Ok, so I've been trying to create a multi-boot usb with no luck. I've tried Ventoy and YUMI and can't create one using either of them... OBVIOUSLY, it is something that I am not doing, but I just can't figure it out. PLEASE HELP, lol
Well, I'm all for muddying the waters, lol. You have to keep in mind, though, that I'm brand new to Linux, blah blah blah. I mean, I had been messing with it a bit before surgery, but I haven't really tried much since then, other than to figure out Ventoy and then Yumi. Both of which, in my personal opinion, SUCK. too many hoops to jump through, and that ain't me. Someone tells me to 'jump', instead of asking 'how high', I say 'get bent' or rather the more explicit phrasing. lol, but I'm rambling, ok, so I'm off to try msusb. Will update with my opinion. Thanks for the suggestion, though. I appreciate it.This may be muddying the waters, but this is the tool that I use to make multi-boot USBs:
GitHub - mbusb/multibootusb: Create multiboot live Linux on a USB disk...
Create multiboot live Linux on a USB disk... Contribute to mbusb/multibootusb development by creating an account on GitHub.github.com
On the 'releases' page there will likely be a package for your distro of choice. I find it pretty straight forward.
bootable usb...I believe that I do, but I'm a newbie, so, please explain exactly what you mean by bootable usb please...Hi karimfc,
I run many different distributions on a USB, and might be able to give you some insight. First off, do you have a bootable USB drive that can get you into Linux already? If so, then we can probably tweak the configuration files on the USB to allow booting more than one live distribution quite easily. If possible, please supply the following information:
I would recommend running "live" Linux distros if you are using a portable USB drive. I do not recommend reformatting any drives unless there is an absolute need to do so.
- What distribution are you currently booting into via USB
- What distribution(s) do you want to boot into from USB
- What boot loader are you using (e.g. grub, syslinux, etc.). If you don't know, we can figure that out later.
Best of luck
You'll get it... It's funny, because I've got the same issue with Multi-Booting Distros on one USB. I can't likely help, but I shall lurk, and see if you succeed! :3 Welcome BTW! :3 Also, how are you feeling now after that surgery? Whatever it was for, I hope you're doing alright stranger...Ok, so I've been trying to create a multi-boot usb with no luck. I've tried Ventoy and YUMI and can't create one using either of them... OBVIOUSLY, it is something that I am not doing, but I just can't figure it out. PLEASE HELP, lol
bootable usb...I believe that I do, but I'm a newbie, so, please explain exactly what you mean by bootable usb please...
This is how I keep track of my USBs.I have zorin os 15.3 (am about to download 16 and try it out) on my hard drive, but I also have several other distros on a bunch of usbs, but they all are on one each, singularly. It's frustrating and difficult at times to keep them separated; get them mixed up all the time.
Ventoy needs to be put in a directory with no spaces in the name and only latin alphabet. Only then will the multiboot USB creation succeed. Also, the hard drive where you put Ventoy on must have uid and gid 1000, otherwise it may not work as intended. And now I'm a happy Ventoy user of a USB 3.0 32GB drive with several linux distros, gparted, clonezilla and one Windows ISO.Ok, so I've been trying to create a multi-boot usb with no luck. I've tried Ventoy and YUMI and can't create one using either of them... OBVIOUSLY, it is something that I am not doing, but I just can't figure it out. PLEASE HELP, lol
Did you try using Linux or ... ? Ventoy's easier to use when used from a Linux OS since all you need to do is:I've tried Ventoy and YUMI and can't create one using either of them... OBVIOUSLY, it is something that I am not doing, but I just can't figure it out. PLEASE HELP, lol
sudo sh ./Ventoy2Disk.sh -i /dev/sdX #where /dev/sdX is the USB stick id you got from step 4.
I have Zorin 15.3 right now. My machine is just for play, so it's fine if I mess up; I can always just wipe my hard drive and start over. I have a windows computer, but don't use it for Linux. Unless I need to research something. thanks for the step by step above. I'm almost brand new to Linux, so Im not sure how to do the most basic actions. Anyway, I will check out the virtual machine when I get home. Interesting to say the leastDid you try using Linux or ... ? Ventoy's easier to use when used from a Linux OS since all you need to do is:
1. Extract the .tar.gz file.
2. Enter the Ventoy folder with the files extracted.
3. Plug your USB stick in.
4. Identify the USB stick either via terminal with the lsblk command or via GUI using something like gparted.
5. Right-click on a blank space in the folder and from the context menu select open terminal here.
6. In the terminal, run the script Ventoy2Disk.sh which takes care of the whole process. It might be something like
You can do that from a live session; boot one of the distros you have in one of your sticks. What's your current OS? Windows? Have you considered using some virtualization software like virtualbox https://www.virtualbox.org/ ? With it, you can try as many Linux distros(or any other OS for that matter, like Android) as you want without having to compromise your real machine; you can install software, try different desktop environments, different configurations, learn how to use Linux tools, anything you can think of, really. When I first tried Linux, this is how I did it, once I found the one I liked the best, familiarized myself with it and felt confident enough to use it, I installed it in my real PC.Code:sudo sh ./Ventoy2Disk.sh -i /dev/sdX #where /dev/sdX is the USB stick id you got from step 4.
I'm almost brand new to Linux, so Im not sure how to do the most basic actions.
Multibootusb - the oldest solution on The Net (sadly no longer available, it seems)
MultiBootUSB Alternatives for Linux
There are many alternatives to MultiBootUSB for Linux and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. The most popular Linux alternative is balenaEtcher, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to MultiBootUSB and 14 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to MultiBootUSB are UNetbootin (Free, Open Source), Ventoy (Free, Open Source), Easy2Boot (Free) and WoeUSB (Free, Open Source).
sudo apt-add-repository 'deb http://liveusb.info/multisystem/depot all main'
wget -q -O - http://liveusb.info/multisystem/depot/multisystem.asc | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y install multisystem
@KGIII on #16, David the links are dead, you get a blank banner at http://ww1.multibootusb.org/