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 +====== General info about usb boot system ======
 +
 +Generally, there are 2 types OS bootable from USB.
 +  * Linux
 +  * Window PE (pre-install environment)
 +
 +Although other OS,like Mac OS X can boot from USB directly, but a Mac compatible system required.
 +
 +===== common free linux usb boot tool =====
 +
 +
 +====== Multi-OS USB booting solution ======
 +
 +  * Download 
 +    * new: http://www.pendrivelinux.com/xboot-multiboot-iso-usb-creator/
 +    * old: http://www.pendrivelinux.com/boot-multiple-iso-from-usb-multiboot-usb/
 +  * Multi-Boot USB app supports common linux distributions.
 +  * run the "MultiBootISOs.exe" to load each ISO into the USB
 +    * in USB, "splash.xpm.gz" is the splash; "menu.lst" is the text configure of Boot menu and look-up directory.
 +
 +===== virtualbox method - portable virtual box app =====
 +
 +  * read how-to: http://www.pendrivelinux.com/using-a-portable-virtualbox-to-run-linux-from-usb/
 +
 +===== virtualbox method - boot usb OS into virtual box =====
 +
 +  * find USB device NO.: run "diskmgmt.msc", normally from 0 to 9.
 +  * create vmdk file (virtual machine disk) that links to the USB device. (Windows as example)<code dos>REM  sudo / admin rights
 +REM physical drive 0-9 depends on your device NO. found, for this case, it is "PhysicalDrive1"
 +VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename \VM\myUSB.vmdk -rawdisk \\.\PhysicalDrive1
 +</code>
 +  * launch VirtualBox with Admin rights to create a virtual machine that can use the VMDK file as a bridge to read USB device as internal device.
 +
 +===== useful live linux iso =====
 +
 +  * GPartition: http://gparted.sourceforge.net/
 +  * OphCrack: http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/
 +  * Ghost4Linux: http://g4l.sourceforge.net/
 +  * CloneZilla: http://clonezilla.org/
 +====== Bootable USB drive system setup ======
 +  * [[http://shining-lucy.com/wiki/doku.php?id=appwiki:usbsys|Dual OS bootable USB drive]] (in Chinese)