BootBuddy

About

This project aims to simplify and automate the process of creating custom multiboot USB flash drives. Highly usable by SysAdmin/DevOps guys.

• Creates both BIOS and UEFI boot capable flash disk
• Manages GRUB config file and synces needed ISOs
• Holds cache with downloaded ISOs on computer (/tmp/iso)
• Update-capable - no need to reformat the whole drive on changes

Prerequisities

• USB flash drive (of any size, depends on how much stuff you want to fit in)
• Ruby (1.8.7 or newer)
• when on 1.8.7, make sure you run gem install yaml --no-rdoc --no-ri (or something equivalent)
• TIP: you can test whether you already have the YAML lib by running ruby -e 'if require "yaml" then puts "OK" else puts "ERR" end'
• GRUB2
• root access (like sudo bash or something)

Installation

1. git clone https://github.com/blufor/bootbuddy.git
2. cd bootbuddy
3. sudo ./INSTALL.sh

Usage

1. Configure your distros in /etc/bootbuddy.yaml
2. Plugin you USB drive. Be prepared to lose all the data on it (so backup if you feel the need).
3. Find out the device name by fdisk -l or lsblk
4. Run bb /dev/sdX and follow the instructions.

Tips

• If you have problems, investigate the code, it's really simple
• Eventually, you can post a pull request with a fix or enhancement ;)
• Don't hesitate also to post pull requests with more templates. I've only added systems egoistically based on my needs ;)