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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 |