From 56dce308f2f21a4c20e040cb4342832a4935ed8c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Iru Cai Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2020 22:19:43 +0800 Subject: README: some clarification, add Ventoy as related project --- README.md | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index ed34031..90010d3 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ For Arch Linux users, just install [liveusb-builder-git](https://aur.archlinux.o liveusb-builder needs a kernel image, an initramfs image, and a proper kernel command line to support a boot image. However, not every CD/DVD image supports booting this way. There are some other ways to boot these images, but they will break our philosophy to support various firmware and bootloaders. -If you want to use a disk image to install an operating system, I suggest using the virtual machine method as follows. Boot an AMD64 machine with enough memory and VMX feature with a Live USB with QEMU GUI (e.g. Grml 2020.06, also see [my ticket](https://github.com/grml/grml-live/issues/71) for Grml) after attaching the hard disk you want to install the OS on, then run the following (assume you want to install your system on /dev/sda): +If you want to use a disk image to install an operating system, I suggest using the virtual machine method as follows. Boot an AMD64 machine with enough memory and VMX feature with a Live USB with QEMU GUI (e.g. Grml 2020.06, also see [my ticket](https://github.com/grml/grml-live/issues/71) for Grml) after attaching the hard disk you want to install the OS on, then run the following (assume the hard disk attached is /dev/sda): ```bash sudo qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -m 4G -cdrom your-install-cd.iso -drive /dev/sda,format=raw -boot order=d -no-reboot @@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ You can search keyword ``multiboot`` on GitHub and find some related projects. L - [Yumi](https://www.pendrivelinux.com/yumi-multiboot-usb-creator/): a Windows GUI multiboot USB builder, I need a similar tool that runs on GNU/Linux, so I created this project - [aguslr/multibootusb](https://github.com/aguslr/multibootusb): provides grub.cfg files for many CD images, I used some of the kernel command line of distros in this project, but some grub.cfg files use features provided by GRUB and thus not portable for loaders like syslinux +- [Ventoy](https://www.ventoy.net): a new multiboot USB project that supports making a live USB with most of the CD images. It has its own boot loader so doesn't rely on GRUB or syslinux config files. - [MultiBootLiveUSB](https://github.com/moontide/MultiBootLiveUSB) - [Multiboot USB drive - ArchWiki](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Multiboot_USB_drive) - [cbodden/multiboot](https://github.com/cbodden/multiboot) -- cgit v1.2.3