From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E0261389F6 for ; Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:06:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 03EB021C062; Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:06:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nm15.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com (nm15.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com [77.238.189.68]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0183821C00A for ; Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:06:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [77.238.189.232] by nm15.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 13 Feb 2013 12:06:36 -0000 Received: from [217.146.188.163] by tm13.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 13 Feb 2013 12:06:36 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp131.mail.ird.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 13 Feb 2013 12:06:36 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.co.uk; s=s1024; t=1360757196; bh=VRXzt12fmwFBwNN9PoIMjcOLjq4EDZwdW9yn9D2UVP0=; h=X-Yahoo-Newman-Id:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-SMTP:Received:Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:User-Agent:MIME-Version:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:Content-Type; b=aeAhuaByQ0EOygy0zamg3vM7Tg83Xw71lvcnn0jYSdKOmStygNAPuVXy8yCpFBUeeOG5Mv0aU8yJhb9nlWClhSL445uOz+/PO7leXMwiRuI4SbNNZp2OZ8tyB4ORw8/4JLIL60er5fbQnevMOIm2opNFEKnwCyb9hW381MdI9M8= X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 963785.96517.bm@smtp131.mail.ird.yahoo.com X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: g5umksoVM1kj9SFngglQlfOb_FWOpRZHy4WevN6a5EFjt3w 2F9XRsgR8rdDNqFc8LlkgwiB8Yh0gaBczHpEOnmA.foDfw1pnaUTBOWEHyDd gKlSnBCH1kBjEqa5BvnKNWogbVI7G3c39buGwuYZp5UrFKhz1c6ipjxAavfi Pfun6SkLIDcAb97kCFvuQ8yPr_6USOq6367fZZjlVV1H8Bx7qHdJR9N9LD.l FdIsztyLMo6DAk30d0SI11tthRbdCpCQ0FRX1KbPmCb9yFYygxyy7UsYQdfb aMC6HpbQmMNuKXO1gykHWd24UOCN3V2ZSBVqj_Z3I7UhvHM9_V7OSL5kNz.b RlNxWsQJtUKOHHj.3gu0mfTTFVaWHa2SnFgjPk0ogCPD8voFRMRkIdLijkj1 YZCtbrtuGExy5oj3YcHsm8vDVNsnZ8QKJRJBJphLQuiCH22p5J8zcRUz1kWe w.H8xN0_oAuCsKSOJm9rOuDk.LUDRdHH.uwb82_3Utt9zP_8nnV8WB3DISNv EGBUQ1VfZQFpcrfTqn_SOOY5iDblL5s5J_JOwr5O1.A-- X-Yahoo-SMTP: yxXuYG.swBAlH3GiRLU_TPNb6w_WD9BBY3ZKPy0- Received: from [192.168.1.1] (robert_mt_walker@78.105.201.166 with plain) by smtp131.mail.ird.yahoo.com with SMTP; 13 Feb 2013 04:06:36 -0800 PST Message-ID: <511B81E2.2020402@yahoo.co.uk> Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:06:58 +0000 From: Robert Walker User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130109 Thunderbird/17.0.2 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: Multiboot Live USB creatores - Was: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: Re: Kaspersky Rescue Disk References: <511B7F32.9090005@libertytrek.org> In-Reply-To: <511B7F32.9090005@libertytrek.org> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------080402040708010501080208" X-Archives-Salt: 18e25026-08a6-44a8-8e71-32cf36707e88 X-Archives-Hash: b562ca446f27a940567168e204dadef6 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------080402040708010501080208 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 13/02/13 11:55, Tanstaafl wrote: > On 2013-02-13 4:20 AM, Michael Sondow 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 --------------080402040708010501080208 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
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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