Ventoy

This release just fixed two bugs that affect basic functionality.

1. Fixed a bug about injection plugin in GPT partition style or MBR style with reserved space.
2. Fixed a bug about update operation in GPT partition style.

SHA-256
ventoy-1.0.17-windows.zip: 2ebde7e40422e9c5a50ec4877fec42c45ca085ed6404a3eb9f241025db7e2deb
ventoy-1.0.17-linux.tar.gz: 3d0857c056dcca9ce0ca0d55b923ea6ad4ac1d088c4a33dd87201da130ee65cc

1. Add injection plugin, see Notes
2. Add menu extension plugin, you can define your own grub2 menu now, see Notes
3. Fixed a bug about booting Qubes in UEFI mode
4. List all the drive letters belong to the disk in Ventoy2Disk's device combox
5. Add an example of ventoy.json and theme in the install package
6. Add a DistroWatch support list in the website. See DistroWatch Support List
7. New iso support (total 420+)
   • CDL2018_x64_v2_last.iso (Legacy + UEFI) *
   • AcademiX_2.5-stable_64bit.iso (Legacy + UEFI) *
   • anarchy-1.2.1-x86_64.iso (Legacy + UEFI) *
   • DuZeru dz4.1-amd64.efi-mbr.iso (Legacy + UEFI) *
   • openmediavault_5.3.9-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) *
   • caelinux2018.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) *
   • ForLExCD_v_3_0_0.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) *
   • Redcore.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) *
   • LinHES_R8.6.1.iso (Legacy) *
   • linuxconsole.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) *
   • tuxtrans_1804_d.iso (Legacy + UEFI) *
   • zevenet-ce_v5.11-amd64-v1.iso (Legacy + UEFI) *
   • solydx_10_64_202007.iso (Legacy + UEFI) *
   • rescatux-0.73.iso (Legacy + UEFI) *
   • zentyal-6.2-development-amd64.iso (Legacy + UEFI) *

See https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_news.html for detail.

SHA-256
ventoy-1.0.16-windows.zip: 1c3df6c1ccee7bd60b79eac9d1b6da284aed2c12d10c3e5c08fe30008fb01986
ventoy-1.0.16-linux.tar.gz: 921b3423ee80bbfe0cd287a115bc458f8114f4e4e1a7a4017791086115dc6f8a

1. Add GPT partition style support, see Notes. For comparison between MBR and GPT see Notes
2. Add a Refresh button in Ventoy2Disk.exe
3. Add a Clear Ventoy option in Ventoy2Disk.exe
4. Add dir option in menu_class plugin, see Notes
5. Add dir option in menu_alias plugin, see Notes
6. Add autosel option in auto_install plugin, see Notes
7. Add autosel option in persistence plugin, see Notes
8. Change the property of Ventoy2Disk.exe, now it's NOT always topmost
9. Fixed a bug when boot Windows/WinPE/Wim in UEFI mode with another active CDROM or USB-CDROM
10. Optimization and bug fix for booting Parted Magic
11. Optimization for booting Debian series distros
12. Fixed a bug when boot.wim is in LZMS compression format
13. New iso support
    • elive_3.0.0_stable_hybrid.iso (Legacy) *
    • Pardus-19.1-XFCE-amd64.iso (Legacy + UEFI) *
    • debian-10.4.0-amd64-netinst.iso (Legacy + UEFI) *
    • CDlinux-0.9.7.1.iso (Legacy) *

See https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_news.html for detail.

SHA-256
ventoy-1.0.15-windows.zip: 030767f1b3b80235066ce912fb626f26b834daebcbff7a576fe0dc45ce63de65
ventoy-1.0.15-linux.tar.gz: 7ed49732c88b42be58de3666c8a7ac02f7e0fdb360b44b3ddd9691ede1f1ea6e

1. When install Ventoy you can reserve some disk space, see Notes
2. New feature to boot .efi file directly in UEFI mode. (for cases like firmware upgrade, hardware diagnosis ...)
3. Auto skip Press any key to boot from CD or DVD... prompt when booting Windows/WinPE ISO files (Legacy + UEFI)
4. Add Menu Class plugin to show icon in boot menu, see Notes
5. Add VTOY_MENU_TIMEOUT and VTOY_DEFAULT_IMAGE options in global control plugin, see Notes
6. Add fonts option in theme plugin to load customized font, see Notes
7. Fixed a bug about repository group missing with RHEL6
8. Add Search and boot Grub4dos option in F4 Localboot menu
9. 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) *
   • OviOS_Linux_3.02_20190821.iso (Legacy) *

See https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_news.html for detail.

【2020/06/26】Update the binrary of ventoy-1.0.14-linux.tar.gz
SHA-256
ventoy-1.0.14-windows.zip: 3248b154284335f6a17e5d376e6b85f34795449f81b12e6162d5ae559494f9ff
ventoy-1.0.14-linux.tar.gz: 5e04350e1f95b29b8cad165d854d7429153063cd38c84c0be417735369735a3c

1. Add support for N in 1 type of Windows/WinPE ISO files
2. Add menu alias plugin to set an alias name for the ISO file, see Notes
3. Add display_mode option in theme plugin, see Notes (issue #166)
4. Add F4 localboot menu to boot OS in local disk
5. Add F5 debug menu to check the plugin json configuration(theme,persistence,autoinstall...) and for other debug option
6. Add a workaround for Legacy BIOS access limitation, see Notes
7. Optimization for UEFI boot process (for No bootfile found for UEFI error)
8. Optimization for Sergei Strelec's WinPE (external tools available)
9. Optimization for boot process of archlinux and distros based on it (eg. archbang/Archman/acrhlab...)
10. Optimization for boot process of Fedora
11. Fix a bug about auto install and persistence configuration when VTOY_DEFAULT_SEARCH_ROOT is set
12. Fix a bug about halt function in F2 power menu
13. Fix a bug about F2 & F3 menu nesting
14. Fix a bug about boot Kaspersky krd.iso
15. Fix a bug about boot distros based on rhel7/CentOS7 with a kickstart cfg
16. Fix a iPXE build error with GCC 10 (issue #201)
17. Change the EFI partition label to VTOYEFI (issue #175)
18. New iso support
    • Windows10x86x64.iso (Legacy + UEFI) *
    • WinPE10_8_Sergei_Strelec_x86_x64_2019.12.28_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) *

See https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_news.html for detail.

SHA-256
ventoy-1.0.13-windows.zip: 9b5debbdade41332d9fea4c966a08743e9a263c79ed0e0e95fdba5ba0f139f09
ventoy-1.0.13-linux.tar.gz: 37c64873454ef7126d8f0012030df16f9fa8a31ff87a301750a4118e324860c7

1. Add a new feature to directly boot wim files, see Notes

2. auto installation plugin update Notes
   1)Expand the configuration, now you can specify more than one auto installation scripts for one ISO file
   2)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

3. persistence plugin update Notes
   1)Expand the configuration, now you can specify more than one persistence backend image files for one ISO file
   2)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

4. Change the 1st partition active and 2nd partition inactive by default (compatibility improvement).

5. Move the position of the red Memdisk tip to a more prominent position

6. Add a return parent directory item when in TreeView mode

7. Add a VTOY_DEFAULT_SEARCH_ROOT option in global control plugin to specify the root path of the iso files. Notes

8. Change the style of F2 power menu

9. Fix a bug about Ventoy2Disk.exe can't start when there is a DataRAM Ramdisk in the system.

10. Files with size less than 32KB will be filted by default

11. Fix a bug about wrong file size in TreeView mode with NTFS/XFS

12. Files with space or Non Ascii charactors in name will be shown but with unsupported message when you boot it.

13. Optimization for Ventoy2Disk.sh

14. Optimization for arch linux boot

15. New iso support

    • android-x86_64-9.0-r2.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
    • manjaro-xfce-20.0.1-200511-linux56.iso (Legacy + UEFI)

See https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_news.html for detail.

SHA-256
ventoy-1.0.12-windows.zip: d1be86c963fe495592ba8b36fd7f5766a5df2320bfc87aaf1b9325bc90c214c5
ventoy-1.0.12-linux.tar.gz: 3156b6b99b32227a8d3970c5938f1be1045a1aabc9359ebe80b77f5fa2486f45

1. Add a new feature for persistence support, Ubuntu/MX/LinuxMint/elementary ... see Notes
2. Add a global control plugin, see 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)

See https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_news.html for detail.

SHA-256
ventoy-1.0.11-windows.zip: 13c95b4a5f1c98d54f2c8bde5823144254447f5f9cf39158b126dbcc5a846777
ventoy-1.0.11-linux.tar.gz: 87154783398ae06442bd5c25d34c06427d18abcf1b37a521538c926bd0a1bc2c

1. Add new filesystem type support for the first partition (ntfs/udf/xfs/ext2/ext3/ext4) see Notes
   You can reformat the 1st partition with these filesystems after install or update Ventoy.
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
   • EasyU_v3.5.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • USM.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • ipfire-2.25.x86_64-full-core144.iso (Legacy + UEFI)

See https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_news.html for detail.

SHA-1
ventoy-1.0.10-windows.zip: 3f00b0372eb314a2203460af40e542ec639b15d9
ventoy-1.0.10-linux.tar.gz: 311227ba72492d76bcf0de595e16978419a7c228

SHA-256
ventoy-1.0.10-windows.zip: 95b863088b9a234658f323d529c0c52e3edd80fa7799e6cb5d8240fe6db097a6
ventoy-1.0.10-linux.tar.gz: 05b4045b79b3d34173254e930b994d95ac1dc41fc3bc182c134559b7380d424f

1. 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)

See https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_news.html for detail.

SHA1
ventoy-1.0.09-windows.zip: fe60d7816edeb09154b811167b5afb47c2593aeb
ventoy-1.0.09-linux.tar.gz: 9f88e3fe9ec387384af713c30481887c9e7df421

1. Add multi-language framework for Ventoy2Disk.exe
2. Add an option for Secure Boot in Ventoy2Disk.exe/Ventoy2Disk.sh, and default is not checked.
3. fixe bug for eset_sysrescue_live_enu.iso
4. A few New ISO support

SHA1
ventoy-1.0.09b1-windows.zip: 38a44652a280eb4b581f569a2e4f4b4d97550b43
ventoy-1.0.09b1-linux.tar.gz: 28b3422d167a8c23064bee6486945f06e9c09922

1. Add F1 hotkey for Memdisk mode Notes
2. Add F2 hotkey for Reboot/Halt
3. Add F3 hotkey for TreeView mode which can show folder in the boot menu 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

SHA1
ventoy-1.0.08-windows.zip: 884a1476142aa4f71924c27aa8ac0b1272afdd82
ventoy-1.0.08-linux.tar.gz: 0f6c746573f385c81e531d2b4010a609912044d4

1. Add F1: Memdisk Mode (see Notes)

SHA1
ventoy-1.0.08b2-windows.zip: 9d763f98dab4743d75b416b9e663cc14a2b9a0e0
ventoy-1.0.08b2-linux.tar.gz: 1d188b510c230da9c63fa53aab46e12f0dc8ce57

1. Optimzation process for ubuntu/deepin/uos/kylin/Manjaro/CentOS7
2. Specical process for some USB drive

SHA1:
ventoy-1.0.08b1-windows.zip: 675e8da165da10c58662a01623131d132ac5a70c
ventoy-1.0.08b1-linux.tar.gz: 3b4acafee2191990479b394189397c1c3c891b88

1. Secure Boot supported (see the manual attachment for the first boot)
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)
   • pmagic_2020_02_23.iso (Legacy + UEFI)
   • pureos-9.0-gnome-live_20200126-amd64.hybrid.iso (Legacy)
   • HBCD_PE_x64.iso (only UEFI)

see http://www.ventoy.net for detail.

SHA1:
ventoy-1.0.07-windows.zip: 5894722056cd24e5debd83da461a0c940e4c0a46
ventoy-1.0.07-linux.tar.gz: 43ca5808efe27a283bc943955d8a32d04617551c

Ventoy 1.0.06 Release

1. 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)
   devuan_ascii_2.1_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)

see http://www.ventoy.net for detail.