Sunday, March 30, 2014

Multiboot USB Creator – YUMI –

YUMI (Your Universal Multiboot Installer), is the successor to our MultibootISOs. It can be used to create a Multiboot USB Flash Drive containing multiple operating systems, antivirus utilities, disc cloning, diagnostic tools, and more. Contrary to MultiBootISOs which used grub to boot ISO files directly from USB, YUMI uses syslinux to boot extracted distributions stored on the USB device, and reverts to using grub to Boot Multiple ISO files from USB, if necessary.
Aside from a few distributions, all files are stored within the Multiboot or yumi folder (depending on version), making for a nicely organized Multiboot USB Drive that can still be used for other storage purposes.
Creating a YUMI Multiboot MultiSystem Bootable USB Flash Drive
YUMI works much like Universal USB Installer, except it can be used to install more than one distribution to run from your USB. Distributions can also be uninstalled using the same tool!
YUMI - Multiboot USB Creator
YUMI's Main Multiboot Boot Menu
YUMI - Multiboot Boot Menu
YUMI-2.0.0.2.exe – March 18, 2014 – Changelog
YUMI V2 for Windows – Update to support newer version of Offline Windows Password & Registry Editor, LuninuX OS, Pear Linux, and Konboot 2.3 Pro.
YUMI for Windows MD5: 2304CB0ACC8AA003DED751614258D7C1
NOTE: YUMI V2 can't remove distributions previously installed with Legacy YUMI! Although no longer supported, you can still Download Legacy YUMI
Linux Based YUMI Downloads:
Note: I am currently rewriting YUMI for Linux to match YUMI for Windows, so the following tool will dramatically change once it is finished.
Source Code
IMPORTANT NOTE: Your USB drive must be Fat16/Fat32/NTFS formatted, otherwise Syslinux will fail and your drive will NOT Boot. NTFS is buggy, and data may become corrupted if you use it!
Basic Essentials to create a MultiSystem Bootable USB Drive
  • Fat32 or *NTFS Formatted USB Flash or USB Hard Drive
  • PC that can boot from USB
  • Windows XP/Vista/7 or Ubuntu/Debian for the Linux version of YUMI to create the Bootable USB
  • YUMI-2.0.0.2.exe
  • Your selection of ISO Files

No comments:

Post a Comment