Chris Mackie » diagnosis http://www.chrismackie.co.uk Sat, 12 Mar 2011 00:05:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Boot multiple linux distros from USB stick http://www.chrismackie.co.uk/2009/11/boot-multiple-linux-distros-from-usb-stick/ http://www.chrismackie.co.uk/2009/11/boot-multiple-linux-distros-from-usb-stick/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:46:12 +0000 Chris http://www.chrismackie.co.uk/?p=55 One of my most used tools is a live Linux distribution booted from a USB drive.  I’ve been a fan of pendrivelinux.com for a while which gives tutorials for getting various distributions up and running on a USB drive.

Amongst other things, running a live pen drive installation allows me to run various diagnostic and recovery tools on a PC (which may be unable to boot into Windows).   Also, using a USB stick means that you can update the distribution without wasting a CD-R (although many old machines can’t boot directly from a USB device).

This latest article caught my eye, as it’s a way to install multiple distributions on the one (large) USB stick.  Admittedly, I haven’t had a chance to road test it yet but it looks very promising.

Boot Multiple ISO from USB (MultiBoot USB) | USB Pen Drive Linux

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