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To: Openurmind
Check out Ventoy.

I have it installed on a 1T SSD that I have in a USB enclosure. It's got about a half dozen distro ISOs on it now.

53 posted on 05/05/2023 2:08:55 PM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack )
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To: ShadowAce

“Check out Ventoy.

I have it installed on a 1T SSD that I have in a USB enclosure. It’s got about a half dozen distro ISOs on it now.”

Thank you Ace! Yes I have been meaning to go get that and play with it! So far I have been able to just install directly onto a stick from the live/install sticks for handy small full OS drives with persistent storage.

And I have been able to install “Along side” over other OS install volumes and stack them. I have five stacked on this 2 Tb external “Back up” USB drive now. And surprisingly they run almost as fast as they would if installed internally.

The one thing I do though before installing to a stick or external drive is delete all the default crap on the drive. The default security stuff can prevent it from accepting a full OS install.

But it is cool to have something isolated and independent you can just plug in on a small drive so that if something goofs it you can just reinstall from scratch over it with no trouble. :)


54 posted on 05/05/2023 2:29:54 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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