It supports both legacy BIOS and UEFI boot options, and also works with UEFI Secure Boot. Much like the YUMI Bootable USB Creator Software, this is an Open Source tool, so everyone is welcome to dig in to see how it works.

This should result in a ready to boot USB device

The ISO files are directly copied over and added to the boot menu. You simply use the utility to format and prepare your thumb drive, then drag and drop your chosen ISO files onto your flash drive. Its functionality is relatively straight forward. There are others, but the skill level needed is reduced to at least get you on board very quickly.Ventoy is another Multiboot Bootable USB Creation Software Tool that can be used to boot and run multiple ISO files from USB. Now you are carrying two sticks.īecause usb sticks are so inexpensive these days - even the good quality ones, the safest bet for college work is to simply carry around a few sticks dedicated to their system’s purpose using their own installation techniques, which in many cases is made very simple by Balena Etcher. The major purpose of Ventoy is to be a “multi-booter” of images and isos on a stick, and to be able to “distro hop” amongst them.Īnd while some will boot, depending on how their live-system works, you may not be able to save any data unless you always save your data to an external device. If you are coming from a Windows environment, the easiest solution is to use Balena Etcher after you have downloaded NomadBSD. For college work, to reduce the risk of loss - remove unnecessary variables like the Ventoy multibooter, and simply make a dedicated NomadBSD stick following the instructions here:

Using ventoy