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comment by guessmyname · 2026-06-23 · in Will It Mythos?

…hijacks the boot process and messes with it in a shell script. This is demonstrable and verifiable: https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/blob/master/IMG/cpio/ventoy...

comment by LiamPowell · 2026-03-19 · in OpenSUSE Kalpa

…[2] https://gitlab.com/kernel-firmware/linux-firmware/-/commit/0... [3] https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/issues/2795

comment by Lockal · 2025-12-03 · in Bazzite: Operating System for Linux gaming

The lot of (partially scary) binary blobs is still an unsolved issue: https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/issues/3224

comment by mkesper · 2025-10-30 · in Ventoy: Create bootable USB drive for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI Files

…can see progress on the issues of their repos, as well as in this now (appropriately) locked issue: https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/issues/2795

comment by Technetium · 2025-08-07 · in About the BLOBs in Ventoy

I don't have a dog in the fight, since I don't use Ventoy. Are you referring to this https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/issues/3224#issuecomment-29... ?

comment by rlonstein · 2025-08-06 · in About the BLOBs in Ventoy

https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/issues/2795

comment by theothertimcook · 2025-08-02 · in Setting Up Puppy Linux with Ventoy

…issue regarding blobs in the repo with a ton of replies has not gotten responses from the author https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/issues/2795 Doesn't mean for sure it's malicious but them not even explaining why there's blobs like this is…

comment by ziml77 · 2025-05-07 · in iVentoy installing unsafe Windows Kernel drivers?

…using Ventoy. I'm wary about the supply-chain security there. Check out this GH issue. Be safe. https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/issues/2795 https://lemmy.world/post/20801564 https://linuxmom.net/@vkc/112906968594601449 GLIM is a great…

comment by 3np · 2024-10-27 · in JetKVM: Tiny IP KVM That's Not an Apple Watch

I faced it too. There is a PR on the ventoy GitHub repository that fixes Proxmox boot. https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/actions/runs/7088423200

comment by blemasle · 2023-12-19 · in Ventoy

Let me Google that for you. https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy That was hard.

comment by Underphil · 2023-12-18 · in Ventoy

…set in a way that may lead to alignment issues like write-amplification: I've detailed that in https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/issues/1342 It used to be a warning - now it's a stopping error, causing the boot to hang. I don't like the…

comment by csdvrx · 2023-12-16 · in USB Boot of Multiple ISO Files by GRUB2 Boot Loader

Not bad, but with questionable choices making it not usable on a dedicated hard-drive partition: https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/issues/1342

comment by csdvrx · 2022-06-20 · in Netboot.xyz: your favorite operating systems in one place

Have you tried ventoy? It’s worked with everything I’ve thrown at it. https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy

comment by tw04 · 2021-12-09 · in Why I stopped releasing EasyOS as an ISO file

https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/blob/master/DOC/BuildVentoy... Check the "Binaries" section. This was addressed in an issue: https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/issues/132 Not sure how comprehensive that list is though.

comment by DarmokJalad1701 · 2021-10-17 · in A New Bootable USB Solution

…secure boots ? or can it be signed by valid key ? BTW there is a patch to review from me at: https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/pulls?q=author%3Arzr

comment by rzr · 2021-10-17 · in A New Bootable USB Solution

…Ventoy is FOSS [1], so, the same rule holds: you can inspect the source and build it yourself. [1] https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy

comment by rfoo · 2021-10-17 · in A New Bootable USB Solution

…has achieved over a bit more than a year[2]. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNetbootin [2]: https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/commit/2090c6fa978999d4ef1e... [x]: don't get me started with Intel SSD firmware "bootable" images.

comment by motiejus · 2021-05-07 · in Rufus: Reliable USB Formatting Utility

…> This is barely a year old and comes all, besides a handful of comments, from one account https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/graphs/contributors Personally and subjective this rings quite some alarm bells for me, seems just a bit sketchy…

comment by tlamponi · 2021-05-07 · in Rufus: Reliable USB Formatting Utility

Yes I just discovered this lastweek It worked fine from Linux. I only had to patch script: https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/pull/877 I guess it will be valuable to ship this in distros no ?

comment by rzr · 2021-05-07 · in Rufus: Reliable USB Formatting Utility

…and you are all set. Check details from the following sites. https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy

comment by mrjin · 2021-05-07 · in Rufus: Reliable USB Formatting Utility

…you can just drop any iso you want onto it from any system and it'll work like a charm. [0] https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy

comment by vxNsr · 2021-05-07 · in Rufus: Reliable USB Formatting Utility

Another similar/related project is: https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy

comment by graton · 2021-05-07 · in Rufus: Reliable USB Formatting Utility

Didn't know about Ventoy https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy but the possibility to install something in an USB and from now on being able to boot from any (and multiple) ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI that I copy there is pretty sweet.

comment by sdepablos · 2021-01-03 · in The Perfect Media Server

…I found it with a google search rather than scanning the home page: For others' convenience: https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy (it's also on the download page, but I was looking for it in homepage, FAQ, and licensing page)

comment by appleflaxen · 2020-08-22 · in Ventoy: A new bootable USB solution