Multiple MX's on one LiveUSB Stick

[fehlix]

So, I'm a little confused now

Just ignore for now frugal, as it might confuse yourself.
Frugal idea meant for the hdd , it similar to the stuff on usb but not identical.
Make in those simple three steps as explained above and a bit more by BitJam.
Re do a full featured LUM Live USB. Ignore the free space.
The ext4 partition you can use for other stuff as well.
when you Live-booted you'll find a Live Storage folder, within the home directory
which is linked to a folder on the ext4. so you can save and copy data from the running Live
on the the ext4 partition. You can also create any other folder on the ext4 to use for data etc.

[seaken64]

OK, I will start over and use the entire drive for the LiveUSB. Thanks.

Seaken64

[seaken64]

Here's a summary of what I understand so far:

Multi versions of OS are installable on a single USB stick device in antiX or MX. But it is not yet setup as an option in any of the live-usb tools.

Don't use the frugal install. That is meant for hard disks and is hard to setup on the USB stick.

Start by setting up a LiveUSB using LUM. This will be OS #1 and will use the standard directories unless specifically changed.

Use a "copy" command to copy the necessary files from the additional OS over to a separate directory with a different name. This will be OS #2.

Repeat the copy operation and unique directory name for each additional OS, (#3, #4, etc.)

Edit the boot config files on the USB to add the additional OS's to the boot menu.

Do I have this correct?

Seaken64

[BitJam]

Yes! You've got it. Please let us know how it goes. I used to do this a lot. I think it can be really handy to have several systems on the same usb stick.

The Live-usb-storage/ directories will be share between the distros.

[skidoo]

I just carry two USB keys with me now. A blue one for MX-64-bit and a red one for antiX-32-bit.

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“coincidence is not just only a road to facts but also a call to ponder”
. . . . ― Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
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[seaken64]

I just carry two USB keys with me now. A blue one for MX-64-bit and a red one for antiX-32-bit.

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“coincidence is not just only a road to facts but also a call to ponder”
. . . . ― Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
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That's funny. And I didn't consciously choose those colors. (They are two "lego" style USB keys).

"the brutal truths of reality" - that's antiX alright! Love it!

"the blissful ignorance of illusion" - MX for the masses, right? But it's just as powerful behind the scenes.

[seaken64]

Success! I now have a single LiveUSB stick with two Live OS's - antiX 32-bit and MX 64-bit.

I started with using live-usb-maker and created a LiveUSB with antiX-17.4-32-bit.

Next I copied over the antiX folder from a previously made MX-18.1-64-bit LiveUSB to the /live/boot-dev/ and named the folder antiX-MX.

Then I edited the syslinux.cfg file and added my new MX entry.

Finally I rebooted and chose the newly added MX entry and booted the MX system.

I rebooted and chose the antiX entry to make sure they both worked. Everything is working good.

I tested the persistence in MX by doing an upgrade and a remaster. It all is working good.

There is a delay in booting MX at the line that says populating /dev but it does eventually boot the system. There was also a stall at shutdown for reboot. But I was able to power down and reboot with no apparent issues.

I will add one more OS, a MX-32-bit and I'll be done.

Thanks for everyones help! You've done a great job with the LiveUSB system.

Seaken64

[Danathar]

Success! I now have a single LiveUSB stick with two Live OS's - antiX 32-bit and MX 64-bit.

I started with using live-usb-maker and created a LiveUSB with antiX-17.4-32-bit.

Next I copied over the antiX folder from a previously made MX-18.1-64-bit LiveUSB to the /live/boot-dev/ and named the folder antiX-MX.

Then I edited the syslinux.cfg file and added my new MX entry.

Finally I rebooted and chose the newly added MX entry and booted the MX system.

I rebooted and chose the antiX entry to make sure they both worked. Everything is working good.

I tested the persistence in MX by doing an upgrade and a remaster. It all is working good.

There is a delay in booting MX at the line that says populating /dev but it does eventually boot the system. There was also a stall at shutdown for reboot. But I was able to power down and reboot with no apparent issues.

I will add one more OS, a MX-32-bit and I'll be done.

Thanks for everyones help! You've done a great job with the LiveUSB system.

Seaken64

Are you using Encryption with your stick? I want to replicate your work but for me to have it on my keychain I'd want it encrypted.

[seaken64]

@Danathar ,

No, I have not used Encryption yet. Give it a try and let us know how it works out for you.

Seaken64