Iso to liveusb

[iddly]

I have used 'Yumi' with great success. It may well be a candidate for the ugliest interface of the year, but it is very clear, fast and flexible. It is GNU licensed but not in Synaptic - any possibility of it getting there?

[Just17]

I have used 'Yumi' with great success. It may well be a candidate for the ugliest interface of the year, but it is very clear, fast and flexible. It is GNU licensed but not in Synaptic - any possibility of it getting there?

Only YUMI I have come across is for Windows
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/yumi-multiboot-usb-creator/

Is there a Linux version?

[iddly]

Quote from: Just17 on Today at 12:01:29 AM


Only YUMI I have come across is for Windows
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/yumi-multiboot-usb-creator/

Is there a Linux version?

I think that, in my confused way, that was my question ( Embarrassed ) !

According to Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tools_to_create_Live_USB_systems
Yumi is licensed under GPL v.2. This implies that the source code is available. It is LINUX oriented and I seem to remember that it is LINUX code (and the name Pendrivelinux.com supports this idea). This again implies that it should be relatively ( Grin ) simple to turn it into a LINUX program.

The first snag is that, while Wikipedia gives a link to the source code:
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/downloads/Sources/USB-Installers/YUMI/YUMI-0.0.6.6.src.zip
the link is dead (404). I found no other reference on Pendrivelinux.com pages.

There may well be other problems, but it really is a useful program.



 "Oh, high is the price of parenthood, and daughters may cost you double.
You dare not forget, as you thought you could, that youth is a plague and a trouble."

[Fairly Reticent]

PenDriveLinux.com meets their (GPL) obligations with integrity.  The latest sources are certainly available.
Just follow the Credits, Resources and Sources  link at the bottom)    
There's also source for an obsolete MultiBootISOs tool there, but it's based on grub4dOS.

It's useful to study the directory structure and configuration files used, since for many distros it's mostly
 format the stick (YUMI uses FAT32),
 make it bootable (with syslinux),
 extract most of the iso (7zip), and
 add the startup cfg file(s), usually with adjusted boot parameters (cheatcodes).  

The sourceforge project multiBootUSB was updated 2013/01/29 ... though it uses grub4dOS too.  

Note:  Using a dd-based tool to  "dump" an image onto a flash device destroys any prior file-system or partitioning overwrites the target partition; access to any data not destroyed will be lost, and capacity will be reduced to the image size.  Does that sound like efficient use of flash storage?    Or open for multiboot or customization?  Overwriting a partition is not necessary. 

[Just17]

Note:  Using a dd-based tool to  "dump" an image onto a flash device destroys any prior file-system or partitioning; access to any data not destroyed will be lost, and capacity will be reduced to the image size.  Does that sound like efficient use of flash storage?   

If the ISO is Hybrid you can 'burn' it to a partition thus freeing the rest of the drive for other uses.
You would need a boot manager on a separate partition  ....  but that would require very little space ....

[Steve6375]

You might like to look at Tutorial 72 http://www.rmprepusb.com/tutorials/72---easyboot---a-grubdos-multiboot-drive-that-is-easy-to-maintain on my site.
Once you have made the grub4dos bootable USB drive, you can add any number of linux ISO files just by copying them all to a folder on the USB drive. No other action is required. Most linux ISOs (with the few exceptions of haiku and Trinity Rescue) just work! You can add or delete the ISO files as you wish.

[Tony]

Just to clarify and finish up:
1.)

"What is the preferred way to create a liveusb from a pcl iso? From linux or from window$."

1.a) "...What is the preferred way to create a liveusb from a pcl iso"?

There is a utility called   PCLinuxOS LiveUSB creator  which will do it from PCLOS .......  running live or from an installed PCLOS.

It can be found in the menu under  More Applications - Configuration

Partition the device first, making the partition you will use a Linux format (ext)
http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,82277.0.html

1.b) "From linux or from window$."
As is stated, the prefered and 100% reliable method(EDIT: In My experience, and most PCLOS Users ...) is Just17's PCLinuxOS LiveUSB creator - which will do it from PCLOS.