Multiple Boot Linux OS and tools on 1 USB

[Chilli]

NOTICE - After trying out the MultiBoot USB (which is on the list of BOOT Cd's in Technibble's articles), which was my origional post, I have since used Sardu http://www.sarducd.it/ and I must say, Sardu is much better IMO and now am using that. It's really good and I highly recommend it for a good Multi boot USB.


"I came across this site: MultiBoot USB Menu - http://www.pendrivelinux.com/boot-mu...multiboot-usb/

I installed it (plus a ton of the iso files) last night and think it's a great tool to have on a single USB in my bag."

 

[Username]

I used this tool to create my multiboot usb key too, it's very handy. I'm going to be making my 320GB external drive into a multiboot drive.

You can add ISO's, Floppy images, etc. that aren't in that list, by editing your menu.lst file.

For example, here's my entry for SeaTools:

title Seagate Seatools
map (hd0,0)/seatools.img (fd0)
map --hook
chainloader (fd0)+1
rootnoverify (fd0)
map --floppies=1

and an example of how to boot from the hard drive rather than one of the images:

title Boot from Hard Drive
# map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
rootnoverify (hd1)
chainloader +1
boot

and an option to reboot and shut down:

title Restart The Computer
reboot

title Shut Down The Computer
halt

And here's my entry for Backtrack 4:

title BackTrack 4
root (hd0,0)
kernel /bt4/vmlinuz boot=casper ramdisk_size=6666 root=/dev/ram0 rw quiet
initrd=/bt4/initrd.gz
boot

(notice I extracted the ISO for Backtrack into a folder called bt4)

I can't wait to see what others here have added or changed, I really like having a multiboot thumbdrive.

 

[Crgky127]

Is this it?
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/boot-multiple-iso-from-usb-multiboot-usb/

Looks pretty nice. I was messing around with bits and pieces from multiple sites last year to achieve the same effect, but this looks much better.