Hi there!
I installed CachyOS in a virtual machine using Hyper-V (with option "generation 2" selected). Then I installed the vtoyboot script (vDisk Boot Plugin --> latest vtoyboot-1.0.36 release) and converted the VHDX file to VHD so it could boot with Ventoy.
The installation boots and runs fine in Hyper-V.
I then renamed the *.vhd file to *.vtoy. At boot, in Ventoy, I selected the correct CachyOS vtoy file, but it does not load and I receive the following error shown below. If I press Enter, after a few moments the same message appears again.

Quote:You are in emergency mode. After logging in, type "journalctl -xb" to view system logs, "systemctl reboot" to reboot, or "exit" to continue bootup.

Cannot open access to console, the root account is locked.
See sulogin(8) man page for more details.

Press Enter to continue.

Greetings all,

I have recently set up a 128GB USB stick with Ventoy thus:
sudo bash Ventoy2Disk.sh -i -L FZV3 -r 20000 /dev/sdc

On the main partition of the stick I have placed 4 versions of Linux Mint
linuxmint-20.3-mate-64bit.iso
linuxmint-21.3-cinnamon-64bit.iso
linuxmint-21.3-mate-64bit.iso
linuxmint-22.3-mate-64bit.iso

Each of these versions of Linux Mint has a 2GB persistence file associated with it. I created a 2GB Persistence file using CreatePersistentImg.sh, then copied the file to the USB stick into the same folder as the isos, and then renamed it to suit the particular iso. Then I used:
sudo bash VentoyPlugson.sh /dev/sdc
...and the browser-based configuration utility to associate the persistence file with the appropriate iso. I repeated this process for all the 4 versions of Linux Mint.

All this worked very well! All 4 versions boot OK with or without persistence, and I have verified that the persistence is actually working as it should.

Now comes the problem. I want to try out LMDE7, so I went through the same steps as above with the LMDE7 iso, and then associating it with a 2GB persistence file using the browser-based configuration utility. It all looked like it had gone OK, no obvious error messages.

After doing this I can boot into LMDE7 using the Ventoy stick, and the option for persistence appears on the Ventoy menu as expected - but the persistence does not work.

It would be great to get the persistence working for LMDE7. Can anybody help, please?

Ventoy is 1.1.10 x86_64.
Ventoy Version in Disk: 1.1.10
Disk Partition Style : MBR
Secure Boot Support : YES

Linux 5.15.0-177-generic x86_64

If you need further information then please ask.

with best wishes, petergb.

Ventoy Experts:

I have a relatively new Dell PC (i7, 16GB memory, 1T SSD disk drive, NVDA graphics card) that came with Windows 11 pre-installed. I am not a big fan of Windows 11 (or any other Microsoft product for that matter!), so I decided to run Linux Mint. I got a SanDisk Ultra 256GB USB3.0 drive and loaded Ventoy 1.1.10 and Linux Mint 22.2 on it. I used the Ventoy instructions and some YouTube videos with no significant problems. That worked great until I rebooted - that's where I learned about the significance of a Live version! I poked around and learned about "persistence", so I did that with no significant problems. That has worked well for me until recently. I now keep getting Mint OS warnings about low disk space (the output of "du" currently shows I have 11M avail on "/"). I did find and use the "ExtendPersistentImg.sh" script to expand my persistence file, and that seemed to work correctly. The problem, however, "persists" (pun intended!) - I am VERY low on available disk space. Sooo, I am reaching out to the experts for help. What do I need to do to solve this problem? I have searched the forums here and found a few posts in the past with a similar (actually identical) problem, but there were no answers. I suppose I could move the "/" directory (or maybe just /home) to the 1T SSD drive, but my goal with this was to have everything on the USB stick.My plan is/was to run one ".iso" (the latest version of Mint) with lots of available space for emails/files/etc.

Thanks for the help.

Hi @ventoy

Rufus has added improvements to the Windows User Experience in its new version.



- A "Quality of Life" option has been added to disable Teams, Outlook, Copilot, and other annoying applications that Microsoft requires.
    QoL improvements(Don't force Copilot,Ondrive,Outlook,Fast Startup,etc)

Is there a chance this feature could also be added to Ventoy?

https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/blob/ma...ngeLog.txt

Hello all,

I tried Vantoy 1.1.11 on an USB stick but...on my 10 years old computer (the BIOS isn't UEFI) , I have like a 256 colours screen, no mouse and all is slow (please see the video )

Please could you help me ?

https://fromsmash.com/XaxFm7fVqL-ct?e=Zn...GZyZWUuZnI=

Thanks very much for your help,
Kind regards from France
Thierry

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• 2026/04/20 --- 1.0.27 release
  

1. Add arm64 linux build. Now iVentoy can run in arm64 machine. (e.g. Raspberry PI)
   
   
2. Only 64-bit Windows builds will be provided in future updates.
   
   
3. Fix the ISO uploading issue.
   
   
4. Fix some boot issue for Windows7, WindowsServer 2012R2.
   
   
5. Bugfix
   

Hello, 
I'm new to Ventoy. I've managed to get it working with Mint and Kali ISOs using persistence, 
but I'm stuck with tuxedo persistence. Has anyone tried and succeeded in getting it to work? 
Regards, Bertrand

hello everyone, I'm trying to install Windows 11 via Iventoy with a response file on a Dell laptop in UEFI mode, the disks seem to crash and the installation begins, but an error is written at 55% when installing Windows 11. My unattended.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<unattend xmlns="urnchemas-microsoft-com:unattend">
    <settings pass="windowsPE">
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core-WinPE" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <SetupUILanguage>
                <UILanguage>ru-RU</UILanguage>
            </SetupUILanguage>
            <InputLocale>ru-RU</InputLocale>
            <UILanguage>ru-RU</UILanguage>
            <SystemLocale>ru-RU</SystemLocale>
            <UserLocale>ru-RU</UserLocale>
        </component>
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<DiskConfiguration>               
<Disk wcm:action="add">
                    <CreatePartitions>
                        <CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
                            <Order>1</Order>
                            <Type>EFI</Type>
                            <!-- <Type>Primary</Type> -->
                            <Size>100</Size>
                        </CreatePartition>
                        <CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
                            <Order>2</Order>
                            <Type>MSR</Type>
                            <Size>16</Size>
                        </CreatePartition>
                        <CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
                            <Order>3</Order>
                            <Type>Primary</Type>
                            <Extend>true</Extend>
                        </CreatePartition>
                    </CreatePartitions>
                    <ModifyPartitions>
                        <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
                            <Order>1</Order>
                            <PartitionId>1</PartitionId>
                            <Format>FAT32</Format>
                            <Label>System</Label>
                        </ModifyPartition>
                        <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
                            <Order>3</Order>
                            <PartitionId>3</PartitionId>
                            <Format>NTFS</Format>
                            <Label>Windows</Label>
                        </ModifyPartition>
                    </ModifyPartitions>
                    <DiskID>$$VT_WINDOWS_DISK_MAX_SIZE$$</DiskID>
                    <WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk>
                </Disk>
            </DiskConfiguration>
<ImageInstall>
                <OSImage>
                    <InstallFrom>
                        <MetaData wcm:action="add">
                            <Value>6</Value>
                            <Key>/IMAGE/INDEX</Key>
                        </MetaData>
                    </InstallFrom>
                    <InstallTo>
                        <DiskID>$$VT_WINDOWS_DISK_MAX_SIZE$$</DiskID>
                        <PartitionID>3</PartitionID>
                    </InstallTo>
                </OSImage>
            </ImageInstall>
           
            <UserData>
                <AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula>
                <FullName>-</FullName>
                <Organization>-</Organization>
              <!--  $$VT_MAC_COLON_LOWER$$ $$VT_SERVER_IP$$  $$VT_LOCAL_IP$$/$$VT_NET_MASK_LEN$$
                $$VT_IMG_PMD5_HTTP_URL$$ -->
            </UserData>
        </component>
    </settings>
    <settings pass="specialize">
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <RegisteredOrganization>-</RegisteredOrganization>
        </component>       
    </settings>
    <settings pass="oobeSystem">
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <OOBE>
              <HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage>
              <NetworkLocation>Work</NetworkLocation>
              <ProtectYourPC>3</ProtectYourPC>
            </OOBE>
            <AutoLogon>
                <Enabled>true</Enabled>
                <LogonCount>2</LogonCount>
                <Username>administrator</Username>
                <Password>
                    <Value>123456</Value>
                    <PlainText>true</PlainText>
                </Password>
            </AutoLogon>
            <UserAccounts>
                <AdministratorPassword>
                    <Value>123456</Value>
                    <PlainText>true</PlainText>
                </AdministratorPassword>
                <LocalAccounts>
                    <LocalAccount wcm:action="add">
                        <Password>
                            <Value>public</Value>
                            <PlainText>true</PlainText>
                        </Password>
                        <DisplayName>public</DisplayName>
                        <Group>Administrators</Group>
                        <Name>public</Name>
                    </LocalAccount>
                </LocalAccounts>
            </UserAccounts>
            <RegisteredOrganization>-</RegisteredOrganization>
            <RegisteredOwner>-</RegisteredOwner>
        </component>       
    </settings>
</unattend>

(04-16-2026, 01:26 PM)xeno Wrote: hello everyone, I'm trying to install Windows 11 via Iventoy with a response file on a Dell laptop in UEFI mode, the disks seem to crash and the installation begins, but an error is written at 55% when installing Windows 11. I also want to add that I have the achi drive type in my bios. My unattended.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<unattend xmlns="urnchemas-microsoft-com:unattend">
    <settings pass="windowsPE">
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core-WinPE" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <SetupUILanguage>
                <UILanguage>ru-RU</UILanguage>
            </SetupUILanguage>
            <InputLocale>ru-RU</InputLocale>
            <UILanguage>ru-RU</UILanguage>
            <SystemLocale>ru-RU</SystemLocale>
            <UserLocale>ru-RU</UserLocale>
        </component>
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<DiskConfiguration>               
<Disk wcm:action="add">
                    <CreatePartitions>
                        <CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
                            <Order>1</Order>
                            <Type>EFI</Type>
                            <!-- <Type>Primary</Type> -->
                            <Size>100</Size>
                        </CreatePartition>
                        <CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
                            <Order>2</Order>
                            <Type>MSR</Type>
                            <Size>16</Size>
                        </CreatePartition>
                        <CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
                            <Order>3</Order>
                            <Type>Primary</Type>
                            <Extend>true</Extend>
                        </CreatePartition>
                    </CreatePartitions>
                    <ModifyPartitions>
                        <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
                            <Order>1</Order>
                            <PartitionId>1</PartitionId>
                            <Format>FAT32</Format>
                            <Label>System</Label>
                        </ModifyPartition>
                        <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
                            <Order>3</Order>
                            <PartitionId>3</PartitionId>
                            <Format>NTFS</Format>
                            <Label>Windows</Label>
                        </ModifyPartition>
                    </ModifyPartitions>
                    <DiskID>$$VT_WINDOWS_DISK_MAX_SIZE$$</DiskID>
                    <WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk>
                </Disk>
            </DiskConfiguration>
<ImageInstall>
                <OSImage>
                    <InstallFrom>
                        <MetaData wcm:action="add">
                            <Value>6</Value>
                            <Key>/IMAGE/INDEX</Key>
                        </MetaData>
                    </InstallFrom>
                    <InstallTo>
                        <DiskID>$$VT_WINDOWS_DISK_MAX_SIZE$$</DiskID>
                        <PartitionID>3</PartitionID>
                    </InstallTo>
                </OSImage>
            </ImageInstall>
           
            <UserData>
                <AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula>
                <FullName>-</FullName>
                <Organization>-</Organization>
              <!--  $$VT_MAC_COLON_LOWER$$ $$VT_SERVER_IP$$  $$VT_LOCAL_IP$$/$$VT_NET_MASK_LEN$$
                $$VT_IMG_PMD5_HTTP_URL$$ -->
            </UserData>
        </component>
    </settings>
    <settings pass="specialize">
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <RegisteredOrganization>-</RegisteredOrganization>
        </component>       
    </settings>
    <settings pass="oobeSystem">
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <OOBE>
              <HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage>
              <NetworkLocation>Work</NetworkLocation>
              <ProtectYourPC>3</ProtectYourPC>
            </OOBE>
            <AutoLogon>
                <Enabled>true</Enabled>
                <LogonCount>2</LogonCount>
                <Username>administrator</Username>
                <Password>
                    <Value>123456</Value>
                    <PlainText>true</PlainText>
                </Password>
            </AutoLogon>
            <UserAccounts>
                <AdministratorPassword>
                    <Value>123456</Value>
                    <PlainText>true</PlainText>
                </AdministratorPassword>
                <LocalAccounts>
                    <LocalAccount wcm:action="add">
                        <Password>
                            <Value>public</Value>
                            <PlainText>true</PlainText>
                        </Password>
                        <DisplayName>public</DisplayName>
                        <Group>Administrators</Group>
                        <Name>public</Name>
                    </LocalAccount>
                </LocalAccounts>
            </UserAccounts>
            <RegisteredOrganization>-</RegisteredOrganization>
            <RegisteredOwner>-</RegisteredOwner>
        </component>       
    </settings>
</unattend>

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Don't pay attention to the smiley face in unattended.xml

Hi, I use iVentoy to deploy windows on some machines, but I recently experienced some issues on new firmware. When I select PXE boot in the BIOS iVentoy downloads and then gets stuck and not showing the menu. Originally I used iVentoy version 1.0.21 but also tried 1.0.25 and 1.0.26, this did not make a difference. Also a BIOS update did also not help.

I tried different BIOS settings and different boot files to no avail.
The same config and images still work on the older motherboards, and the logs from both are almost identical.

Machine boots successfully
UEFI version 2.22.189 - 2024 AMI
Motherboard: ASUS Pro WS TRX50-SAGE WIFI

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今天要给华为RH2288H v2服务器装系统，BIOS里改为EFI引导，重启后无法识别ventory的U盘引导。