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napsix65
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multiboot

#1 Post by napsix65 »

Can you make usb multiboot with mx dd live-usb? :alien:

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Richard
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#2 Post by Richard »

No, not in my experience.

I use Easy2Boot on Linux for several years now.
Google, "Easy2Boot Linux" and you'll find it. It was originally developed on Windows, but you do not need Windows to build a multi boot USB.

Ask if you have questions.
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#3 Post by stsoh »

YUMI (Your Universal Multiboot Installer), run on linux with wine.
https://www.pendrivelinux.com/yumi-mult ... b-creator/
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Old Giza
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#4 Post by Old Giza »

Maybe not exactly what you are asking, but you can use the MX live install USB as a multibooting USB too. (I use it that way because I choose to install grub2 to MX 17's root partition rather than touch any MBR, and then want a way to boot without bothering with maintaining grub2 at all - can't stand its over-complicated design/implementation.)

So I just mount the install USB as a regular device in any other OS, and modify /boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg. Add an entry for each OS on the hard drive(s), change the timeout and default. Then boot from it. For MX, it chains to grub2 in the root and boots MX. Crude but simple. I guess I could make a purpose-built USB with just the syslinux on it.

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