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Every time I search for a USB key, I end up finding the ones flashed with OS ISOs! I don't have a normal key anymore lol (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] stargazingpenguin@lemmy.zip 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Check out Ventoy! Unless you need a single ISO on the drive, it's just something you install to it and then copy and paste ISOs to the folder on it. No flashing needed, it runs them for you. I've got 128GB drives almost filled with every ISO I could possibly want.

[–] MicrowavedTea@infosec.pub 1 points 4 months ago

Also worth mentioning you can copy more files on it afterwards and it works as normal storage too.

[–] JetpackJackson@feddit.de 0 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Thought that said "Kalt" for a moment lmao

[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, look at image before title, wondered if it was a salt shaker and what language uses kalt for salt.

Hrm, USB stick salt shaker...

[–] JetpackJackson@feddit.de 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Would it salt your laptop or would it just be a little portable saltshaker on one end lol

[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I kinda like a little thingy that has a USB plug on one end under a cap, and a salt shaker on the other. Or maybe like a little hot sauce shaker, if we're moving away from salt.

[–] JetpackJackson@feddit.de 0 points 3 months ago

Alright, you can have the hot sauce one, I'll take the salt one lol!

[–] Steamymoomilk@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The linux kalt.

Sorry gnu/linux/kalt

[–] JetpackJackson@feddit.de 0 points 4 months ago

Too late, ten million gnus are converging on your location /s

[–] crushyerbones@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Why is everyone suggesting ventoy and stuff and no one is telling you to just reformat drives you no longer need? Or are they all live OSs in use? Am I missing something?

[–] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 months ago

I mean, they clearly already know how to do a fresh image of a live OS on a USB key. But the number of keys involved sounds like they don't know you only need one.

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.de 0 points 4 months ago

Hector... This is an intervention!