Multiboot Flashdrive

[aurrorax]

Best members of the linustechtips forum,

 

 

I need help with the following thing.

I need to create a Multiboot USB flashdrive (A USB-stick that can be used to install multiple OS) Containing the following OS's Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Linux Ubuntu.

 

I've searched the web for useful applications and I've tried one called "yumi" which worked well until I installed windows 7 and 8.1 on it and it decided to overwrite windows 7 with windows 8.

I'm using the following flash drive : SanDisk Cruzer ultra USB 3.0 64 GB

( http://www.sandisk.com/products/usb/drives/ultra3/ )\

 

 

Thank you for reading I hope to get some help soon..

[Momas]

My favorite tool for multiboot flash drives is - Sardu (http://www.sarducd.it/). Why it's my favorite?:

• Easy to use
• Can automatically download any OS or tool that's free to use
• Can have unlimited number of ISO's on flash drive (Still, I wouldn't recommend to install 20 different OS images  )
• Completely free
• Has support for pretty much any OS or tool that you might need
• Has NTFS support

Everything should be easy to understand/learn with Sardu. If you need any help with it quote me on this topic or PM me

 

Download: http://www.sarducd.it/downloads

[aurrorax]

My favorite tool for multiboot flash drives is - Sardu (http://www.sarducd.it/). Why it's my favorite?:

• Easy to use
• Can automatically download any OS or tool that's free to use
• Can have unlimited number of ISO's on flash drive (Still, I wouldn't recommend to install 20 different OS images  )
• Completely free
• Has support for pretty much any OS or tool that you might need
• Has NTFS support

Everything should be easy to understand/learn with Sardu. If you need any help with it quote me on this topic or PM me

 

Download: http://www.sarducd.it/downloads

 

Thank you for your fast reponse, the only problem is that sardu does not detect my USB drive or any other USB drive I try.

Any solutions? the USB-stick is formatted into exFat (can be formatted to NTFS or exfat not fat32 or anything else)

[Momas]

Thank you for your fast reponse, the only problem is that sardu does not detect my USB drive or any other USB drive I try.

Any solutions? the USB-stick is formatted into exFat (can be formatted to NTFS or exfat not fat32 or anything else)

Your flash drive is probably formatted as NTFS. At the top select: USB -> Enable NTFS support, then click "Search USB" button on the right and your flash drive should appear.

[aurrorax]

Your flash drive is probably formatted as NTFS. At the top select: USB -> Enable NTFS support, then click "Search USB" button on the right and your flash drive should appear.

 

Thank you for your help! If I have anymore questions you will hear from me.

[Davide Costa]

Hi,
i can talk only about SARDU.

SARDU don't support eXfat, is not fully compatible with syslinux.
Best choice is FAT32, you can have multiple installer of Windows and multiple PEs.
NTFS is supported but can't have multiple Windows (read and write rights )