Re: Multiboot Live USB creatores - Was: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: Re: Kaspersky Rescue Disk

[Robert Walker <robert_mt_walker@yahoo.co.uk>]

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On 13/02/13 11:55, Tanstaafl wrote:
> On 2013-02-13 4:20 AM, Michael Sondow <msondow@iciiu.org> wrote:
>> Yes, there seem to be a number of programs that will create a bootable
>> USB flash drive from a linux distro ISO, and also from some of the
>> rescue disk ISOs. Some of these utlities create "persistence", but I'm
>> not sure what that means: just save data somewhere on the flash drive,
>> or actually integrate new data into the linux op sys?
>>
>> I'm going to give them a try. Ditto for the multiboot live USB creators.
>> We'll see what "persistence" means for them.
>
> I'm very interested in this topic. I've been wanting to create my own 
> bootable USB3 Thumb drive that I've added my own bootable ISOs to, 
> that gives me a menu for booting whichever one I want...
>
> I'd be very interested in hearing everyone's take on which one is 
> best, what is the easiest way to do this, and to keep it updated...
>
> Thanks!
>
@Tanstaffl,

I swear by Multisystem ( http://sourceforge.net/projects/multisystem/). 
Has way to much dependencies on Ubuntu. If I had the time I would 
re-write it just to use the back-end stuff. It covers all the top 100 
distro's in DIstrowatch and attempts to create scripts that will either 
chain-load the iso image or extracts the necessary files (using rsync) 
from the iso image. Basically you can multi-boot of a single USB 
partition. They do the heavy lifting for you by constantly updating the 
back-end code for each Distro release (as things to change with how 
distros boot). Doesn't always work (didn't seem to play ball with how 
OpenSUSE mount their SquashFS image). It's worth checking out though.

These days I tend to rely on it less - but it helps you see how to 
"crack the nut" and get started. Once you get the idea you can manually 
update distros and add your own stuff... I've even managed to stick in 
the Paragon Partition Manager bootable image (which is based on Linux) 
in my bootable USB stick partition.

Just my $.02

Bob






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