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    multi-boot USB installer stick?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by newsposter, Apr 21, 2010.

  1. newsposter

    newsposter Notebook Virtuoso

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    Has anyone seen a how-to that explains how to set up a USB stick as a multi or universal installer for multiple OS versions?

    In a 'perfect world', I would be able to jam a load of installer (winderz, linux, etc) ISO images on to a USB stick, run some kind of prep that makes the stick bootable and then set up some kind of boot menu (grub??) that would let me pick from my library of ISO images.

    Or not.

    Thanks
     
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  2. TwiztidKidd

    TwiztidKidd Notebook Evangelist

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    I know it's possible using MBRWiz and a USB flash drive, however when you get to set which partition (ISO file selected) is active on the drive that's when it gets complicated. Of course the USB flash drive would have multiple partitions on it, it's just a matter of selecting the one you want to be active and initialize it. I don't know if MBRwiz runs any batch files, that would be the idea... multiple partitions and a batch file to choose which partition will become active.
     
    TwiztidKidd, Apr 22, 2010
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