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#### User guide is located here http://multibootusb.org/page_guide/
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#### User guide is located [here](http://multibootusb.org/page_guide/)
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What is multibootusb?
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What is multibootusb?
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MultiBootUSB is a cross platform* software/utility to create multi boot live Linux on a removable media i.e USB disk.
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MultiBootUSB is a cross platform* software/utility to create multi boot live Linux on a removable media i.e USB disk.
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It is similar to unetbootin but many distros can be installed, provided you have enough space on the disk.
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It is similar to unetbootin but many distros can be installed, provided you have enough space on the disk.
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MultiBootUSB also provides an option to uninstall distro(s) at any time, if you wish.
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MultiBootUSB also provides an option to uninstall distro(s) at any time, if you wish.
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* Only works on windows and linux
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* Only works on windows and linux
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How to install?
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## What does multibootusb do?
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The install.py script provided with multibootusb should take care of all dependency and install multibootusb.
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MultiBootUSB allows you to do the following:-
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Assume that you have downloaded the package named "multibootusb.tar.gz" in to your home directory.
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Issue the following commands to install multibootusb:-
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```
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1. Install multiple live Linux and other Operating Systems in to a USB disk and make it bootable without erasing existing data.
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tar -xf ./multibootusb.tar.gz
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2. Ability to uninstall installed OS later.
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cd multibootusb
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3. Write ISO image directly to a USB disk (you can think of GUI for Linux `dd` command).
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chmod +x ./install.py
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4. Boot ISO images directly without rebooting your system using QEMU option.
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sudo ./install.py
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5. Boot bootable USBs without rebooting your system using QEMU option.
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```
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6. Boot USB on UEFI/EFI system through GRUB2 bootloader support (limited support).
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## Installation:
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* On Windows:-
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* The windows version of multbootusb is not a standalone program. You need to install it on windows after download. Download the latest
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precompiled setup binary (.exe) file from
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[here](http://multibootusb.org/page_download/)
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* The installation is farley simple. Double click on the executable and follow the onscreen instruction.
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* On Linux:-
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**Using binary method:-**
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That is it. You can find multibootusb under system menu or simply launch from terminal by typing "multibootusb".
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* Download the installation and source files for various distros from
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If "install.py" script fails to install multibootusb successfully then manually install following packages and rerun the install.py script:-
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[here](http://multibootusb.org/page_download/)
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* Use your favourite package manager to install multibootusb.
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* mtools util-linux parted python3-qt5 python-dbus pkexec
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**Using source code method `Linux`:-**
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* The install.py script provided with multibootusb should take care of all dependencies and install multibootusb.
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Assume that you have downloaded the package named **multibootusb.tar.gz** in to your home directory.
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Issue the following commands to install multibootusb:-
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```sh
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tar -xf ./multibootusb.tar.gz
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cd multibootusb
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chmod +x ./install.py
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sudo ./install.py
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```
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NOTE: install.py currently supports only distros based on apt-get, yum, zypper, pacman.
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You can add more if you use other package manager system and email to me for adding into upstream.
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The above how to is only for linux. Windows users may download pre compiled standalone binaries/ .exe from
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https://sourceforge.net/projects/multibootusb/files/
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How to uninstall?
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How to uninstall?
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sudo ./uninstall.py
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sudo ./uninstall.py
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```
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```
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For the rest of operations you can refer [Guide](http://multibootusb.org/page_guide/) section of [http://multibootusb.org](http://multibootusb.org)
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Website:
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Website:
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www.multibootusb.org
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http://multibootusb.org
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Development:
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Development:
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https://github.com/mbusb/multibootusb
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https://github.com/mbusb/multibootusb
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Help:
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Help:
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Mail me at feedback.multibootusb@gmail.com for query, help, bug report or feature request.
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Use Github issue service at [https://github.com/mbusb/multibootusb/issues](https://github.com/mbusb/multibootusb/issues)
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for help and issues.
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Contributor(s)
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Contributor(s)
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LiQiong Lee
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Ian Bruce
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Ian Bruce
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LiQiong Lee
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Alin Trăistaru (alindt)
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and many others who have given their valuable bug report/ feedback.
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and many others who have given their valuable bug report/ feedback.
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Author(s)
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Author(s)
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