replacing the Startup Disk Creator in Lubuntu 16.04 LTS

Fri Sep 25 18:34:32 UTC 2015

Good to know Nio!

I do not use mkusb for a long time... But I will put on my TODO list...
I certainly want to test those boot drive solutions, but I'm quite busy
lately. Please update us if anything new comes up.

Cheers!

2015-09-25 12:28 GMT-03:00 Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund at gmail.com>:

> Hello Andre,
>
> I made a modified system based on your multiboot system to add a module
> to create persistent live drives with mkusb. Have you tried the bleeding
> edge version of mkusb from phillw.net or the unstable ppa?
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/mkusb/gui
>
> There is a discussion at the Ubuntu Quality mailing list too, where we
> are discussing modifying/simplifying the Startup Disk Creator to clone
> the iso file (which is doing what mkusb is doing as its standard
> method). And in a second step a module to create persistent live drives
> can be added. That's where you method would be a very good alternative
> (or maybe mine, as a modified version of yours).
>
> Such a solution would solve the problems of languages and such issues:
> use what is already there in the Startup Disk Creator :-)
>
> Best regards
> Nio
>
> Den 2015-09-25 kl. 16:45, skrev Andre Campos Rodovalho:
> > Hello! Just tested MultiSystem and works... Actually it handles GRUB2,
> > Grub4DOS and also Syslinux.
> >
> > My impressions are that this is not a good replacement for Startup Disk
> > Creator. It is a very nice script, but there might be lots of problems
> > to solve before this to be shipped on a ubuntu ISO. There are some
> > failures on translation, there is some links to non-free tools (not sure
> > how that might affect), but works, and there is also an option to
> > download ISO files
> >
> > In my opinion this is a must see script, maybe the community can do a
> > simpler but user friendly tool to create bootable drivers using grub2
> > based on MultiSystem...
> >
> >
> >
> > 2015-09-19 4:19 GMT-03:00 Basil Fernie <basil at pop.co.za
> > <mailto:basil at pop.co.za>>:
> >
> >
> >     I use it quite a lot, keeping several distros of current interest on
> >     a flash stick for use as and when. Have had no problems with it so
> far.
> >
> >     One desirable feature would be to be able to remove a no-longer
> >     interesting distro without having to replace all the ditros on the
> >     stick. Surely not too difficult to add?
> >
> >     Regards,
> >     Basil
> >
> >
> >
> >     On Fri, 18 Sep 2015 17:07:57 +0200, Nio Wiklund
> >     <nio.wiklund at gmail.com <mailto:nio.wiklund at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >         Hi Andre,
> >
> >         If you have time this weekend, please check it :-) I think it
> >         works, but
> >         have not tested it.
> >
> >         Den 2015-09-18 kl. 16:47, skrev Andre Campos Rodovalho:
> >
> >             I'm hearing about MultiSystem... Looks like it uses GRUB2
> >             and works for
> >             UEFI, but I did not test it!
> >
> >
> http://www.pendrivelinux.com/multiboot-create-a-multiboot-usb-from-linux/
> >
> >
> >
> >             2015-09-18 2:19 GMT-03:00 Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund at gmail.com
> >             <mailto:nio.wiklund at gmail.com>
> >             <mailto:nio.wiklund at gmail.com <mailto:nio.wiklund at gmail.com
> >>>:
> >
> >                 Den 2015-09-18 kl. 07:05, skrev Brendan Perrine:
> >                 > On Fri, 18 Sep 2015 05:44:52 +0100
> >                 > E James <e_james at moladn.net
> >             <mailto:e_james at moladn.net> <mailto:e_james at moladn.net
> >             <mailto:e_james at moladn.net>>> wrote:
> >                 >
> >                 >> or 4 for Porteus). Mostly I use YUMI (Pen Drive
> >             Linux) to create a multiboot stick with maybe 5 or 10
> >             choices (32 bit and 64 bit) including GParted and Parted
> >             Magic. It
> >                 >
> >                 > I actually find startup disk creator GUI more
> >             confusing than dd but when using dd but only if you use
> >             lsblk to know which drive you are entirely overwritten.
> >
> >                 Hi Brendan,
> >
> >                 I think dd is too dangerous even for gurus. So I 'wrap a
> >             safely belt
> >                 around it' with mkusb. If you prefer a command line
> >             tool, there is
> >                 mkusb-nox without bells and whistles, but the safely
> >             belt is there :-)
> >
> >                 Other people prefer Disks (gnome-disks), Multisystem and
> >             I think many
> >                 people use and like Unetbootin. (LXLE switched to
> >             MultibootUSB in the
> >                 current release. ToriOS will release its first version
> >             with mkusb.)
> >
> >                 Before deciding to change tool, I suggest that we try
> >             other tools than
> >                 our favourites, and discuss the results here.
> >
> >                 Best regards
> >                 Nio
> >
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