Thursday, August 05, 2010
Anu
How to create a Multiboot USB Flash Drive that you can use to Boot Multiple OS from USB?
Here is a tool for you that can do it.
With the help of this tool, you can use/boot multiple Operating System from your USB .
Name of that tool is "MultiBOOT ISOs".
MultiBoot USB Menu (Simply select an ISO from USB).
MultiBootISOs Works by utilizing a Syslinux Bootloader chainloaded to GRUB4DOS. At Startup, the following Boot menu is presented
Note : You must manually add (or extract in some cases) the ISO Files to your Flash Drive.
Be aware – boot conflicts may arise when more than one ISOs contents are extracted to root. If you experience a conflict, let me know!
Basic Essentials to create a Multi ISO Boot USB Flash Drive
- Fat32 Formatted Flash Drive
- PC that can boot from USB
- Windows XP/Vista/7 host to create the Bootable USB
- MultiBootISOs.exe
- Your select ISO Files
This MultiBoot ISO process should enable you to Boot the following:
BackTrack 4 Final
Kaspersky Rescue Disk 10
NEW Kaspersky Rescue Disk 10 Site | Download (rename the ISO to rescue.iso and copy it to rescue directory on your USB)
Mandriva Free 2010 Spring
NEW Mandriva Free 2010 Spring Site | Download (extract contents of ISO to the mandriva directory). We used 7Zip
Windows Vista/7 Installer
Windows Vista/7 Install (Copy CD/DVD contents to root of USB)
Ultimate Boot CD
Offline NT + Registry Editor
Redo Backup and Recovery
Peppermint Linux OS
DBAN 2.2.6 (Hard Drive Nuker)
RIP Linux
TinyCore
GParted
EEEBuntu 3.0.1
Memtest86+
Clonezilla
Linux Mint 9 (Gnome i386)
Linux Mint 8
Ubuntu 10.04
Xubuntu 10.04
Kubuntu 10.04
Ubuntu Server Edition 10.04
Lubuntu 10.04
Ubuntu 10.04 Netbook Remix
Ubuntu 9.10
Xubuntu 9.10
Kubuntu 9.10
Ubuntu 9.10 Netbook Remix
Ubuntu Server Edition
Parted Magic 4.11
Partition Wizard 5
Damn Small Linux
SliTaz Linux 2.0
SliTaz Linux 3.0
Ophcrack XP
Ophcrack Vista
YlmF OS 3.0
xPUD (Simple Netbook Distro)
FreeDOS
BKO boot.kernel.org
AVG Rescue CD (Antivirus Scanner)
Puppy Linux 4.3.1
Puppy Linux 4.3.1 Site | Download (Download initrd.gz, vmlinuz, and pup-431.sfs and put them in the puppy folder on your USB)
OpenSUSE 11.2 DVD
Bitdefender Rescue CD
Bitdefender Rescue CD Site | Download (extract the contents of the ISO to the root of your USB). We used
How to Boot Multiple ISO Files from USB
Download MultiBOOT ISOs (RAR)Download MultiBOOT ISOs (EXE)
1. Run MultiBootISOs-v1.5.5.exe following the onscreen instructions.
2. Download some ISO Files (listed above) and place them on your USB Drive.
3. Restart your PC setting it to boot from the USB device
4. Select the ISO you want to Boot from the Menu and enjoy!
That's all there is to it. You should now be booting your favorite ISO files from your Multi-Boot USB device!
Boot Errors: While trying to run an ISO from USB, If you get a Boot error saying:
Error 60: File for drive emulation must be in one contiguous disk area
You'll need to defragment your ISO using one of the following tools:
contig - Command line tool to defragment ISO files.
wincontig – GUI tool to defragment ISO files.
Enjoy ...... :)
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