But Ventoy project need to pay for the server hosting, domain name, bandwidth, many USB sticks for test, large capacity of HDD (for downloading ISO files) and so on. Ventoy is an open source software under GPLv3 license. Fix a bug when ISO contains a ks=file:/xxx boot parameter.Fix the 'overflow is detected' error in WIMBOOT mode for large ISO file.Add w and r hotkey for WIMBOOT and GRUB2 mode.Always use /bin/bash to launch VentoyPlugson.sh (#1809).

Bugfix for booting latest Gentoo live.Make injection plugin available in WIMBOOT mode.Now wimboot mode supports WinPE ISO files.Add secondary boot menu for boot compatibility improvement.No need to update Ventoy when a new distro is released.Data nondestructive during version upgrade.Menu Alias/Menu Style/Customized Menu supported.Linux vDisk boot supported (vdi/vhd/raw).ISO files can be listed in List mode/TreeView mode.Not only boot but also complete installation process.Most type of OS supported(Windows/WinPE/Linux/Unix/Vmware/Xen.), 550+ iso files tested.Native boot menu style for Legacy & UEFI.

IMG files boot supported (Legacy + UEFI) (1.0.19+).

WIM files boot supported (Legacy + UEFI) (1.0.12+).

MBR and GPT partition style supported (1.0.15+).

UEFI Secure Boot supported (since 1.0.07+).

Legacy + UEFI supported in the same way.

Directly boot from ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI file, no extraction needed.

Fast (limited only by the speed of copying iso file).

Most type of OS supported (Windows/WinPE/Linux/Unix/Vmware/Xen.) Both Legacy BIOS and UEFI are supported in the same way. You can copy many files at a time and ventoy will give you a boot menu to select them. With Ventoy, you don't need to format the disk over and over, you just need to copy the ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)EFI files to the USB drive and boot them directly. Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files.

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