Ever felt like carrying your Ubuntu, Fedora, Tiny-core and all other OS’s iso in your pen drive? Yes, you can now carry all your favorite Operating systems with you wherever you go and boot from them using the same USB drive.MultiBoot USB is a freeware which can help you to use the multiple OS iso files on the samepen drive.
To use the MultiBoot on your pen drive it must meet some requirements first. You’ll require a FAT32 formatted pen drive and a computer which can boot from a USB device. Prefer using an 8-16 GB pen drive so that you can have more different operating systems on it.
To start off first download the MultiBootISO’sfrom here . Run the executable and follow the instructions. Browse to the ISO file you want to load on your USB drive and build the bootable USB using it. You might have to format yourpen drive during the process so do take a backup of all your data which is there on the pen drive.
To add more ISO files repeat the same procedure. Restart your PC and set the highest priority for the USB drive to boot from it and done. Do give it a shot!!!
download from here http://www.pendrivelinux.com/downloads/MultiBootISOs/MultiBootISOs-2.1.2.3.exe
How It Works: MultiBootISOs enables each user to create their own custom Multiboot UFD containing only the Distributions they want. New Distributions can be added to your UFD each time the tool is run.
Store your downloads in the ISOFILES Directory created where the tool is run. Supported downloads stored there are auto-detected by the tool.
To use the MultiBoot on your pen drive it must meet some requirements first. You’ll require a FAT32 formatted pen drive and a computer which can boot from a USB device. Prefer using an 8-16 GB pen drive so that you can have more different operating systems on it.
To start off first download the MultiBootISO’sfrom here . Run the executable and follow the instructions. Browse to the ISO file you want to load on your USB drive and build the bootable USB using it. You might have to format yourpen drive during the process so do take a backup of all your data which is there on the pen drive.
To add more ISO files repeat the same procedure. Restart your PC and set the highest priority for the USB drive to boot from it and done. Do give it a shot!!!
download from here http://www.pendrivelinux.com/downloads/MultiBootISOs/MultiBootISOs-2.1.2.3.exe
How to Boot Multiple ISO Files from USB
- Run* MultiBootISOs-2.1.5.2.exe following the onscreen instructions
- Run the tool again to Add More ISOs/Distributions to your Drive
- Restart your PC setting it to boot from the USB device
- Select the ISO you want to Boot from the Menu and enjoy!
How It Works: MultiBootISOs enables each user to create their own custom Multiboot UFD containing only the Distributions they want. New Distributions can be added to your UFD each time the tool is run.
Store your downloads in the ISOFILES Directory created where the tool is run. Supported downloads stored there are auto-detected by the tool.
Basic Essentials to create a Multi ISO Boot USB Flash Drive
Known Issues:
PC must be able to detect and boot the Flash Drive as a HardDisk or USB-HDD . USB-ZIP boot options won't work because, once handed over to grub, the flash drive will be improperly set to (fd0), whereas the menu entries are to be found at (hd0,0).
Additional Notes:
You can also boot Ubuntu or an Ubuntu based remix with persistence by using our Casper-RW Creator script to create a Casper-RW file on your USB device. Only "ONE Distro" can use casper persistence
If you don't have a floppy drive and get fd0 errors while booting, simply add floppy.allowed_drive_mask=0 to the kernel line for that menu entry. Although the best fix is to disable floppy in BIOS.
To load Ophcrack tables when booted in this fashion, the tables folder needs to exist at the root of the USB device. Example E:\tables\vista_free. Download Tables from the Official Ophcrack site and unzip to your USB.
Boot Errors: While trying to run an ISO from USB, If you get a Boot error saying:
You'll need to defragment your ISO using one of the following tools:
contig - Command line tool to defragment ISO files.
wincontig – GUI tool to defragment ISO files.
For information on how to try other ISO's, see the "CDROM emulation (virtualization) section" in the official GRUB4DOS Readme file. Additionally, Here is another good third party guide that explains how things work.
If you successfully boot from a Linux Based ISO that isn't listed (see full.menu.lst for examples), let me know and I will add it to the list.
Alternately, Here is a Linux Based MultiBoot Tool created by another developer. Here is a Manual Multiboot ISO method using Grub2 and Linux.
- Fat32 Formatted Flash Drive (NOT Superfloppy Formatted)
- PC that can boot from USB-HDD or detects the USB as a HardDrive
- Windows XP/Vista/7 host to create the Bootable USB
- MultiBootISOs-USB-Creator.exe
- Your select ISO Files
MultiBootISOs can create a UFD containing one or all of the following
- KNOPPIX
- T(A)ILS
- PING
- Panda Antivirus
- PCLinuxOS
- Sugar on a Stick
- Debian Live
- Trinity Rescue Kit
- System Rescue CD
- Puppy Linux
- TinyCore
- EasyPeasy
- SLAX 6.1.2
- Kaspersky Rescue Disk 10
- Peppemint Linux OS
- EEEBuntu 3.0.1
- Linux Mint 10
- Ubuntu 10.10
- Xubuntu 10.10
- Kubuntu 10.10
- Lubuntu 10.10
- Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook Remix
- Damn Small Linux
- SliTaz Linux 3.0
- Ophcrack XP
- YlmF OS
- xPUD (Simple Netbook Distro)
- FreeDOS
- Ubuntu Rescue Remix
- Partition Wizard 5
- Memtest86+ (Memory Diagnostics)
- DBAN 2.2.6
- RIP Linux (Recovery Is Possible)
- Redo Backup and Recovery 0.9.5
- Parted Magic
- UBCD Ultimate Boot CD
- Offline NT Password + Reg Editor
- GParted
- Clonezilla Maverick
- BKO boot.kernel.org
- AVG Rescue CD (Antivirus Scanner)
- Avira Antivir Rescue CD (Antivirus Scanner)
- BitDefender Rescue CD (Antivirus Scanner)
- Jolicloud | Download
- EASUS Disk Copy | Download
- BackTrack 4 Final | Download
- Mandriva Free 2010 Spring | Download
- Windows Vista/7 Install Disk | Create the ISO from your DVD
Known Issues:
PC must be able to detect and boot the Flash Drive as a HardDisk or USB-HDD . USB-ZIP boot options won't work because, once handed over to grub, the flash drive will be improperly set to (fd0), whereas the menu entries are to be found at (hd0,0).
Additional Notes:
You can also boot Ubuntu or an Ubuntu based remix with persistence by using our Casper-RW Creator script to create a Casper-RW file on your USB device. Only "ONE Distro" can use casper persistence
If you don't have a floppy drive and get fd0 errors while booting, simply add floppy.allowed_drive_mask=0 to the kernel line for that menu entry. Although the best fix is to disable floppy in BIOS.
To load Ophcrack tables when booted in this fashion, the tables folder needs to exist at the root of the USB device. Example E:\tables\vista_free. Download Tables from the Official Ophcrack site and unzip to your USB.
Boot Errors: While trying to run an ISO from USB, If you get a Boot error saying:
Error 60: File for drive emulation must be in one contiguous disk area
You'll need to defragment your ISO using one of the following tools:
contig - Command line tool to defragment ISO files.
wincontig – GUI tool to defragment ISO files.
For information on how to try other ISO's, see the "CDROM emulation (virtualization) section" in the official GRUB4DOS Readme file. Additionally, Here is another good third party guide that explains how things work.
If you successfully boot from a Linux Based ISO that isn't listed (see full.menu.lst for examples), let me know and I will add it to the list.
Alternately, Here is a Linux Based MultiBoot Tool created by another developer. Here is a Manual Multiboot ISO method using Grub2 and Linux.