I am trying to run Plugson so that I can change the theme within my Ventoy USB - by using this information straight from the VentoyPlugson webpage:
In my case using - sudo bash VentoyPlugson.sh /dev/sdc - as the path to the USB drive.
The result from the terminal is as follows:
The above shows "No such file or directory" which means that I cannot progress any further than 2.2.1. Just how is this supposed to work - directly using the webpage instructions above??
I've looked through many YouTube videos refering to Plugson use, but they are all for the Windows OS and of no relevance for Linux.
Is there is anyone out there who has actually managed to get plugson to work on Linux using 2.2.1 above the and (if yes), exactly how - please?
In the meantime, I look forward to any/all constructive replies.
Hello,
I have an issue with iVentoy since version 1.0.35 (which updated iPXE to 2.0.0). Problem:
PXE boot gets stuck during iPXE loading on several laptops.
Works perfectly on version 1.0.34.
Same issue on 1.0.35, 1.0.36 and 1.0.37.
Affected hardware:
Lenovo ThinkPad T480 (and several other laptop models)
UEFI mode (Secure Boot disabled)
What I already tried:
Different EFI boot files (snponly.efi, snp.efi, ipxe.efi)
ProxyMode DHCP mode
Secure Boot disabled
Result:
Only version 1.0.34 works reliably. Versions 1.0.35+ fail at the iPXE initialization stage.
Note: On 1.0.36 the .XML auto-install scripts also stopped working.
Could you please check the iPXE 2.0.0 integration for compatibility with Intel NICs on ThinkPad laptops?
Thank you!
Feature Request: Optional prompt for Auto Memdisk before booting an ISO
Hello,
First of all, thank you for the excellent work on Ventoy.
I would like to suggest a small improvement to the Auto Memdisk Plugin.
Currently, when an ISO is configured for Auto Memdisk, pressing Enter immediately starts copying the ISO to RAM. While this is very useful in many situations, there are also cases where booting directly from the USB drive is the better choice.
For example:
The computer may not have enough RAM available.
The user may not want to wait for the ISO to be copied to memory.
The ISO may work perfectly well when booted directly from the USB drive.
The user may simply want to choose the most appropriate option for that specific boot.
My suggestion would be to display a small prompt before starting the ISO, similar to how the Auto Install (Autounattend) plugin works.
Example:
How do you want to boot this ISO?
1. Boot from RAM (Memdisk)
2. Boot from USB (Normal)
Automatically continue with the default option in 5 seconds...
The timeout could be configurable (for example, 3–10 seconds), with a default boot option defined in ventoy.json.
This would keep the current automatic behavior for users who want it, while giving others the flexibility to choose when needed, without having to maintain duplicate ISO files or edit the configuration.
I believe this would make the Auto Memdisk Plugin even more flexible without affecting existing users.
When I used the automated deployment script from iventoy for installation, I encountered two issues. One was that several versions of CentOS 7 could not detect /dev/sr0, preventing me from proceeding with the installation process, as shown in Figures 1 and 2. The other issue was that several versions of CentOS 8 prompted me with a network unreachable error, preventing me from proceeding with the installation process. However, after entering emergency mode, I was able to ping normally, as shown in Figure 3;
By the way, I tried to use the kickstart7.cfg file in the example/ directory for CentOS 7.0 installation, but it also failed to install properly.
When I don't use the ks script for installation, it loads normally. Could it be that there's a problem with the ks script I wrote? Or is there some other reason? Could you please help me out.
When I try to change Secure Boot string to Bypass Secure Boot (means 0) Plugson just removes whole string and if you select follow UEFI Secure boot check then it will return but with option 1 and also with Secure boot disabled I cannot boot entirely. Also VTOY_WIN_UEFI_RES_LOCK resets when entering Plugson. Why developer not testing it before release??
Fix the boot issue when Secure Boot is disabled in the UEFI firmware. (#3650) Attention: Ventoy use a new UEFI secure boot CA since v1.1.14, so you need to enroll the new key for the first boot time. Please refer Notes