Universal USB Installer ©2011 Lance http://www.pendrivelinux.

com (offered under GN

U GPL License) - see Uni-USB-Installer-Copying
Background of Universal USB Installer (UUI):
Universal USB Installer is an easy to use installer script (GUI) I wrote using N
SIS to automate the creation of a bootable USB device that can be used to put a
select Live Linux Distribution on USB.
How Universal USB Installer (UUI) WORKS:
This tool utilizes Syslinux to make the drive bootable, and in some cases chainl
oads to Grub4DOS and uses a corresponding menu.lst. A syslinux.cfg file or text.
cfg file may also used in some cases.
7-zip is used to extract the files from the ISO or Zip to the USB device. The co
mpressed filesystem of the Live Linux distribution being placed on the device is
not altered in any way.
DD for Windows (dd.exe) and Mke2fs are used to make a casper-rw persistent file
for storing changes. The casper persistent feature was created by Ubuntu and can
in theory be used on any Ubuntu based remix.
Formatting is done via the open source fat32format tool created by Tom Thornhill

Credits Resources and Tools used:

* Grub4DOS grldr ©2011, the Gna! people http://www.gnu.org/software/grub (unmo
dified binary used) : Specific Grub4DOS link: http://gna.org/projects/grub4dos/
* Syslinux ©2011 H. Peter Anvin http://syslinux.zytor.com (unmodified binary u
sed)
* DD for Windows dd.exe ©2011 John Newbigin http://www.chrysocome.net/dd (unmo
dified binary used)
* mke2fs.exe ©2011 Matt WU http://ext2fsd.sourceforge.net (unmodified binary u
sed)
* 7-Zip is ©2011 Igor Pavlovis http://7-zip.org (unmodified binaries were used
)
* Fat32format.exe ©2011 Tom Thornhill Ridgecorp Consultants http://www.rid
gecrop.demon.co.uk (unmodified binary used)
NSIS Installer ©2011 Contributors http://nsis.sourceforge.net (used to compile the
MultiBootISOs.nsi script)
NSIS is the easiest method I could find to automate the creation process, aside
from batch installers which we have moved away from.
Initially, I offered Distro specific USB Installers that could be used to put a
specific Live Linux Distro on USB. They were based on Cedric Tissieres's Tazusb.
exe for Slitaz (slitaz@objectif-securite.ch).
His Tazusb installer helped me quickly understand how NSIS works and how easily
it could be applied to this situation. Reminances of Tazusb may still reside in
this script.
There were many other textbook and online resources used over time to help me un
derstand how to put this all together.
Recent Changelog:
01/27/11 - Version 1.8.3.0: Added Debian Live KDE, LXDE, XFCE. Allow Linux M
int 10 CD or DVD ISO selection.
01/25/11 - Version 1.8.2.9: Updated Puppy "Lupu 5.2" Entry, added Edubuntu a
nd Lighthouse Pup
01/23/11 - Version 1.8.2.8: Added Qimo 4 kids 2 and DouDouLinux Entries.
 01/21/11 - Version 1.8.2.7: Added Mythbuntu 10.10 Entry, Added ability to se
t Persistent Size for Ubuntu variants via a Slider.
01/19/11 - Version 1.8.2.6: Combined 32/64 bit Menu entries where possible t
o reduce clutter.
01/18/11 - Version 1.8.2.5: Fix Puppy 4.3.1 Entry, Browse now opens to the d
irectory the tool is run from.
01/17/11 - Version 1.8.2.4: Added Panda Safe CD "Standalone Antivirus Scanne
r" Entry.
01/08/11 - Version 1.8.2.3: Updated to support PartedMagic 5.8 and BlackBunt
u. Corrected syslinux config paths for Debian.
01/03/11 - Version 1.8.2.2: Updated to support Puppy Arcade 10, 32/64 bit Li
nux Mint Debian, Linux Mint XFCE, ArtistX.
12/28/10 - Version 1.8.2.1: Updated to support Knoppix 6.4.
12/22/10 - Version 1.8.2.0: Added clickable Home Page Links for Installable
Distributions.
12/19/10 - Version 1.8.1.9: Fixed path to fat32format, updated to support Li
nux XP Like 10.10, Macbuntu-iso, and Pinguy OS
12/16/10 - Version 1.8.1.8: Added a better fat32 format option utilizing the
fat32format tool.
12/10/10 - Version 1.8.1.7: Updated to support Ultimate Edition Lite, Added
option to Show All Drives.
12/08/10 - Version 1.8.1.6: Updated to support newer versions of Clonezilla,
Debian Live, PCLinuxOS minime, BackTrack 4 R2, and Crunchbang.
11/26/10 - Version 1.8.1.5: Added MCNLive
11/22/10 - Version 1.8.1.4: Changed Distros Macro to use Distribution Name R
ather than ISO Name in an attempt to resolve issues where commands such as renam
e isolinux to syslinux are not completing.
11/19/10 - Version 1.8.1.3: Updated to support DSL 4.4.10, PCLinux minime 20
10, commented out Ubuntu syslinux "ui gfxboot bootlogo" line to allow booting st
raight into Live environment, added warning Windows before proceeding to format/
install.
11/12/10 - Version 1.8.1.2: Added Sabayon Linux, Linux Mint 10, and Finnix 1
00 Linux.
11/10/10 - Version 1.8.1.1: Removed wildcard from Ubuntu 10.04 entries to co
rrect mismatch issues, Added Backtrack 4 R1.
11/05/10 - Version 1.8.1.0: Updated to support Fedora 14, Sugar on a Stick 1
4. Set to detect removable media only.
11/02/10 - Version 1.8.0.9: Updated to support Parted Magic 5.7 and gparted
0.7.0-2.
10/26/10 - Version 1.8.0.8: Fixed Lubuntu 10.10 Entry so that Persistence wo
rks again.
10/25/10 - Version 1.8.0.7: Updated PLoP Linux Entry.
10/18/10 - Version 1.8.0.6: Fixed Jolicloud Entry.
10/11/10 - Version 1.8.0.5: Updated to support Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook Remix, L
ubuntu 10.10, Ubuntu - Xubuntu - Kubuntu amd64, and Server Install versions.
10/10/10 - Version 1.8.0.4: Updated to support Ubuntu 10.10, Xubuntu 10.10,
and Kubuntu 10.10 with Persistence
10/6/10 - Version 1.8.0.3: Added Xubuntu 10.10 RC, Kubuntu 10.10 RC, and Sug
ar on a Stick
10/4/10 - Version 1.8.0.2: Switched Ubuntu 10.10 Beta to Ubuntu 10.10 RC opt
ion
9/29/10 - Version 1.8.0.1: Fixed broken Ubuntu 10.10 Beta option
9/28/10 - Version 1.8.0.0: Fixed a problem that broke the older Ubuntu, Kubu
ntu, Xubuntu installs