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This page describes the process of creating a bootable USB key that has multiple ISO images on it. This is especially useful for conferences and testing.

Instructions

* Gather all the ISOs you wish to have on the USB key.

Install Grub

sudo mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt

sudo grub-install --no-floppy --root-directory=/mnt /dev/sdc

Edit /mnt/boot/grub/grub.cfg

menuentry "Ubuntu 10.04 Desktop i386" {

• loopback loop /iso/ubuntu-10.04-desktop-i386.iso linux (loop)/casper/vmlinuz boot=casper iso-scan/filename=/iso/ubuntu-10.04-desktop-i386.iso noeject noprompt -- initrd (loop)/casper/initrd.lz

}

Copy the ISOs in and Happy Booting!!

install -d /mnt/iso

cp ubuntu-10.04-desktop-i386.iso /mnt/iso