Does it could be possible to install ventoy as chained grub in a regular /boot partition ?

[gillg]

Official FAQ

• [X] I have checked the official FAQ.

Ventoy Version

1.0.74

What about latest release

Yes. I have tried the latest release, but the bug still exist.

BIOS Mode

UEFI Mode

Partition Style

GPT

Disk Capacity

20Gb

Disk Manufacturer

No response

Image file checksum (if applicable)

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Image file download link (if applicable)

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What happened?

Does it could be possible to install ventoy as chained grub in a regular /boot partition ? I made a try by copying the content of a regular install in a fake drive to my "boot" partition in (boot_drive)/ventoy/[EFI|ventoy|grub] In fact the EFI folder is never used because my system boot from my hard dirve EFI partition where I have a signed EFI shim. Then in my hard drive grub ((boot_drive)/grub2/grub.cfg) I tried to add :

menuentry 'Ventoy local' {
        search --set=root --file /ventoy/ventoy/ventoy_x64.efi
        set vtoydev=hd0  # I would be able to make this part more dynamic but for the test it's acceptable
        set prefix=($root)/ventoy/grub
        set vtoy_iso_part=($root)/iso
        set vtoy_efi_part=($root)/ventoy
        configfile ventoy/grub/grub.cfg
}

The idea behind is to be able to have a (boot_drive)/iso folder to store permanentely utility images and avoid manual tricks all the time in the main grub file... Just because ventoy make things a lot easier nevermind if you try to boot an ubuntu, fedora, kali, windows, etc.

Obviously if I create this issue it's because it doesn't work... :sweat_smile: does anyone has an idea or thinks it could be possible ?

[ventoy]

NO. Ventoy must be installed to a disk (USB/HDD...) to use and can not chained by other bootloader.