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submitted 2 years ago by Sunny@slrpnk.net to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

Looking for recommendations for a versatile USB stick with Ventoy. I'm trying to create the "perfect, all-in-all" USB stick using Ventoy to store various ISOs and rescue tools. So far, I have the following ISOs:

  • Arch
  • OpenSuse TW
  • NixOS
  • Bazzite + AuroraDX
  • Win10 ISO
  • Clonezilla

I'm looking for suggestions on additional ISOs or tools that are compatible with Ventoy. What do you recommend adding to make my USB stick to make it more useful?

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[-] RockyC@lemm.ee 18 points 2 years ago

Do yourself a favor and skip the USB drive - they are ridiculously slow compared to a compact external SSD. I found a cheap m.2 enclosure on Amazon and put an old SSD in it and the speed difference is breathtaking.

My SSD has a bunch of Linux distros grouped into folders along with Windows 10 & 11, every macOS from 10.13 to present, along with Rescuezilla, Hiren’s and a few others I can’t remember at the moment.

Rescuezilla was my #1 go-to during my days of distro hopping. Makes it super easy to try out a distro on bare metal instead of a VM.

[-] theRealBassist@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

How do you select which one to boot?

[-] RockyC@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

I use Ventoy to boot everything but macOS. Those installers need their own partitions on the SSD.

[-] prenatal_confusion@feddit.org 1 points 2 years ago

Check out ventoy

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