Boot fully installed Linux OS's from .VHD or .VDI files using a Ventoy or Easy2Boot USB drive

Ventoy (and Easy2Boot) allow you to boot from Linux 'Fixed' type .VHD or .VDI files which contain multiple partitions (without a Virtual Machine - Linux runs at full speed). The VHD\VDI files can be kept on a large USB boot drive or can be on any internal hard disk drive. You can have many different Linux OS's on one drive!

You can also use LVM LUKS encryption if you wish with a swap file.

To add UEFI boot capability to the VHD\VDI for both UEFI and Legacy booting - see How to make Linux Mint boot from both... - then run vtoyboot.sh script.

Note: Zorin Lite 16 seems to have a UEFI install bug - it will not boot after a UEFI install! Seems OK if using Legacy. I would suggest you try a well tested standard distro such as Ubuntu Desktop or Linux Mint for your first tests.

If booting using Easy2Boot or agFM/grubfm (grub2 or grub4dos) and you want to use VTOY_LINUX_REMOUNT you can configure the grub.cfg file inside the VHD\VDI to permanently enable remounting (see 'Getting started with Ventoy' eBook for details).

Ventoy VHD plugin details https://ventoy.net/en/plugin_vhdboot....
vdiskchain details https://github.com/ventoy/vdiskchain
Easy2Boot https://easy2boot.xyz/
eBooks (PDF) https://easy2boot.xyz/ebooks/ ('Getting started with Ventoy' eBook contains more details and a step-by-step exercise on how to add a legacy+UEFI-bootable LinuxMint VHD\VDI file.)

0:00 Intro
0:19 Summary
0:20 Step 1 - Install Linux using VirtualBox
1:16 Start the VM
2:18 Boot to the new Linux OS
2:25 Step 2 - install Ventoy vtoyboot.sh
4:05 Step 3 and 4 - copy VHD file to USB or HDD
4:39 Step 5 - Boot to a Ventoy or E2B USB and run the VHD
5:30 Use ventoy.json config file to allow access to the source partition
6:22 USB multiboot eBooks (PDF format)

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