SimpleDiskImager
multibootusb
| SimpleDiskImager | multibootusb | |
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| 1 | 2 | |
| 12 | 1,356 | |
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| 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| about 2 years ago | almost 3 years ago | |
| C# | Python | |
| MIT License | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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SimpleDiskImager
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Rufus: The Reliable USB Formatting Utility
Rufus is great for writing Windows ISOs to thumb drives. Sometimes it tries to be too smart though. In particular I had trouble writing a SmartOS disk image successfully.
I tried writing something[1] that would be a little smarter than Win32 Disk Imager. That is, it will adjust EFI partition labeling. Otherwise it will just write the image. After some experimentation that is what was needed to get a SmartOS disk image to boot on my old laptop.
It sounds obvious in retrospect, but you can’t use something like dd to write invalid disk partitioning data and expect it to boot. EFI expects there to be a header at the beginning and end of the disk. Furthermore, I can’t try to “optimize” my disk image writer by skipping zeroed sectors and expect everything to work out fine. Without knowledge of the file system format, leaving sectors uncleared causes all kinds of fun data corruption.
[1]: https://github.com/AustinWise/SimpleDiskImager
multibootusb
What are some alternatives?
unetbootin - UNetbootin installs Linux/BSD distributions to a partition or USB drive
Ventoy - A new bootable USB solution.
MediaWriter - Fedora Media Writer - Write Fedora Images to Portable Media
WoeUSB-ng - WoeUSB-ng is a simple tool that enable you to create your own usb stick windows installer from an iso image or a real DVD. This is a rewrite of original WoeUSB.
Super-UEFIinSecureBoot-Disk - Super UEFIinSecureBoot Disk: Boot any OS or .efi file without disabling UEFI Secure Boot
multibootusb - A collection of GRUB files and scripts that will allow you to create a pendrive capable of booting different ISO files
Rufus - The Reliable USB Formatting Utility
refindplus - A Boot Manager for Mac and PC
efiboots - Manage EFI boot loader entries with this simple GUI
glim - GRUB Live ISO Multiboot