Linux (loop)/live/vmlinuz2 boot=live config findiso=$ live-media=removable apparmor=1 security=apparmor nopersistent noprompt timezone=Etc/UTC block.events_dfl_poll_msecs=1000 noautologin module=Tails

Linux (loop)/casper/vmlinuz boot=casper iso-scan/filename=$iso noeject noprompt Linux (loop)/casper/vmlinuz boot=casper iso-scan/filename=$isofile locale=en_US.UTF-8 Linux (loop)/casper/vmlinuz.efi boot=casper iso-scan/filename=$isofile locale=en_US.UTF-8 # Get UUID of USB Flash with `$ lsblk -f` command: $ ls -a /mnt/boot/*isoĪnd setup the Grub2 config: cat /boot/grub2/grub.cfg Now we can copy the images to a flash drive, they can be located anywhere. # grub2-install -target x86_64-efi -efi-directory /mnt -boot-directory=/mnt/boot -removable # grub2-install -target=i386-pc -recheck -boot-directory=/mnt/boot /dev/sdX

add/delete images is easy - the file tree under user controlĭetect the target device by size: $ fdisk -lĬreate a new partition table if needed: # parted /dev/sdX.

all iso images can be located in one directory.

all files on single partition - easy to use.

GRUB2 supports more file systems like Btrfs and F2FS and much more configuration options.

Secure Boot: Ventoy still loads unsigned executables.So, why do we still need Grub? There are several reasons: Ventoy, another popular Open Source tool made by Chinese developer Hailong Sun, does the job really straightforward and doesn't need any dancing with configs.

GRUB is the standard Linux bootloader for decades, and also supports other operating systems. 3 min read Photo by Arun Prakash / Unsplash Why GRUB.

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