Although I created bootable pen drives before this was the first time I knew about Easy2Boot. I was quite impressed with what it can do. One can run a lot of diagnosing tools, OS, utilities, etc. off a single USB (with a working menu nonetheless.)
I downloaded the Easy2Boot tool and Ultimate Boot CD iso. I have an iso for Kali Linux. The documentation for Easy2Boot was quite impressive and extensive. After a couple of tries I was able to create the bootable USB with the Kali Linux and UBCD iso. To get rid of the “Change File Extension” suggestions I added _q to the filenames of the iso files (Eg. UBCD.iso to UBCD_q.iso).
I was able to run the emulator for all except Kali Linux because of the 32-bit limitation . I ran Kali Linux off the bootable USB. A thing to note is the different procedure for BIOS and UEFI firmware. The bootable USB I created can run memtest86 on a BIOS machine but is not recognized in a UEFI one. This can be resolved by implementing a dual partition in the USB where the 2nd partition will hold the iso files as well as some configuration changes.
The images below show the results.
This was an extensive project and a great one to work on. I can’t wait for the next one 🙂