![]() ![]() Create a new primary partition at the beginning of the drive using the entire drive minus 730MB.Ĭreate a new primary partition using the remaining space. sudo cfdisk /dev/sdbĭelete all partitions. For this guide we're going to assume it's /dev/sdb With your drive plugged in, run sudo fdisk -l and find your USB drive. If someone would like to make a Windows version of this, feel free. ![]() It's possible to do using Windows tools but I'm going to stick strictly to the instructions I've tested personally. I did this using the Linux CLI in an Ubuntu VM because it's faster for me. This guide assumes a bit of technical knowledge and that you know your way around the Linux CLI. I created a universal Win 7 installer using WinAIO for YUMI to install on my drive removing the issue of tweaking GRUB or syslinux manually to get a Windows install to boot. Then I created a FAT32 partition at the beginning of the drive to install other bootable environments on using YUMI. My finished solution: What I ended up doing was creating a separate partition at the end of the drive and copying the ISO contents for fast booting into my persistent environment. ![]() Creating a persistent environment then adding things like Trinity or UBCD to GRUB was rather trivial, but I also wanted a Windows 7 installer and recovery console. Not a single one I could find supported persistent environments. The problem: There are many many tools for creating multi boot USB drives. I thought I'd write up a quick little run down on how to do this, since it took me about two weeks of tinkering and reading to get this working right and no one around here seemed to know the answers to my questions when I asked. I may look like I've abandoned this but I haven't. I'm not going to make another image until I get the 32G drive working. My image got corrupted in my VM before I could seed it to 1.0. Once I have the complete 32GB version created I'll make proper images for both 16 and 32GB sizes with proper uploads. It's not confirmed working by anyone, and a torrent was the only option for distribution. I used Ubuntu 10.04 LTS so I don't have to worry about future upgrades as often.ĮDIT 1/13: For the lazy, here's an image of the drive. It should work with any Debian based live distro that supports persistence. EDIT 1/14: Clarification: The ISO you're writing directly to the drive in step 11 is a Linux live environment. ![]()
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