not on the same stick.....
think about it, you can't over write the boot stick with the DE....
you can use the .iso on Ventoy, to make an install on a separate USB stick,
but it will be slower than mud in February.
not on the same stick.....
Forgive my curiosity,. but what all do you have on your Ventoy disk? These are what I have:AZgl1800 wrote: ⤴Wed Nov 15, 2023 7:35 am I have always considered flash drives as "tools",
not to be used as an OS medium...
therefore, Persistence to me is a fool's playground...
not worth the effort for something that is so flaky
My Ventoy is filling up enough, with just the various utilities and .ISOs that I have on it. to just carry one little item in my pocket and be able to help a friend with their PC is magic
all of the above plus password tools for Windless,Lady Fitzgerald wrote: ⤴Wed Nov 15, 2023 7:45 amForgive my curiosity,. but what all do you have on your Ventoy disk? These are what I have:AZgl1800 wrote: ⤴Wed Nov 15, 2023 7:35 am I have always considered flash drives as "tools",
not to be used as an OS medium...
therefore, Persistence to me is a fool's playground...
not worth the effort for something that is so flaky
My Ventoy is filling up enough, with just the various utilities and .ISOs that I have on it. to just carry one little item in my pocket and be able to help a friend with their PC is magic
Foxclone
GParted Live
Linux Mint Cinnamon 19.3
Linux Mint Cinnamon 21.1
Rescuezilla 2.4.1 (need to delete)
Rescuezilla 2.4.2
Anyone else want to chime in with what they keep on their Ventoy disks?AZgl1800 wrote: ⤴Wed Nov 15, 2023 9:10 amall of the above plus password tools for Windless,Lady Fitzgerald wrote: ⤴Wed Nov 15, 2023 7:45 amForgive my curiosity,. but what all do you have on your Ventoy disk? These are what I have:AZgl1800 wrote: ⤴Wed Nov 15, 2023 7:35 am I have always considered flash drives as "tools",
not to be used as an OS medium...
therefore, Persistence to me is a fool's playground...
not worth the effort for something that is so flaky
My Ventoy is filling up enough, with just the various utilities and .ISOs that I have on it. to just carry one little item in my pocket and be able to help a friend with their PC is magic
Foxclone
GParted Live
Linux Mint Cinnamon 19.3
Linux Mint Cinnamon 21.1
Rescuezilla 2.4.1 (need to delete)
Rescuezilla 2.4.2
except for Rescuezilla which I don't like.
LM 20.3 LM21.2 LM 19.3 Cinnamon only, natch
I can't find the dang flash drive, hope it didn't fall in the trash basket, which is way too near my side table...
Yep. I just updated a couple more --tnx for reminder AndyMH.
Yes I have,(as of Mint 21) and it works, here is a copy of my "simple" .jsonOunceofCommonSense wrote: ⤴Tue Nov 14, 2023 12:15 pm Has anyone managed to get persistence working on Ventoy. I used the Ventoy's sites directions and no dice. I tried Mint XFCE19.1 which I thought was supported. Also tried Mint cinnamon 21. The opening menu shows persistence on the menu options but in practice it doesn't seem to retain any changes on reboot.
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{
"persistence" : [
{
"image": "/linuxmint-21-mate-64bit.iso",
"backend": "/persistence.dat"
}
]
}
Still can't get to that page. The Ventoy Persistence Plugin page doesn't really explain how to generate the persistence data file.rickNS wrote: ⤴Thu Nov 30, 2023 3:06 pm
Yes I have,(as of Mint 21) and it works, here is a copy of my "simple" .jsonI will say it seems that the instructions are not exactly completely. Like many things on the internet they seem to assume that you know some certain things.Code: Select all
{ "persistence" : [ { "image": "/linuxmint-21-mate-64bit.iso", "backend": "/persistence.dat" } ] }
Like, you must create the "persistence.dat" file first, and that commands must be run from within the directory where ventoy is downloaded.
On top of that it seems as of now anyway that the helper website,
http://127.0.0.1:24681
is down, and has been for at least a day ? anyone ?
Sure it does. See Section 4, Backend Image File. You can either download a blank file or create one using a script (provided).jackkileen wrote: ⤴Wed Dec 13, 2023 7:48 pm The Ventoy Persistence Plugin page doesn't really explain how to generate the persistence data file.
Yeah I should have stated I'm not clear on how to create the json file and how to locate and use/link both to make persistence work.
Just put a persistence data file in the 1st partition and tell Ventoy by the json configuration, and that's all.
Recommend to use VentoyPlugson, a GUI ventoy.json configurator. Refer VentoyPlugson
VentoyPlugson
2.2 How to start —— Linux
1. Open teminal and run sudo bash VentoyPlugson.sh /dev/sdX
2. Open your browser and visit http://127.0.0.1:24681
Here you should replace /dev/sdX with you Ventoy USB device name, for example /dev/sdb /dev/sdc
2.3 How to use
Directly set the configuration in the web page, ventoy.json will be automatically generated and saved immediately after your change.
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{
"persistence" : [
{
"image": "/linuxmint-21.3-cinnamon-64bit-beta.iso",
"backend": "/persistence.dat"
},
{
"image": "/MX-23.1_x64.iso",
"backend": "/persistence.dat"
}
]
}