Universal multiboot USB flash drive with support for Windows, Linux, WinPE and UEFI/Legacy BIOS.
graph LR;
Format[Format] --> Boot[MBR/PBR]
Boot --> Files[USB-Files]
Files --> ISO[ISO]
ISO --> Menu[menu.lst]
- Quick Start
- Features
- Supported Images
- How to Make the USB Flash Drive Bootable
- Preparing a Windows ISO Image
- WinContig — Analysis and Defragmentation
- Themes
- BIOS/UEFI
- Windows ISO
- Linux ISO
- WinPE/LiveCD
- Themes
- Multiple ISOs on a single USB drive
- Windows 10 / 11
- Macrium Reflect
- WinPE / LiveCD environments
- Arch Linux
- Kali Linux
- CachyOS
- Debian-based distributions
- Most modern Linux distributions
Installing the bootloader
Important
The USB flash drive must be formatted as one partition.
FAT32/NTFS→ Choose the file system that best suits your needs.
Important
FAT32 → does not support files larger than 4 GB
Open Bootice and select your USB drive.
File System
├─ FAT32/NTFS
└─ Start LBA → 2048
| File system | Features |
|---|---|
| FAT32 | Compatible, but files up to 4 GB |
| NTFS | Supports large ISO files |
Parts Manage
├─ Re-Partitioning
├─ USB-HDD mode (Single Partition)
└─ Activate
Bootice
└─ Process MBR
└─Windows NT 5.x/6.x
└─ Install
Bootice
└─ Process PBR
└─ Grub4Dos
└─ Install
└─ Version 0.4.6a
- Format the USB flash drive using → Bootice → Parts Manage → Repartitioning.
- Using BOOTICE, perform Re-Partitioning as described in the section above. → How to make the USB flash drive bootable.
- Copy the contents of the folder → USB-Files to the USB flash drive.
- Integrate the driver → FiraDisk into the Windows ISO image.
- Copy the ISO image to the folder → ISO.
- Edit the file → menu.lst so that the ISO paths and names match.
- Copy the Linux distributions to the TUX folder
- Copy WinPE / LiveCD images to the PE folder
Important
If desired, all ISOs can be stored in one directory.
Folders "ISO, TUX, PE, Apps" are created solely for convenience.
Multiboot USB root/
│
├──GFX/
│ ├── mac.gz
│ └── unifont.hex.gz
│
├── Apps/
│
├── ISO/
├── PE/
├── TUX/
│
├── AutoUnattend.xml
├── GRLDR
├── liveusbl
├── winpeshl.ini
│
└── menu.lst
Important
A multiboot flash drive created using this scheme works in both BIOS Legacy and UEFI.
Warning
Some ISO images may require disabling Secure Boot in the BIOS/UEFI to boot.
To run Windows installation from a USB flash drive, you need to integrate the FiraDisk driver into the ISO image.
For this purpose → FiraDisk_integrator is used.
Create a working folder
├─ Use Latin characters in the folder name
├─ No spaces
├─ Maximum 8 characters
├─ Copy the Windows ISO into the folder
├─ Place the FiraDisk_integrator script in the same folder
└─ Run the script as administrator
Important
You can copy several Windows ISO, of different editions and 32-bit and 64-bit versions.
The script processes all ISO images located in the same folder sequentially and, based on them, creates its own ISO images with the FiraDisk driver.
When working with multiboot flash drives, ISO files should not be fragmented.
Important
If the ISO is fragmented, errors or problems may occur while loading the ISO into memory.
ISO check
WinContig → Analyze
Important
If the program shows the need for optimization, perform defragmentation.
Defragmentation→ launch WinContig
List of drives
├─ Select flash drive
├─ Properties
├─ Service
├─ Check
└─ Optimize
Themes → located in the make_skins/skins folder
How to Install a New Theme
Select the skin file → for example → mac.gz
├─ Copy it to the folder → GFX
├─ Edit → menu.lst
├─ Find the line → gfxmenu /GFX/sony.gz
└─ Replace → sony.gz with mac.gz
| City | Art | Yellow | Moda |
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Source files, configs, and themes: