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GXCYD

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Registered: 2014-11-13

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How to make a multi-boot liveUSB in Arch?

Hi,I'm a newcomer.

I want to build a USB like this:

boot my computer -> grub

and the mementries in grub would be like:

- Arch LiveCD
- Fedora LiveCD
- Ubuntu LiveCD

I've read grub in ArchWiki.
My basic thought is I make serveral partitions and copy those distros' images to each partition (by dd or cp)
And Install grub to write MBR.

Here's my problem:
1.Where should I place grub.cfg?
2.How to config it?I mean write (hd0,msdos0):Arch LiveCD.

Is this possible? Or I need some tools for help?

A lot of thanks!

TheSaint

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From: my computer

Registered: 2007-08-19

Posts: 1,532

Re: How to make a multi-boot liveUSB in Arch?

You need only one boot loader. That could be set by the last installed distro.
You might mount the squashfs file in loop mode and copy your distro over the USB media, see here. Then, by that way, you'll have a upgradable installations.

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do it good first, it will be faster than do it twice the saint

teateawhy

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Registered: 2012-03-05

Posts: 1,138

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Re: How to make a multi-boot liveUSB in Arch?

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mu … _USB_drive

TheSaint

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From: my computer

Registered: 2007-08-19

Posts: 1,532

Re: How to make a multi-boot liveUSB in Arch?

If your intent is to keep the Livedistro on a squashfs or their ISO format then you may have a look at this
Could be better if the files are in the same partition. The only matter is to install grub onto the USB media.

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do it good first, it will be faster than do it twice the saint