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| author | Iru Cai <mytbk920423@gmail.com> | 2016-08-06 14:05:05 +0800 |
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| committer | Iru Cai <mytbk920423@gmail.com> | 2016-08-06 14:05:05 +0800 |
| commit | cf464558254ebaf20ffdefe8b5885c24b713f0d4 (patch) | |
| tree | 65aab0d98c74dbaca6dc5a7619c1449e69ee74e7 | |
| parent | 25545a33aab48c1c9780e5a634d5f94d623f8930 (diff) | |
| download | liveusb-builder-cf464558254ebaf20ffdefe8b5885c24b713f0d4.tar.xz | |
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@@ -4,8 +4,20 @@ A script suite to create multiboot USB stick for GNU/Linux distributions ## dependencies - udevil: for mounting iso files -- wget or curl: for downloading +- wget: for downloading +- GRUB with BIOS and UEFI support ## usage -./buildlive --root=/mnt/ \<a list of distros\> +First mount your USB drive partition. I recommend using udevil so that you can write files without as root. + +Then run buildlive script as follows, suppose your USB is /dev/sdb and /dev/sdb1 is mount to /media/sdb1: + +``` +# install Arch, Mint (x86_64 with MATE Desktop) and Fedora to USB +./buildlive --root=/media/sdb1 --dev=/dev/sdb arch mint/mate/64 fedora +``` + +## status + +The resulting USB stick works on QEMU with PC BIOS (SeaBIOS), UEFI (OVMF), libreboot (i440fx, GRUB txtmode) as firmware. |