Detailed information on how to create a multi-boot USB drive can be found in this article. Excellent work guys!
In brief, you format a USB stick using FAT32, make sure the PC can boot from a USB device and that the boot order will pick the USB device before the main hard disk.
The article lists all the tools needed for the job and it also lists a large number of downloadable ISO files that can be used with it, which I have copied below. Please visit the site for the full article.
ps: Comments and/or links to this article are most welcome!
In brief, you format a USB stick using FAT32, make sure the PC can boot from a USB device and that the boot order will pick the USB device before the main hard disk.
The article lists all the tools needed for the job and it also lists a large number of downloadable ISO files that can be used with it, which I have copied below. Please visit the site for the full article.
- NEW BackTrack 4 Final Site | Download (Extract contents of ISO to root of USB). We used 7Zip
- NEW Kaspersky Rescue Disk 10 Site | Download (rename the ISO to rescue.iso and copy it to rescue directory on your USB)
NEW Mandriva Free 2010 Spring Site | Download (extract contents of ISO to the mandriva directory). We used 7Zip
Mandriva is no longer around. Visit OpenMandriva instead or visit this for more info- NEW Windows Vista/7 Install (Copy CD/DVD contents to root of USB)
- Redo Backup and Recovery Site | Download
- Peppermint Linux OS Site | Download
- DBAN 2.2.6 (Hard Drive Nuker) Site | Download
- RIP Linux Site | Download (rename the ISO RIPLinuX.iso)
- TinyCore Site | Download
- GParted Site | Download (extract zip to the gparted folder)
- EEEBuntu 3.0.1 Site | Download
- Added Shutdown/Restart/Boot from first Hard Disk (HDD)
- Memtest86+ Site | Download (Get ISO from Zip)
- Clonezilla Site | Download (extract zip to the clonezilla folder)
- Linux Mint 9 (Gnome i386) Site | Download
- Linux Mint 8 Site | Download
- Ubuntu 10.04 Site | Download
- Xubuntu 10.04 Site | Download
- Kubuntu 10.04 Site | Download
- Ubuntu Server Edition 10.04 Site | Download
- Lubuntu 10.04 Site | Download
- Ubuntu 10.04 Netbook Remix Site | Download
- Ubuntu 9.10 Site | Download
- Xubuntu 9.10 Site | Download
- Kubuntu 9.10 Site | Download
- Ubuntu 9.10 Netbook Remix Site | Download
- Ubuntu Server Edition Site | Download
- Parted Magic 4.11 Site | Download (get ISO from Zip)
- Partition Wizard 5 Site | Download
- Damn Small Linux Site | Download
- Ultimate Boot CD Site | Download
- SliTaz Linux 2.0 Site | Download
- SliTaz Linux 3.0 Site | Download
- Ophcrack XP Site | Download
- Ophcrack Vista Site | Download
- Offline NT Password + Reg Editor Site | Download (get ISO from Zip)
- Ylmf OS 3.0 Site | Download
- xPUD (Simple Netbook Distro) Site | Download
- FreeDOS Site | Download (put balder10.img on USB)
- BKO boot.kernel.org Site | Download (put gpxe.lkrn on USB)
- AVG Rescue CD Site | Download (rename the ISO avg.iso)
- 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 Site | Download (extract contents of ISO to the openSUSE directory). We used 7Zip
- Bitdefender Rescue CD – Site | Download (extract the contents of the ISO to the root of your USB). We used 7Zip!
ps: Comments and/or links to this article are most welcome!
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