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Multiboot USB stick

Multi boot software

NameRemark
Manually create a Linux bootable USB drive from multiple ISOs
RMPrepUSB
RufusFast
UNetbootin
Universal USB Installer
USB download tool
Ventoy
Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool
WiNToBootic

Some useful ISO files

Ventoy

Ventoy website

Ventoy options

Usage:  Ventoy2Disk.sh CMD [ OPTION ] /dev/sdX
  CMD:
   -i  install Ventoy to sdX (fails if disk already installed with Ventoy)
   -I  force install Ventoy to sdX (no matter if installed or not)
   -u  update Ventoy in sdX
   -l  list Ventoy information in sdX

  OPTION: (optional)
   -r SIZE_MB  preserve some space at the bottom of the disk (only for install)
   -s/-S       enable/disable secure boot support (default is enabled)
   -g          use GPT partition style, default is MBR (only for install)
   -L          Label of the 1st exfat partition (default is Ventoy)
   -n          try non-destructive installation (only for install)

Preparing Ventoy

The procedure on the Ventoy webpage “Start to use Ventoy”

On Linux:

  • Download ventoy-x.x.xx-linux.tar.gz via, from Sourceforge
  • Open a terminal an login as root
  • Move the downloaded Ventoy file to /opt
  • Run sha256sum ventoy-x.x.xx-linux.tar.gz
  • Run tar xf ventoy-x.x.xx-linux.tar.gz (do not forget to replace the x'es)
  • cd ventoy-x.x.xx

Setting up an USBstick

  • Open a terminal an login as root
  • lsblk
    • Check what the USB drive is. Something like /dev/sdx
  • sh Ventoy2Disk.sh -i -r 300 -L Ventoy2 /dev/sdx
    • Follow the instructions. Read them, the warnings, well!
  • mount /dev/sdx1 /mnt/something/
    • Copy ISO files to /mnt/something/
    • Run diff -s original.iso /mnt/something/ventoy.iso to check if they are identical
  • With fdisk, gParted or a similar tool format the partition created by the - r option so it is useable for documents and other files. This is the second partition like /dev/sdf2
  • Done

Updating to a newer version

  • cd Ventoryinstalldirectory
  • ./Ventoy2Disk.sh -u /dev/sdX

UNetbootin

Only one iso at a time possible on the USBstick
When a second iso is added an error occurs,

MultiCD

Combine several boot CDs into one http://multicd.us/ Procedure

  • Build an iso which contains all needed iso's
  • Put the iso with all iso's on an USBstick using unetbootin

Easy2Boot

multiboot_usb_stick.txt · Last modified: by wim