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@@ -42,11 +42,19 @@ I've already used this method to successfully install Windows 7, OpenBSD 6.7, an ## Usage +First, you need to have a partitioned USB drive. For the best legacy BIOS compatibility, it's recommended to use MSDOS (MBR) partition table. Because most UEFI firmware only supports FAT32 partitions, you need a FAT32 partition on the USB drive, and put the boot files into this partition. + ### The easier way: one FAT32 partition -First mount your USB drive partition. I recommend using udevil so that you can write files without as root. +Suppose your USB stick device is /dev/sdb and the partition on the device is /dev/sdb1. + +```bash +# install Arch, Mint (x86_64 with MATE Desktop) and Fedora 32 to USB +./buildlive --root=/dev/sdb1 arch mint/mate fedora/32 +``` -Then run buildlive script as follows, suppose your USB is /dev/sdb and /dev/sdb1 is mount to /media/sdb1: +The other way is to mount your USB drive partition first. I recommend using udevil so that you can write files without as root. +Then run buildlive script as follows, suppose /dev/sdb1 is mount to /media/sdb1: ```bash # install Arch, Mint (x86_64 with MATE Desktop) and Fedora 32 to USB @@ -136,6 +144,8 @@ I've made some experimental features that are not yet merged to the main source The resulting USB stick works on QEMU with PC BIOS (SeaBIOS), UEFI (OVMF), libreboot (i440fx, GRUB txtmode) as firmware. +The script ``testusb.sh`` can be used to test a USB stick with QEMU. + ## Related work You can search keyword ``multiboot`` on GitHub and find some related projects. Listed below is some related work I know or find. |