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--- howto:ventoy [2023/01/09 22:42] – Wulf Rajek
+++ howto:ventoy [2023/05/29 11:55] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 <code>
 cd ~/Downloads
-wget https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/releases/download/v1.0.86/ventoy-1.0.86-linux.tar.gz
+wget https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/releases/download/v1.0.91/ventoy-1.0.91-linux.tar.gz
-tar -xvzf ventoy-1.0.86-linux.tar.gz
+tar -xvzf ventoy-1.0.91-linux.tar.gz
-cd ventoy-1.0.86
+cd ventoy-1.0.91
 sudo ./VentoyGUI.x86_64
+</code>
+Bash script to check for and download latest ventoy version then start it. Requires wget, curl and jq:
+<code - ventoy-update.sh>
+#!/bin/bash
+get_ventoy_release() {
+curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/ventoy/Ventoy/releases | \
+  jq -r '[[.[] |
+    select(.draft != true) |
+    select(.prerelease != true)][] |
+    .assets |
+    .[] |
+    select(.name | endswith(".tar.gz")) |
+    .browser_download_url]' | grep -o "http.*-linux.tar.gz"
+}
+VTDLURL=$(get_ventoy_release | head -1)
+VTFILENAME=$(echo "$VTDLURL" | cut -d "/" -f9)
+VTDIRNAME=${VTFILENAME::-13}
+if [ ! -d "$VTDIRNAME" ];
+then
+    if [ ! -f "$VTFILENAME" ];
+    then
+        echo "$VTDLURL" | xargs -n1 wget
+    fi
+    tar -xvzf $VTFILENAME
+fi
+cd $VTDIRNAME
+sudo ./VentoyGUI.x86_64
+#rm -rf /tmp/ventoy
 </code>
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 Copy ISO files to the stick.
+Windows ISO files should be renamed to end with _VTWIMBOOT (e.g.: win10_english_x64_VTWIMBOOT.iso) to boot properly. Alternatively, CTRL+w can be pressed in the Ventoy menu to activate WIMBOOT mode.
 Boot on the Ventoy USB stick.
@@ Line 64: / Line 99: @@
 source: https://linuxmint-user-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/winiso.html
+====== Multi-Boot USB w/ Grub ======
+https://nixsanctuary.com/how-to-create-multi-boot-usb-drive-without-ventoy-grub-ftw/