Official MediCat USB - A Multiboot Linux USB for PC Repair

[user4]

There is a new release of Ventoy: v1.0.19
https://www.ventoy.net/en/

 

[Jayro]

There is a new release of Ventoy: v1.0.19
https://www.ventoy.net/en/

Finally, experimental .img support! I've been hoping for this all summer.

There are many more floppy-based utilities I could boot from with this, and even some Linux tools in .img format. Once this feature matures a bit, of course. I won't try adding anything yet.

 

[GlacialMan]

Finally, experimental .img support! I've been hoping for this all summer.

There are many more floppy-based utilities I could boot from with this, and even some Linux tools in .img format. Once this feature matures a bit, of course. I won't try adding anything yet.

Flashing old MoBos will finally become simple.

@Jayro
Where can I find the list of programs available in MediCat? Thanks

 

[homeboy38]

[BIOS+MEMDISK]: I thought Ventoy was able to emulate either a bios boot or an uefi boot, but I should be wrong.
ASUS BIOS is pretty limited, I was able to disable 'Secure Boot', I am not sure it has a 'bios' boot option instead of 'uefi'

I found the legacy CSM option in Asus BIOS as advised, unfortunately, the computer still refuses to boot the ISO files

 

[da2k]

No comparison to the first version. stumbled across it again by accident. used the years e2b ... now i will switch to medicat

 

[Jayro]

Flashing old MoBos will finally become simple.

@Jayro
Where can I find the list of programs available in MediCat? Thanks

I won't promote BIOS flashing via MediCat, because I don't want people blaming me for a bad flash.

And I haven't made a list of included software yet.

 

[madbomb122]

And I haven't made a list of included software yet.

if you want you can get a list real quick using powershell just use this command
(Get-ChildItem -path "m:\portableapps" | ?{ $_.PSIsContainer }).Name
just replace m:\portableapps with path to portable apps folder (this will not look in sub folders and only looks @ directories)

 

[GlacialMan]

if you want you can get a list real quick using powershell just use this command
(Get-ChildItem -path "m:\portableapps" | ?{ $_.PSIsContainer }).Name
just replace m:\portableapps with path to portable apps folder (this will not look in sub folders and only looks @ directories)

Thanks a lot. Can you suggest a command to get the list of the image files (ISO, IMG, etc)?

 

[_DR64_]

Hello @Jayro, I have a quick question on updating Ventoy.
If I create my Medicat key and don't touch the partition size, I can update Ventoy to version 1.0.19.
On the other hand, if I modify the size of the Medicat partition by moving VTOYEFI all the way to the right, then, it is impossible for me to update Ventoy.
Any idea please?

 

[Jayro]

Hello @Jayro, I have a quick question on updating Ventoy.
If I create my Medicat key and don't touch the partition size, I can update Ventoy to version 1.0.19.
On the other hand, if I modify the size of the Medicat partition by moving VTOYEFI all the way to the right, then, it is impossible for me to update Ventoy.
Any idea please?

Burn MediCat to the USB, then update it, then move the partitions.

 

[_DR64_]

Burn MediCat to the USB, then update it, then move the partitions.

Thank you for your reply. I agree with you only if after I want to update ventoy (1.0.20 for example), I will have to redo a new key completely (and therefore lose all my data)

 

[Jayro]

Thank you for your reply. I agree with you only if after I want to update ventoy (1.0.20 for example), I will have to redo a new key completely (and therefore lose all my data)

There will be an update made on page 1 late tonight.

 

[_DR64_]

thank you so much

 

[madbomb122]

Thanks a lot. Can you suggest a command to get the list of the image files (ISO, IMG, etc)?

if you want fill path with filename
(Get-ChildItem -Path 'M:\' -Include '*.iso','*.img','*.wim' -Depth 1).fullname

if you want just filename
(Get-ChildItem -Path 'M:\' -Include '*.iso','*.img',*.wim' -Depth 1).name

change M:\ to path you want..
add to '*.iso','*.img' if you want to look for more file extension (needs to have a comma between items and exension needs to have ' on each end.
change depth count if you need it to look into deeper sub folders

hope that helps

 

[GlacialMan]

if you want fill path with filename
(Get-ChildItem -Path 'M:\' -Include '*.iso','*.img','*.wim' -Depth 1).fullname

if you want just filename
(Get-ChildItem -Path 'M:\' -Include '*.iso','*.img',*.wim' -Depth 1).name

change M:\ to path you want..
add to '*.iso','*.img' if you want to look for more file extension (needs to have a comma between items and exension needs to have ' on each end.
change depth count if you need it to look into deeper sub folders

hope that helps

Thanks a lot, I will try and report soon.

 

[Jayro]

You guys are incredible little worker bees. Proud of you all.

 

[GlacialMan]

You guys are incredible little worker bees. Proud of you all.

Small contributions to your big project ;-)

 

[madbomb122]

You guys are incredible little worker bees. Proud of you all.

np, those powershell commands are nothing, the scripts i have on github those were a pain to write

 

[EgyptianRaptor]

np, those powershell commands are nothing, the scripts i have on github those were a pain to write

Wow. I Checked your repo out. I loved Win 10 script and the BlackViper one.

Excellent work. Cheers.

 

[_DR64_]

There will be an update made on page 1 late tonight.

did I miss something ?