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submitted 3 weeks ago by bunitor@lemmy.eco.br to c/linux@lemmy.ml

i have a 32 gigs usb drive and, given that most isos are around 2-5 gigs, it's such a shame to see nearly 30 gigs of perfectly good free space go to waste whenever i need to use it as a bootable drive. is there any way i can burn an iso image to the usb drive while still being able to use its free space?

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[-] kiara@piefed.blahaj.zone 14 points 3 weeks ago
[-] sixty@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago

Wanna weigh in for whatever it's worth.

Was super excited when i found Ventoy. Had 2 partitions on the same flash drive, 1 for Ventoy and .isos and one for backing up various files. It was supposed to be the one to rule them all.

When it came to actually using Ventoy to create a new Linux installation, the installation failed and the Ventoy partition became completely corrupted, rendering it unusable and the .isos were gone.

Not sure what happened, but going with Ventoy is not really worth the hassle if I can reliably flash a usb drive that I know will work.

[-] ogeist@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

This, I had hear of Ventoy for a long time. The idea is splendid you have a bootable drive where you can load all your OS ISO, tools and whatever it need to boot from a drive.

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