How to Install Ventoy on Bazzite

beginnerSoftware Install7 min

Independently tested and verified on Oct 19, 2026. Commands reproduced exactly as run.

Prerequisites

Bazzite with the KDE desktop (the only edition shown and tested in this tutorial)
An external USB drive
Your password, which the Ventoy GUI asks for when it starts
Access to https://ventoy.net to download Ventoy
A few ISO files to boot (the video uses CachyOS, Clonezilla, Proxmox and Windows 11)

This tutorial takes about 7 minutes to complete.

This guide shows how to install Ventoy on Bazzite with the KDE desktop, copy ISO files onto the Ventoy drive, and boot four of them from one external drive. It follows the video.

New to Ventoy? The What Is Ventoy? video explains what it is, what it can do and how it can help you.

Warning: Installing Ventoy formats the device and erases everything on it. Back up your files first.

Before you start

You need a computer running Bazzite with the KDE desktop, an external USB drive, your password, access to https://ventoy.net to download Ventoy, and a few ISO files you want to boot. The video uses CachyOS, Clonezilla, Proxmox and Windows 11.

Jump to a chapter in the video: Intro · Download Ventoy · Extract and run · Install Ventoy · Add your ISOs · Boot test

Step 1: Download Ventoy

Open your favorite browser and type https://ventoy.net in the address bar. Click Downloads and find the linux.tar.gz file. Scroll down and find the linux.tar.gz file again, then click it to download. When the file has finished downloading, click the folder icon and close your browser.

The ventoy.net download page with the Binary table and the pointer on the linux.tar.gz file.

Step 2: Extract the file

Right-click the linux.tar.gz file, go to Extract and extract it here. Once it is extracted, you can delete the linux.tar.gz file.

Step 3: Move the Ventoy folder to your home folder

To keep things organized, move the Ventoy folder to your home folder: right-click the folder, click Cut, go to Home, right-click and paste it there.

Step 4: Run the Ventoy GUI

Go inside the Ventoy folder. If you have an AMD or Intel CPU, find the VentoyGUI.x86_64 file, right-click it and choose Run Executable. Enter your password when asked. The Ventoy application opens.

Step 5: Select your drive

Connect your external USB drive. If you do not see it in the device list, click the green refresh button. If it still does not appear, open the Options menu and click Show All Devices, which lists all the drives on your computer, internal and external. Then select your USB drive.

Warning: Show All Devices lists every drive on your computer, including your main hard drive. Make sure you select the correct drive. This option is off by default.

Step 6: Install Ventoy to the drive

Make sure you backed up any files you want from the USB drive: it will be formatted and everything on it will be erased. With the correct drive selected, click Install. A message says the device will be formatted and all the data will be lost; click OK. A second prompt asks you to double check; click OK again. When Ventoy reports that it has been successfully installed to the drive, click OK. The Ventoy drive now shows up in your file manager. Close the Ventoy application.

The first Ventoy2Disk warning: the device will be formatted and all the data will be lost, with Cancel and OK.

Step 7: Copy your ISOs to the Ventoy drive

Open the os folder that holds your ISO files. The video has CachyOS, Clonezilla, Proxmox and Windows 11 ISOs there. Highlight all of them, copy them, then go to your Ventoy drive and paste them. Wait until all the ISOs have been successfully copied.

Tip: For faster transfer speeds and much more storage space, use an external NVMe drive. The NVMe tutorial linked below shows how to build one.

The Dolphin file manager showing the Ventoy drive with four ISO files: cachyos, clonezilla, proxmox and windows 11.

Step 8: Boot and test each ISO

Shut down your computer. Check your motherboard manufacturer's documentation to see how to boot into the BIOS or the boot menu, and make sure the Ventoy drive is the first drive selected to boot from. In the boot menu choose the Ventoy drive and press Enter. The Ventoy boot menu lists CachyOS, Clonezilla, Proxmox and Windows 11. Select an ISO and choose Boot in normal mode. In the video all four booted successfully.

FAQ

Yes. Ventoy formats the device and all the data on it is lost, so make a backup of anything you need before you click Install.

Bazzite with the KDE desktop, which is what the video shows. Other Bazzite editions and other setups are not covered here.

Click the green refresh button. If it still does not appear, open the Options menu and click Show All Devices. That list includes every drive on your computer, even your main hard drive, so select the correct drive very carefully.

On an AMD or Intel processor, run the VentoyGUI.x86_64 file. Right-click it, choose Run Executable and enter your password when asked.

Check your motherboard manufacturer's documentation to see how to open the boot menu or the BIOS, and make sure the Ventoy drive is the first drive selected to boot from. In the video it is the first drive in the boot menu.

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