Manage and update ISO files on Ventoy devices
Project description
Ventoy Updater
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Ventoy is a tool that allows you to create a bootable USB drive for multiple ISO files. Just copy your ISO files onto the drive and boot it.
ventoyu is a utility that can be used to install or even update ISO files on the USB drive. Besides ventoyu also contains features like set up a new USB drive with the Ventoy software, manage ISO sources or modify Ventoy attributes on your USB drive.
ventoyu contains a configuration file (JSON format) with all sources where ISO files can be downloaded.
The ventoyl class can help you to talk to your Ventoy device using Python. More information here: Wiki: ventoyLIB
You will find more information about the Ventoy software here:
Official Ventoy Website: https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html
Ventoy on GitHub: https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy
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Description
The Ventoy Updater can be used to install new, update or remove ISO files on the Ventoy device.
OS Support
Currently supported images:
| Operating system | URL |
|---|---|
| Debian (arm64) | https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/arm64/iso-cd/ |
| Debian (amd64) | https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-cd/ |
| CentOS 8 | http://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/centos/8/isos/ |
| Rocky Linux 8 | https://download.rockylinux.org/pub/rocky/8/isos/ |
| Grml | https://download.grml.org/ |
| Ubuntu (18.04, 20.04, 21.04) | https://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/ubuntu-releases/ |
| Manjaro (XFCE, KDE) | https://manjaro.org/downloads/official/ |
| Finnix 123 | https://www.finnix.org/releases/123/ |
With the option add-url you have the possibility to add new ISO sources.
Install Ventoy Updater
$ pip3 install ventoyu
Note: You may want to install with option --user.
How to
Install new images
$ sudo ventoyu install
Add a new ISO download source
Tip: Before add a new URL, check it with check-url.
$ sudo ventoyu add-url --url <URL>
Install or update Ventoy
$ sudo ventoyu --device /dev/sdX config install
This function downloads the latest Ventoy release.
Tip: You have the possibility to open the Ventoy GUI installer with --gui.
Get help
For more information type ventoyu --help.
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