From cf464558254ebaf20ffdefe8b5885c24b713f0d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Iru Cai Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2016 14:05:05 +0800 Subject: update README.md --- README.md | 16 ++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'README.md') diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 6c2af6d..4e1edce 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -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/ \ +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. -- cgit v1.2.3