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demysteriismundi

Member

Registered: 2019-07-04

Posts: 1

Creating multiboot usb stick

Hello everyone!

Recently I wanted to make a multiboot usb stick. What I do:
1) dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb to clear usb
2) make partition table with fdisk:
    - 100 mb fat32 (for grub)
    - 2 gb ext4 (for a linux #1)
    - ...
    - 2 gb ext4 (for a linux #n)
3) mkfs it
4) grub-install root=/mnt/usb-grub /dev/sdb to install grub
5) download any linux (for example arch linux) and mounted downloaded iso
6) and configurate grub in /mnt/usb-grub/boot/grub/grub.cfg

My grub.cfg:
menuentry "Archlinux" {
   set root=(hd1,2)
   linux /arch/boot/x86_64/vmlinuz
   initrd /arch/boot/x86_64/archiso and some path to other iso
}

When I starts computer from usb and choose Archlinux in GRUB, I see starting process and next error in the end:
/dev/disk/by-label/ device did it show up after 30 seconds

Can you help me with this error please. Just direct me to the right way.
Thanks!

Lone_Wolf

Administrator

From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 13,368

Re: Creating multiboot usb stick

Arch installation isos require to be labeled in a very specific way , see https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/US … leshooting

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