e70516f52.iso (Legacy)
2020/08/14 — 1.0.19 release
- Experimental support for booting IMG file (only two Linux distros supported now)
- Boot menu over serial supported, see Notes
- Optimization for booting Solus distro
- Optimization for booting .efi file
- Fixed a bug about booting Debian-10.5.0
- Fixed a bug about install Ventoy to a 2TB+ disk, issue #387
- New image support
- easy-2.3.2-amd64.img (Legacy + UEFI)
- volumio-2.799-2020-07-16-x86.img (Legacy + UEFI)
- New iso support
- deepin-live-system-2.0-amd64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- Endless OS eos-eos3.8-amd64-amd64.200706-185259.base.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- Endless OS eos-eos3.7-amd64-amd64.200210-201928.base.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- PhoenixOSInstaller_v3.6.1.564_x64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- PhoenixOSInstaller-v1.6.1.319-x86.iso (Legacy)
- SteamOSDVD.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- hyperbola-milky-way-v0.3.1-dual.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- debian-10.5.0-amd64-xfce-CD-1.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- vyos-1.3-rolling-
- 202008112114-amd64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- FuryBSD-12.1-XFCE-2020042001.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- EasyNAS.x86_64-1.0.0_Beta_5.install.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- supergamer_v6.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- Live-Raizo-v11.20.06.28p.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- OPNsense-20.7-OpenSSL-dvd-amd64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- swiftlinux-19.2-x64-TaylorSwift-2020-0812-061403.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- RebeccaBlackOS_amd64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- RebeccaBlackOS_i386.iso (Legacy)
- daphile-20.08-x86_64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- crux-3.5.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- UCS_4.4-1-amd64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- UfficiozeroMantova2.0.1.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
2020/08/01 — 1.0.18 release
- Support some unix distros: FreeBSD pfSense GhostBSD FreeNAS XigmaNAS
- Optimization for booting Tailsdistro
- Ignore the 0xEF partition type when checking local version
- New ISO support (total 450+)
- GhostBSD-20.04.1.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- FreeNAS-11.3-U4.1.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- FreeNAS-11.2-U8.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- XigmaNAS-x64-LiveCD-12.1.0.4.7683.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- pfSense-CE-2.5.0-DEVELOPMENT-amd64-latest.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- pfSense-CE-2.4.5-RELEASE-p1-amd64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- pfSense-CE-2.3.5-RELEASE-amd64.iso (Legacy)
- pfSense-CE-2.3.4-RELEASE-amd64.iso (Legacy)
- pfSense-CE-2.3.5-RELEASE-i386.iso (Legacy)
- FreeBSD-13.0-CURRENT-amd64-20200730-r363681-disc1.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- FreeBSD-12.1-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- FreeBSD-12.0-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- FreeBSD-12.1-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso (Legacy)
- FreeBSD-12.0-RELEASE-i386-dvd1.iso (Legacy)
- FreeBSD-11.4-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- FreeBSD-11.3-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- FreeBSD-11.2-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- FreeBSD-11.1-RELEASE-amd64-bootonly.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- FreeBSD-11.0-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- FreeBSD-11.4-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso (Legacy)
- FreeBSD-11.2-RELEASE-i386-bootonly.iso (Legacy)
- FreeBSD-11.1-RELEASE-i386-bootonly.iso (Legacy)
- FreeBSD-11.0-RELEASE-i386-dvd1.iso (Legacy)
- FreeBSD-10.3-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso (Legacy)
- FreeBSD-10.1-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1.iso (Legacy)
- FreeBSD-10.1-RELEASE-i386-dvd1.iso (Legacy)
- FreeBSD-10.0-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso (Legacy)
- FreeBSD-9.3-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1.iso (Legacy)
- FreeBSD-9.3-RELEASE-i386-dvd1.iso.iso (Legacy)
- 2020/07/25 — 1.0.17 release (bugfix release)
- Fixed a bug about injection plugin in GPT partition style or MBR style with reserved space.
- Fixed a bug about update operation in GPT partition style.
- 2020/07/23 — 1.0.16 release
- Add injection plugin, see Notes
- Add menu extension plugin, you can define your own grub2 menu now, see Notes
- Fixed a bug about booting Qubes in UEFI mode.
- List all the drive letters belong to the disk in Ventoy2Disk’s device combox.
- Add an example of ventoy.json and theme in the install package
- Add a DistroWatch support list in the website. See DistroWatch Support List
- New iso support (total 420+)
- iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- 5-stable_64bit.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- anarchy-1.2.1-x86_64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- DuZeru dz4.1-amd64.efi-mbr.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- 3.9-amd64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- ubuntu_pack-18.04-gnome_classic-amd64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- BigLinux-20.04-beta-23.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- exegnu64_beowulf-20200707.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- kanotix64-silverfire-nightly-KDE.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- debian-amd64-netinst-3cx.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- grml64-full_2020.06.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- karoshi-server-v13.0.0-amd64.iso (Legacy)
- PrimTux5-Lubuntu-18.04-amd64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- ArchStrike-minimal-2019.06.08.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- refracta10_xfce_amd64-20200620_1845.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- parabola-openrc-lxde-2020.01.18-dual.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- cucumber-linux-1.1-x86_64-full.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- Fatdog64-810.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- iso (Legacy)
- Hanthana-30-1.0.x86_64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- kwort-4.3.4.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- minino-queiles-64.iso (Legacy)
- nst-32-11992.x86_64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- Linux.Hardened.2004.KDE.amd64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- runtu-lite-20.04-amd64_202006.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- Asianux-7.0-beta2-x86_64-dvddisc-201506150930.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- Clu-Linux-Live-v6.0-BIOS-UEFI.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- uruk-gnu-linux-3.0-2020-6-alpha-1.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- Zorin-OS-15.2-Core-64-bit.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- B2D-Desktop-2019-buster-v1.0.6-gcin.amd64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- BlueOnyx-5210R-CentOS-8.2.2004-20200624.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- finnix-120.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- hamonikr-sun-3.0-amd64-20200423.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- 6.1.iso (Legacy)
- 2019-x86_64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- namib-mate-1901_x86_64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- NEXT-BEE-free-20.04-2020-05-31.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- ngfw-untangle-15.1.0-amd64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- Pearl-Desktop-9_2020-04-14_amd64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- SELKS-6.0-desktop.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- SharkLinux-4.15.0-102.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- SpringdaleLinux-7.8-x86_64-netinst.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- SNG7-FPBX-64bit-2002-2.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- TS-6.2.4-Installer-0220.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- turnkey-django-16.0-buster-amd64.iso (Legacy)
- iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- zevenet-ce_v5.11-amd64-v1.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- rescatux-0.73.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- zentyal-6.2-development-amd64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- 2020/07/09 — 1.0.15 release
- Add GPTpartition style support, see Notes. For comparison between MBR and GPT see Notes
- Add a Refreshbutton in Ventoy2Disk.exe
- Add a Clear Ventoy option in Ventoy2Disk.exe
- Add dir option in menu_class plugin, see Notes
- Add dir option in menu_alias plugin, see Notes
- Add autosel option in auto_install plugin, see Notes
- Add autosel option in persistence plugin, see Notes
- Change the property of Ventoy2Disk.exe, now it’s NOT always topmost
- Fixed a bug when boot Windows/WinPE/Wim in UEFI mode with another active CDROM or USB-CDROM
- Optimization and bug fix for booting Parted Magic
- Optimization for booting Debian series distros
- Fixed a bug when boot.wim is in LZMS compression format
- New iso support
- 0.0_stable_hybrid.iso (Legacy)
- Pardus-19.1-XFCE-amd64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- CDlinux-0.9.7.1.iso (Legacy)
- 2020/06/25 — 1.0.14 release
- When install Ventoy you can reserve some disk space, see Notes
- New feature to boot .efifile directly in UEFI mode. (for cases like firmware upgrade, hardware diagnosis …)
- Auto skip Press any key to boot from CD or DVD...prompt when booting Windows/WinPE ISO files (Legacy + UEFI)
- Add Menu Class plugin to show icon in boot menu, see Notes
- Add VTOY_MENU_TIMEOUT and VTOY_DEFAULT_IMAGE options in global control plugin, see Notes
- Add fonts option in theme plugin to load customized font, see Notes
- Fixed a bug about repository group missing with RHEL6
- Add ‘Search and boot Grub4dos’ option in F4 Localboot menu
- New iso support (total 300+)
- guix-system-install-1.0.0.x86_64-linux.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- systemrescuecd-amd64-6.1.5.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- adelie-live-x86_64-1.0-rc1-20200202.iso (Legacy)
- adelie-full-x86_64-1.0-rc1-20200202.iso (Legacy)
- 02_20190821.iso (Legacy)
- 2020/06/14 — 1.0.13 release
- Add support for N in 1 type of Windows/WinPE ISO files
- Add menu alias plugin to set an alias name for the ISO file, see Notes
- Add display_mode option in theme plugin, see Notes (issue #166)
- Add F4 localboot menu to boot OS in local disk
- Add F5 debugmenu to check the plugin json configuration(theme,persistence,autoinstall…) and for other debug option
- Add a workaround for Legacy BIOS access limitation, see Notes
- Optimization for UEFI boot process (for No bootfile found for UEFIerror)
- Optimization for Sergei Strelec’s WinPE(external tools available)
- Optimization for boot process of archlinux and distros based on it (e.g. archbang/Archman/acrhlab…)
- Optimization for boot process of Fedora
- Fix a bug about auto install and persistence configuration when VTOY_DEFAULT_SEARCH_ROOTis set
- Fix a bug about halt function in F2 power menu
- Fix a bug about F2 & F3 menu nesting
- Fix a bug about boot Kaspersky krd.iso
- Fix a bug about boot distros based on rhel7/CentOS7 with a kickstart cfg
- Fix a iPXE build error with GCC 10 (issue #201)
- Change the EFI partition label to VTOYEFI (issue #175)
- New iso support
- iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- 12.28_English.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- Porteus-Kiosk-5.0.0-x86_64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- clear-33300-live-desktop.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- Calculate Linux cldx-20-x86_64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- Mageia-7.1-Live-Xfce-x86_64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- linuxmint-20-cinnamon-64bit-beta.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- foxclone40-02.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-32-1.6.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- 2020/05/30 — 1.0.12 release
- Add a new feature to directly boot wim files see Notes
- auto installation plugin update Notes
- Expand the configuration, now you can specify more than one auto installation scripts for one ISO file
- Add a prompt for the iso with auto installation config, you can choose whether to use the auto installation script and which one to use for this time
- persistence plugin update Notes
- Expand the configuration, now you can specify more than one persistence backend image files for one ISO file
- Add a prompt for the iso with persistence config, you can choose whether to use the persistence image and which one to use for this time
- Change the 1st partition active and 2nd partition inactive by default (compatibility improvement).
- Move the position of the red Memdisk tip to a more prominent position
- Add a return parent directory item when in TreeView mode
- Add a VTOY_DEFAULT_SEARCH_ROOT option in global control pluginto specify the root path of the iso files.
- Change the style of F2 power menu
- Fix a bug about Ventoy2Disk.exe can’t start when there is a DataRAM Ramdisk in the system.
- Files with size less than 32KB will be filted by default
- Fix a bug about wrong file size in TreeView mode with NTFS/XFS
- Files with space or Non Ascii charactors in name will be shown but with unsupported message when you boot it.
- Optimization for Ventoy2Disk.sh
- Optimization for arch linux boot
- New iso support
- android-x86_64-9.0-r2.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- manjaro-xfce-20.0.1-200511-linux56.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- 2020/05/23 — 1.0.11 release
- Add a new feature for persistence support, Ubuntu/MX/LinuxMint/elementary … see Notes
2. Add a global control plugin Notes
3. Optimization for blocklist process in Ext2/Ext3/Ext4
4. Optimization for Ventoy2Disk.sh
5. New iso support
- tails-amd64-4.6.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- 2020/05/16 — 1.0.10 release
- Add new filesystem type support for the first partition (ntfs/udf/xfs/ext2/ext3/ext4) see Notes
2. Fixed a memory map bug introduced from the beginning of the version
3. Fixed a bug for booting HBCD_PE (Hirens boot CD) in Legacy BIOS mode
4. Fixed a bug for booting AcronisTrueImage in Legacy BIOS mode
5. New iso support
- 5.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- ipfire-2.25.x86_64-full-core144.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- 2020/05/09 — 1.0.09 release
- Add multi-language framework for Ventoy2Disk.exe
2. Add a new feature for auto installation (Windows/RHEL/CentOS/Debian/SUSE series supported), see Notes
3. Add an option for Secure Boot in Ventoy2Disk.exe/Ventoy2Disk.sh, and default is not checked.
4. fixe bug for eset_sysrescue_live_enu.iso
5. Optimization process for CentOS7/ArchLinux and distros based on them
6. New iso support
- archlabs-2020.03.02-beta.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- GoboLinux-017_beta-x86_64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- ZStack-x86_64-DVD-3.8.4-c76.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- Porteus-CINNAMON-v4.0-x86_64.iso (Legacy)
- NuTyX_x86_64-JWM-20200504.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- pentoo-full-amd64-hardened-2019.1.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- robolinux64-cinnamon-v10.9.iso (Legacy)
- firmware-10.3.0-amd64-netinst.iso (Legacy)
- 2020/04/30 — 1.0.08 release
- Add F1 hotkey for Memdisk mode Notes
2. Add F2 hotkey for Reboot/Halt
3. Add F3 hotkey for TreeView mode Notes
4. Skip directory and subdirectory enumation by put a flag file .ventoyignore
5. Optimzation process for ubuntu/deepin/uos/kylin/Manjaro/CentOS7/Fedora
6. Specical process for some USB drive
- 2020/04/23 — 1.0.07 release
- Secure Boot supported (Not fully tested, but works well in most cases) Notes
2. Fixed a bug in grub2 exfat module
3. Change the default resolution, will display better on high-resolution monitors
4. Optimization for Ventoy2Disk.sh (dd with sync and auto umount)
5. New iso support (total 200+)
- APorteus-MULT-v20.01.31-x86_64.iso (Legacy)
- openSUSE-Tumbleweed-GNOME-Live-x86_64-Snapshot20200416-Media.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- clear-32870-live-desktop.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- OracleLinux-R7-U7-Server-x86_64-dvd.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- obarun-JWM-2020.03.01-x86_64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- artix-mate-openrc-20200210-x86_64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- elementaryos-5.1-stable.20200405.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- Solus-4.1-Plasma.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- Solus-4.1-Budgie.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- pureos-9.0-gnome-live_20200126-amd64.hybrid.iso (Legacy)
- iso (only UEFI)
- 2020/04/18 — 1.0.06 Release
- Add compatible process for special USB drive
2. New iso support
- proxmox-ve_6.1-2.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- ALT Linux, regular-cinnamon-latest-x86_64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- ALT Linux, slinux-live-9.0-x86_64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- lubuntu-20.04-beta-desktop-amd64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- kubuntu-20.04-beta-desktop-amd64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- xubuntu-20.04-beta-desktop-amd64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- ubuntu-mate-20.04-beta-desktop-amd64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- ubuntu-budgie-19.10-desktop-amd64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- ubuntustudio-19.10-dvd-amd64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- slackware64-14.2-install-dvd.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- robolinux64-cinnamon-v10.9.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- 1_amd64_dvd-1.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- Trident-netinstall-x86_64.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- 4MLinux-32.1-64bit.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- Simplicity, X204PreBeta2.iso, Desktop20-1.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- Porteus-KDE-v5.0rc1-x86_64.iso (Legacy)
- Porteus-OPENBOX-v5.0rc1-x86_64.iso (Legacy)
- 2020/04/14 — 1.0.05 Release
- Add backup thread in vtoyjump.exe
2. New iso support
- MXLinux 19.1 (Legacy + UEFI)
- 6-2019-08-08-EN.iso (Legacy)
- Puppy Linux, bionicpup64-8.0-uefi.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- tails-amd64-4.5.iso (Legacy)
- slax-64bit-9.11.0.iso (Legacy)
- Kaspersky Rescue Disk 18 (Legacy + UEFI)
- Parted Magic 2018 Bootable ISO (Legacy + UEFI)
- iso (Legacy)
- ZeroShell-3.9.3-X86.iso (Legacy)
- SuperGrub2Disk rescatux-0.73.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- Some WinPE iso (Legacy + UEFI)
- 2020/04/10 — 1.0.04 Release
- Fixup duplicate disk signature issue
2. Add memdisk mode
3. Add retry in vtoyjump.exe
- 2020/04/09 — 1.0.03 Release
- Fixup parted hang bug in Ventoy2Disk.sh
2. Add raw iso boot mode
- 2020/04/08 — 1.0.02 Release
- Delete filter by removable in Ventoy2Disk.exe
2. Auto retry in Ventoy2Disk.exe
- 2020/04/07 — 1.0.01 Release
- Fixup vtoyjump.exe current path bug.
- 2020/04/05 — First Release
ventoy-1.0.00 is released. This is the first release of Ventoy.